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The jews’ hospital
New York’s 45-bed Jews’ Hospital opened for patients on this date in 1855. It would change its name to the Mount Sinai Hospital after the Civil War. Founded by Sampson Simson, a philanthropist, on...
Charles Dickens and the Jews
Charles Dickens, one of the 19th century’s greatest novelists, died at the age of 58 on this date in 1870. Dickens had a complicated relationship with Jews in Great Britain. On the one hand,...
Israeli police to be issued body cameras
After a year-long study of body cameras around the world and a six-month pilot program, the Israel Police has decided to acquire 8,000 of them for their officers, The Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday.
The...
Jewish parents concerned as California K-12 schools see reported rise in antisemitism
Parents of Jewish students in California’s East Bay school district gathered late last month to discuss their concerns that antisemitism was on the rise following the appearance of swastikas and other Nazi imagery on numerous campuses...
The Forgotten Truth about the Balfour Declaration
On November 2, 1917, a century ago, Arthur James Balfour, the British foreign secretary, conveyed the following pledge in a public letter to a prominent British Zionist, Lord Walter Rothschild:
His Majesty’s Government view with...
A shabbaton taught me wellness as a woman on the autism spectrum
Sarah Waxman and I immediately bonded over our curly, Jew-fro-esque hair. As Jewish women have done for centuries, we swapped notes over the creams, conditioners, gels, and mousses we use to keep the frizz...
De la mort D’ilan Halimi en 2006 à aujourd’hui, la société française est-elle traversée...
La semaine dernière, le Figaro publiait un appel d’intellectuels demandant "Que la vérité soit dite" à propos du meurtre de Sarah Halimi.
Selon eux, le meurtrier de Sarah Halimi "ne pouvait ignorer la judéité de...
Biva la senseridad
Uno resive un telefón del Ufisio de Rejistrasión de los abitantes:
“Shalom, yo tengo menester de uno kuantos detalios. Komo te yamas?”
– “Adam.” responde el ombre.
“Situasión familiar?”
El ombre responde: “Kazado.”
“El nombre de tu mujer?”
– “Eva”
“Ande...
What Jews should know about breast cancer
When she approached her synagogue sisterhood at Temple Emanuel of North Jersey with the idea of sponsoring a free public educational program about breast cancer, Hannah Lee Gold of Wayne was driven not only...
Jewish music for any soul
For the 8th season, clarinetist Paul Green will bring Jewish music to the Berkshires with an international mix of chamber works and song.
His "Summer Celebration of Jewish Music" brings together an ensemble that includes...