admin | January 4, 2021
If you are like most families in the south you are accustomed to the annual tradition of eating black-eyed peas on New Years Day. Thought to bring good luck, the origin of the practice dates way back. Some historians trace the practice back to its possible Jewish roots
admin | January 4, 2021
When Moroccan Jews immigrated to Israel in 1940s, they were promised a better life. Hundreds of them left the Kingdom to start a new life in the country
admin | January 4, 2021
Author Beth Cunningham - December 28, 2020December 29, 2020Wishing you a happy and lucky year, Bham. Photo via @hermez777 on Unsplash I dont know if any fresh start will ever be as anticipated as January 1, 2021.
admin | January 4, 2021
While the coronavirus pandemic caused the world to grind to a halt this year, some things have been business as usual: Israel is headed to yet another election, the environmental crisis continues unabated, traffic safety is still a major issue on Israeli roads Thankfully, the show must go on: Films and series continue to stream, concerts have moved online, academic forums are meeting virtually, and chefs have taken to giving cooking classes from their own kitchens. Even without the pandemic, 2020 has had its share of extraordinary and world-changing events mass demonstrations have rocked the United States, a top Iranian nuclear scientist was assassinated under mysterious circumstances, and no fewer than four Arab League nations have suddenly begun to forge ties with Israel, ushering in some fresh Middle East optimism
admin | January 4, 2021
Portugal A stroll and a gourmet treat by the river at Amarante My go-to place for escape is the mountains. In normal times, Id make a beeline for the granite-strewn plateaux of Serra da Estrela or the wooded slopes of Gers
admin | January 4, 2021
More than one million of Israels population of 9.3 million have now received the first of two doses of the Pfizer/BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine. Politics has played a role in the countrys drive to get people inoculated against the disease, with prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who will soon face another general election, of the belief that a successful and rapid vaccination programme could lay the ground for victory
admin | January 4, 2021
Business events Pontiac Chamber of Commerce hosts Fruitful Toast, 5:30-7 p.m.
admin | January 4, 2021
(JTA) As one of the youngest Holocaust survivors, Eva Clarke has spent years telling the story of how her mother, weighing just 68 pounds, gave birth to her inside a concentration camp just a month before it was liberated. But this spring, as COVID-19 shut down public life, Clarkes visits to schools and community centers in the United Kingdom came to a screeching halt, indefinitely, she recalls. Earlier this month, she got a fresh audience when an RV pulled into her driveway in Cambridge.
admin | January 4, 2021
Inside the Cliftonville synagogue By Kathy Bailes and Jodie Nesling A campaign to save a stunning Cliftonville synagogue from developers after it was put up for auction has been successful, largely thanks to an anonymous donation.
admin | January 4, 2021
NEW YORK There is a saying, Well-behaved women rarely make history. Its a sentiment that underpins author Rachel Manekins new book The Rebellion of the Daughters: Jewish Women Runaways in Habsburg Galicia. From the late 1800s until the eve of World War I, hundreds of young Jewish women living in Western Galicia, now Poland, fled their Orthodox, mostly Hasidic, homes to find refuge in a Krakw convent where some ultimately converted to Roman Catholicism
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