25 Mar History, Politics Jewish History in China Boosting Sino-Israeli Relations March 25, 2011 By elisniv 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram by Amanda Walgrove Chinese and Jewish cultures are among the oldest remaining civilizations in the world. Besides the spiritual divide...Continue reading
18 Feb History, Latest, Religion Keeping Up With the Times: Digitizing Holocaust Archives September 25, 2012 By elisniv 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Amanda Walgrove The rapid growth of technology, characteristic of the twenty-first century, has altered methods of human relation...Continue reading
18 Feb History, Religion Keeping Up With the Times: Digitizing Holocaust Archives February 18, 2011 By navid 0 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Amanda Walgrove The rapid growth of technology, characteristic of the twenty-first century, has altered methods of human relation...Continue reading
01 Feb History, Latest The Golem in the Attic May 8, 2012 By elisniv 10 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Kayla Green Tucked away in the snowy cobblestone streets of Prague’s Jewish Quarter stands a synagogue that is as old and significa...Continue reading
16 Jan History, Latest Jewish Ghosts of Budapest May 8, 2012 By elisniv 3 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Merav Levkowitz On the last evening of 2010, a Friday, about 35-40 (mostly) young adults, gathered in a non-descript apartment in t...Continue reading
11 Jan History, Latest, Religion A Tale of Two New Years May 8, 2012 By elisniv 1 comment Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Gabriel Weinstein Optimism and excitement for the new year still permeate the crisp winter air as in the second week of 2011. Lof...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
30 Nov Latest, Politics, Religion Questioning the Merit of Faith May 8, 2012 By elisniv 4 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Steven Philp Friday evening, nearly 3,000 people packed themselves in to the Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, Canada to witness former...Continue reading
08 Nov History, Latest, Misc, Politics The Fallen Kibbutz: A Microcosm of Israeli Society May 8, 2012 By elisniv 5 comments Facebook Twitter Pinterest linkedin Telegram By Lily Hoffman Simon This year marked the centennial birthday of the Kibbutz. However, the structure of these unique societal experim...Continue reading