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Hoping your toddler will be inspired by Judaism
I was raised as a Conservative Jew. It suited my family and me well. Hebrew school a few times a week and services a few times a month. I was very active in my...
Ynet reporter to receive B’nai B’rith journalism award
Ynet reporter Yaniv Pohoryles will receive on Wednesday the 2017 B’nai B’rith World Center Award for Journalism Recognizing Excellence in Diaspora Reportage.
Pohoryles, home page editor and writer for the Jewish World section of Ynet,...
A look at Jewish life in Shanghai through Chinese eyes
As a student studying the Holocaust at the University of Haifa, I was honored to do a short-term internship at the Jewish Museum Berlin with the team working on the new permanent exhibition. Before...
Jabotinsky’s Role, and the Jewish Legion’s, in securing the Balfour Declaration
Martin Kramer has rightly attempted to resurrect Nahum Sokolow’s role in the Zionist diplomacy that led up to the Balfour Declaration. He demonstrates clearly the incremental progress of that diplomacy during World War I,...
Jews, Arabs in Israel get help to learn each other’s traditions
Although Jews and Arabs live together in Israel, they are largely estranged from each other and unaware of each others' customs and traditions.
But the Association for the Advancement of Civic Equity in Israel, better...
Livre à lire : « Le Protocole des Goys pour Sion: L’infâme complot secret...
Nous suivons depuis leur création le groupe « Ces Goys qui défendent Israël » dont l’un des créateurs et dirigeants s’appelle Pug. Il vient d’éditer un livre que nous vous conseillons d’acheter « Le Protocole des Goys...
Jewish leaders rethink ties with Netanyahu, Israeli government
The Jewish Agency, the world's largest Jewish nonprofit group, will reevaluate its relationship with the Israeli government after two decisions that have sparked outrage in the Jewish world, according to the organization's new chairman of...
Israel’s prime minister is keeping gender segregation at Judaism’s holiest site
At the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Judaism’s holiest site, women and men pray in sharply divided separate sections. There is no intermingling. That separation has long rankled progressive Jews in Israel and around the...
Jews barred from LGBT march for carrying Star of David pride flags
A parade in Chicago celebrating the lesbian community barred three Jewish women for carrying Jewish Pride flags.
Organisers of the 21st annual Chicago Dyke March told the women that the rainbow flags with a white Star...
Concentration Camp: The Eichmann trial and the origins of Punk Rock
It’s 3 a.m. in The Blue Room and the audience is sweaty with joy.
The Modern Lovers’ high-strung leader, Jonathan Richman, has just left the stage, his Nice-Jewish-Boy songs about being “in love with the...