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France elections: Macron-Le Pen through to run-off, projections say

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The centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen have won the first round of voting in French presidential elections, projected results say. Mr Macron won 23.7%, while Ms Le Pen won 21.7%, French...

In Anne Frank’s childhood neighborhood, the buildings do not forget

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Far from the city center but close to the wide Amstel River, Anne Frank’s childhood home is found in the tidy River Quarter. Although vast changes have occurred in some Amsterdam neighborhoods since World...

Egypt’s Jewish Community Struggles to Retain Its Cultural Heritage

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Up until the 1950s, Egypt’s Jewish community was thriving, with as many as 100,000 residents. Today, only about eighteen Jews remain, most of them elderly women, struggling to maintain their community’s centuries-old heritage in...

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene

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Don't miss this "truly unique piece” -Toronto Star A Night in the Old Marketplace BUY TICKETS NY Premiere, 2 Nights Only! Thursday May 4, 2017 at 8 PM Saturday May 6, 2017 at 9:30 PM WHERE Museum of Jewish Heritage Edmond...

Commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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This week marks the 74th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, a Jewish revolt against the Nazis that began on April 19, 1943 and lasted until May 16, 1943. Although thousands of Jews were...

Deviating from Torah law leads to consequences

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This week’s Torah reading contains both narrative history and dogmatic Jewish halakha. It relates to us the tragic story of the deaths of the two older sons of Aaron, when they apparently willfully mishandled...

Separate but comfortable: How Israelis want to live

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There is no better illustration of the data presented earlier today by The Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) than the decision made yesterday by Israel’s Supreme Court. The court, in a decision too complicated...

אַבֿרהם רייזען Avrom Reisen

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אַבֿרהם רייזען (1876־1953) — פּאָעט, דערציילער https://youtu.be/SkiijO83jQQ

Le Pen Beckons French Jews — And Some Respond

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Back in February, the right-wing Jewish website Dreuz reported on an unprecedented meeting: The Confederation Of French Jews And Friends Of Israel, it disclosed, had recently met with Louis Alliot, the vice president of...

What Is Gematria?

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gematria is a numerological system by which Hebrew letters correspond to numbers. This system, developed by practitioners of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), derived from Greek influence and became a tool for interpreting biblical texts. In gematria,...