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Au Vel d’Hiv, une cérémonie qui fera date
Quai de Grenelle, sous l’œil d’une foule nombreuse, une cérémonie officielle s’est tenue soixante-quinze ans après la rafle du Vel d’Hiv où furent arrêtés puis déportés vers les camps de la mort 13152 juifs...
“Ser Pintor o Poeta”
Si no arivo a pintar todo lo ke yo veo
Komo puedre ser un pintor komo lo deseo?
Kuando veo una lagrima en kara palida
La pena me s’esta gravando por toda la vida.
Si oyo suspiros de...
Former Hasidic reggae star Matisyahu finds salvation beyond perfection
Matisyahu has gone through some drastic changes in recent years, and this was the capper. In 2011, he’d shaved his beard and announced that he was backing away from Hasidic Judaism, a decision that...
‘Irreplaceable bedrock’ of U.S. backing for Israel is threatened by — intermarriage
The best thing about this big piece at Newsweek titled, “How long could Israel survive without America?” is that it notions the end of U.S. aid to Israel– “the largest beneficiary of American aid in the...
Federation values pluralism in Israel
In the past couple of weeks, I have received many questions from supporters in our community about the recent actions of the Israeli government that affect religious status issues in Israel, particularly at the...
Argentinians in Israel call for justice for 1994 Buenos Aires bombing
Some 200 Argentinian youths gathered in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the bombing of the Asociation Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, in a ceremony organized by Birthright...
Saudi king said to intervene in reopening of Temple Mount
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud personally intervened to end the closure of the Temple Mount following a terrorist attack at the site, according to an Arab media report on Tuesday.
Israel closed the...
Jewish ire at University of Sydney’s ‘Israel hate-fest’
The University of Sydney has distanced itself from a controversial Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference being hosted by its Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, after members of the Jewish community labelled the gathering...
The first medic to respond to the Temple Mount terror attack was Muslim. Here’s...
When Nedal Sader first heard the crackle of automatic weapon fire Friday morning, he couldn’t believe it was coming from the Temple Mount.
As a Muslim, he regarded the complex just outside his apartment as...
Kompozitores djudios de muzika otomana
La muzika djugo un lugar importante en la vida de los djudios ainda en la epoka biblika. El mijor enshemplo es el rey David ke, ainda antes de ser rey, se distingio no solo...