Who would have thought that a random Google search in 2013 would bring me half way around the world to the Baltics and Finland, two places I would have never dreamed of visiting before? Even more surprising is that I would discover Jewish life in these places to be thriving and hear stories of perseverance, strength, and the embrace of Jewish identity despite troubled histories. But that experience did happen and I was fortunate that last month I joined with a group of young Jewish professionals to make our way to Finland and Estonia as part of a JDC Entwine Insider trip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being called upon to cancel next Tuesdays visit to Hungary unless Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban apologizes for praising a Hitler ally and implementing a billboard campaign widely seen as anti-Semitic. The billboards show Hungarian-American Jewish billionaire George Soros laughing, alongside the words: Lets not leave Soros the last laugh
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JTA Liberal American Jews are feeling thwarted in their years-long campaign for the right to pray as they wish at the Western Wall. Long frustrated that the plaza in front of the wall is run as an Orthodox synagogue, they were doubly incensed when Israels political establishment scrapped an agreement that would have boosted access to their own space nearby
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What does that control look like? First, it means that the prayer area is divided into a mens and womens section; the womens section is far smaller
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The USA delegation entering Ramat Gan Stadium at the 2013 Maccabiah opening ceremony. During the 20th Maccabiah Games next month, about 7,000 Jewish athletes from 80 countries will descend upon the Holy Land to join 2,500 Israeli athletes in the Olympic-style competition. Held every four years, the Jewish multi-sport competition is the world's third-largest sporting event.
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Families that receive free Jewish childrens books from the Massachusetts-based PJ Library say the program has helped them feel more connected to their Jewish communities, with interfaith families especially sayingit has spurred them to celebrate Jewish holidays and Shabbat and to learn more about Judaism, a new study found. The study, released Tuesday by PJ Library and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, found that 69 percentof participating families say the program has helped them feel more connected to their Jewish communities, whether by attending programs run by PJ library itself or activities run by local Jewish institutions. Respondents also saythe program helps them feel more knowledgeable and confident about how to engage in Jewish traditions with their children (83 percent), and 91 percent say the program is a valuable parenting tool
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Jeff Goldberg/Esto Religious Liberty sculpture in front of the National Museum of American Jewish History. (JTA)-Only one religious group in the U.S
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(JTA) Only one religious group in the U.S.
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Jewish American Heritage Month is celebrated every year in May. (Top left, clockwise, Obama photo: Aude Guerrucci/Pool/Getty Images; Wasserman Schultz photo: Andrew Burton/Getty Images; Calendar photo: Dafne Cholet/Flickr, CC BY 2.0; Menorah photo: National Museum of American Jewish History; Trump photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images, Museum photo: Jeff Goldberg/Esto) (JTA) Only one religious group in the U.S.
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Only one religious group in the U.S. has a federally proclaimed month celebrating its history: the Jews
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