admin | May 31, 2022
It happened four years ago, yet the memory remains fresh. I was waiting for a downtown A train at the West 4thStreet subway station in New York. A middle-aged man was panhandling on the not-crowded platform, approaching each person, most of whom nodded no.
admin | May 31, 2022
TSURUGA, Fukui Prefecture--Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who servedas vice consul in Kaunas, Lithuania, during World War II,is deservedly known as the Japanese Schindler. But what about Saburo Nei and Yoshitsugu Tatekawa? Now an English translation of a book by Akira Kitadeis on the way to publication thatfeatures five diplomats in and outside Japan who helped thousands of Jews flee Nazi persecution in Europe during World War II, just as Sugihara did by issuing his visas for life
admin | May 31, 2022
The history of blintzes and how to make them yourself. In Judaism, food is an important part of our history and culture, and the route that it takes from the history books to our plate tells a story. Whether its a holiday or an event, theres rarely an empty plate or stomach in sight.
admin | May 31, 2022
Where is your brother?
admin | May 31, 2022
The mission of on-campus Jewish organizations is to connect and engage Jewishly with interested Jewish freshmen students of all denominations and levels of affiliation. Inherent in that mission is a great deal of challenge and nuance, especially as there is so much diversity in Jewish expression
admin | May 31, 2022
Rodef Shalom Congregation is steps away from being enshrined as an integral part of Pittsburghs history.
admin | May 29, 2022
Students come to Jewish Queer Youth secretively through a Google search, a meme on social media, a pamphlet in their local pizzeria, a chat between two friends who suspect they might be the same in some way. I told my parents I was hanging out with a friend after school, said N., a Bronx area native who asked to remain anonymous because some of their family members dont know that theyre trans. N.s alibi was technically true
admin | May 29, 2022
Over the last two years, the Bay Areas Jewish schools have gotten larger. And while they welcome that growth, the schools have also had to expand their tuition assistance, lending support to many families whose needs increased during the pandemic.
admin | May 29, 2022
Israels capital has always been home to diverse Jewish communities. One of Netflixs most popular new shows is the Israeli import The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
admin | May 29, 2022
In Gov. Gavin Newsoms $300.6 billion spending proposal for the upcoming year sent to the state Legislature on May 13 $93.2 million is allocated for issues on the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of Californias legislative agenda. JPAC executive director David Bocarsly said the advocacy network, which lobbies in Sacramento to make sure the voice of the states Jewish community is heard, has never seen so many of their priority items funded this early in the budget process
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