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Chechnya’s Jewish community doesn’t exist — but it’s angry at Israel
While Russia’s mainstream Jewish leaders in Moscow firmly backed Israel’s actions in clashes this week with Palestinians at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, the small Jewish community of Chechnya broke ranks with them and boldly condemned the Jewish...
Gastonimia Sefaradi: Komida de lentejas, kuartos de berendjena, frojalda y kazandibi de mallebi
KOMIDA DE LENTEJAS
Materiales:
2 vazos de lentejas
1 sevoya grande pikada
100 grs. de salsa de tomat
¼ vazo de azeyte
1 kucharika de sal
½ kucharika de pimienta
Preparasion:
Alimpiar bien i lavar las lentejas....
L’Arabie Saoudite fait un nouveau pas vers Israël
Au moment où le roi Salmane bouscule le royaume en imposant son fils comme successeur, un surprenant mot clé est apparu sur Twitter, réseau social où les Saoudiens sont les plus actifs du monde.
L'expression « Les Saoudiens...
Chief Rabbi: ‘We must stand together’
The Chief Rabbi made his concern over the Dweck affair clear when he spoke out last month. Rabbi Mirvis described the affair as “divisive and damaging”, and it was apparent that his intention was to bring the matter to a...
What I’m telling my son about anti-Semitism as he starts college
My oldest son graduated high-school in June. Now he is headed off to college–after a gap year studying Russian in Moldova, which my Soviet-born parents are not ecstatic about, as I wrote here.
Back in 2015,...
Decrying ‘betrayal,’ Hungary Jews say Netanyahu ignoring them
Members of Hungary’s Jewish community expressed deep disappointment with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday evening, saying a speech by the Israeli premier at a Budapest Jewish center catered mainly to the Hungarian government and...
Warsaw’s Great Jewish Cemetery damaged by storm
A recent storm in Poland led to the destruction of many of the graves in the Great Jewish Cemetery of Warsaw.
A visitor told the haredi newspaper Hamevasser, "This scene is terrible. Thousands of Jewish graves, including...
The 22 best Yiddish words to know
A brief glossary of important and commonly used Yiddish words and phrases.
Bissel (bisl)— A little bit, as in “I just want to eat a bissel right now.”
Bubbe (bubby) — Grandmother
Chutzpah —Nerve, extreme arrogance, brazen presumption, confidence, as...
Gilberto Bosques Saldívar’s 125th Birthday
Today marks the 125th birthday of Gilberto Bosques Saldívar, the diplomat known as the “Mexican Schindler” who is said to have saved 40,000 lives during WWII while serving as Mexico’s Consul General in France.
Born...
Historic Liverpool kosher butchers shopfront to be preserved with lottery grant
The shop frontage of an historic kosher butchers in Liverpool is to be preserved following the award of almost £300,000 in National Lottery funding.
P. Galkoff Family Butchers was opened in 1908 by Percy Galkoff,...