admin | August 23, 2021
Jesus of Nazareth is historys most famous carpenter, but he is also, according to one poll historys most famous Jew. He was born to Jewish parents, was circumcised, went to (the) Temple, attended synagogue, and read the Torah
admin | August 23, 2021
For those who wish to raise children in the Jewish faith, a Jewish education can be a great tool for learning about their heritage. Of course, it can be challenging to introduce it to young children is such a way that will keep them interested and engaged
admin | August 23, 2021
Sandy Shefrin Rabin had thought about writing a novel since the age of 12. But it wasnt until many decades later that the busy Mill Valley neurologist found the time and impetus to compose her first book. Prairie Sonata, published late last year, follows 11-year-old Mira Adler from a life of innocence to an awareness of evil and its debilitating impacts on victims.
admin | August 23, 2021
Many museum exhibits impress solely on the aesthetic strengths of the pieces on display. Others are curated to offer a powerful narrative about the works creators. Rarely does one walk away from a gallery with a spinning head, thinking of the life led by the paintings, drawings and objects themselves.
admin | August 23, 2021
Californias $276-million recall election on Sept. 14 consists of two questions.
admin | August 23, 2021
For many years, nestled in the campus of Tel Aviv University, the Diaspora Museum made space for stories of Jews who had made their lives outside of Israel. The museum highlighted the importance of a diverse Jewish narrative while simultaneously creating a divide between Jews of Israel and Jews of the world
admin | August 23, 2021
Within a few years of taking over his fathers gallery in Dusseldorf, Max Stern, pictured here as a young man, would be forced to flee Nazi Germany. Courtesy of Max Stern Art Restitution Project It is rare for an exhibition to face such ill will before it even opens. But a show scheduled to open in Dusseldorf on 2 September, addressing the life and legacy of the Jewish art dealer Max Stern, has been shunned by the citys Jewish community, by the dealers estate and by the Canadian academics who are the worlds foremost experts on Stern
admin | August 23, 2021
(JTA) The office of Israels chief Ashkenazi rabbi wants to exhume from a Jerusalem cemetery the body of a woman said to be a Christian who pretended to be Jewish. A top representative of Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau outlined the plan in June to exhume or alternatively fence off the womans grave
admin | August 23, 2021
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) For comfort food, Kylie Unell, a philosophy student and comedy-show producer, heads to Izzys BBQ Smokehouse. The Crown Heights restaurant is not distinctly Jewish, but it is kosher BBQ that rivals the Kansas City BBQ I grew up eating, she says. Meanwhile, Rachel Figurasmith, the executive director of Repair the World NYC, heads to Lee Lees Baked Goods in Harlem, a decades-old rugelach joint operated by Alvin Lee Smalls, an octogenarian Black man originally from South Carolina whose first encounter with the buttery Jewish pastry came while working as a chef in a hospital kitchen
admin | August 23, 2021
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) has decided that graduate student Kylie Broderick will be allowed to teach the Fall course, The Conflict Over Israel/Palestine, despite her long public history of attacking Israel. Classes began on August 18.
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