30 Dec Culture, History, Latest Renewing Galicia May 8, 2012 By Sala Levin 2 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Gabriel Weinstein My grandfather always chuckled when we spoke about the Galicia region of northwestern Ukraine and southeastern ...Continue reading
29 Dec Culture, History, Latest, Politics Gentrification and the Jews May 8, 2012 By Sala Levin 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Lily Hoffman Simon Jewish immigrant communities coming to North America around the turn of the 20th century faced many problems, in...Continue reading
14 Dec History, Latest, Politics Israel's Other Refugee Problem May 8, 2012 By elisniv 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Daniel Kieval On Monday night, a few days after thousands marched for human rights in Tel Aviv, Israel deported about 150 refugees ...Continue reading
09 Dec History, Latest, Politics Israel’s Katrina May 8, 2012 By elisniv 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Gabriel Weinstein After last week’s forest fire, the Carmel region in Northern Israel’s once emerald forests and fields have become...Continue reading
06 Dec Arts & Culture, Culture, History, Latest An Ancient Synagogue in Damascus May 8, 2012 By elisniv 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Samantha Sisskind If you go to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City in Damascus, Syria, you’ll find hardly any obvious traces of Jewi...Continue reading
02 Dec Culture, History, Latest, Religion The Secret History of Hanukkah May 8, 2012 By elisniv 7 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Gabriel Weinstein Students in Hebrew schools and Jewish day schools learn that Hanukkah is the celebration of the Maccabees’ improb...Continue reading
01 Dec History, Latest, Politics, Religion The Heart of the Jewish People May 8, 2012 By elisniv 5 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Doni Kandel Living in the Old City of Jerusalem for eighteen months was enough for me. While I'm eternally appreciative of Jerusal...Continue reading
24 Nov Arts & Culture, Culture, History, Latest, Politics, Religion People of the Book: The Finkler Question and the New Anti-Semitism May 8, 2012 By elisniv 6 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Daniel Kieval In Howard Jacobson's Booker-prize winning novel, The Finkler Question, Jewish residents of London are increasingly al...Continue reading
23 Nov Culture, History, Latest, Politics, Religion The Catholic Church Changes Gears on Interfaith Relations May 8, 2012 By elisniv 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Gabriel Weinstein Last week a group of twenty cantors from the American Conference of Cantors (ACC) serenaded Catholic officials in...Continue reading
11 Nov Culture, History, Latest, Misc The Human Touch May 8, 2012 By elisniv 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Merav Levkowitz Tuesday (November 9th) marked seventy-two years since Kristallnacht, the “night of broken glass,” which marked the ...Continue reading