Jewish Website
All about Jewish life. The Jewish world’s actuality, heritage and traditions. Op-Ed articles, news, Jewish books, Jewish music, videos, judaica and more
Friends of Zion Museum sheds light on non-Jewish Zionist heroes
In today’s day and age, with anti-Israel sentiments floating ubiquitously through the press and social media, many Jewish Zionists are forced to adopt an us-against-the-world mentality, believing that they are the only group who...
In a bid to promote diversity, Egypt plans to restore Alexandria synagogue
A $2 million restoration of Egypt’s largest synagogue is the start of a government effort to keep alive the legacy of the Jewish community, whose members have largely left for Israel, France and elsewhere...
New representative of ex-Soviet Jewry is billionaire once jailed in Putin’s Russia
Eight years after his release from wrongful imprisonment in Russia, the Israeli billionaire Mikhael Mirilashvili was elected to lead the World Jewish Congress Euro-Asian affiliate representing communities from Ukraine to Singapore.
Mirilashvili, who was released...
26 Venezuelan Jews fleeing crisis arrive in Israel
Twenty-six Jews from Venezuela immigrated to Israel this week as part of a surge of Jews fleeing the South American country’s political, social and economic unrest.
After years of discontent with their government under former...
Netanyahu eyeing way to shut down Al Jazeera in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would seek to pass a law to shut down the Jerusalem bureau of Al Jazeera if law enforcement will not do so after his multiple requests.
“The Al...
ADL condemns sermons by California imams that called for destruction of Jews
The Anti-Defamation League decried as “dangerous” sermons by two California imams that included prayers for the annihilation of Jews.
On Friday, Sheikh Ammar Shahin of the Islamic Center of Davis called for the liberation of Jersualem’s...
Para ke no se olvide
Saludos a todos los oyentes de la emisyon Muestra lingua, la emisyon en djudeo-espanyol fundada por el profesor Haïm-Vidal Sephiha i prezentada agora por vuestro servidor Edmond Cohen, kon Philippe en la kabina.
Vos akodro...
Is Trump’s Mideast policy a paradigm shift?
Ambassador Nikki Haley has been a breath of fresh air since taking up diplomatic residency at the United Nations. Unlike her immediate predecessors, Haley has been unapologetic in asserting the role of the United...
Parsifal’s open wound: The controversial history of Wagner’s Last Opera
Richard Wagner is one of the most controversial figures in all of history, his antisemitic statements often creating staunch adversaries to his art. And just as the man was condemned for his abject racism,...
‘I’ve always been seen by other people as Jewish’
My experience of comedians is that they’re rarely funny to meet. I’ve interviewed Ben Stiller, Bobcat Goldthwait, Ricky Gervais, Rob Schneider, Robin Williams and Woody Allen, and they were all interesting, intelligent individuals, but...