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Mandy Patinkin Headlines San Diego’s ‘JFest’ June 4

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Broadway’s master songman, Mandy Patinkin, accompanied by Adam Ben-David on piano, will bring his newest theatre concert Mandy Patinkin in Concert: BEING ALIVE, to Balboa Theatre on Tuesday, June 4 at 7:30 p.m. This powerful...
A Jewish school enlists the support of a community in the attempt to beat an existing record and make the longest challah, Jan. 19, 2024. Credit: Courtesy of Congregation Rodeph Sholom.

Seeking a world record with a pretty big twist

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Members of the New York Jewish community are hoping to set a Guinness World Record for the lengthiest challah after making a 35-foot-long braided bread and submitting proof of their results to the organization...
(L-R) Betty Ehrenberg, World JewFrom left are Betty Ehrenberg, World Jewish Congress; William Daroff, CEO, Conference of Presidents; Gadi Meiri, KKL Board of Directors; David Yaari, vice chairman of KKL-JNF; Eric Fingerhut, CEO of JFNA; Nat Shaffir, Holocaust Survivor; Ambassador Gilad Erdan, Israel's permanent representative to the U.N.; Ifat Ovadia-Lusky, chairwoman KKL-JNF; Deborah Isaac, president of the American Zionist Movement; Eric Goldstein, CEO of UJA Federation; and Ronnie Vinikov, head of external affairs at KKL-JNF. Photo by Sarri Singer.ish Congress; William Daroff, CEO, Conference of Presidents; Gadi Meiri, KKL Board of Directors; David Yaari, Vice Chairman of KKL-JNF; Eric Fingerhut, CEO of JFNA; Nat Shafir, Holocaust Survivor; Ambassador Gilad Erdan, Israel's Permanent Representative to U.N.; Ifat Ovadia-Lusky, Chairwoman KKL-JNF; Deborah Isaac, President of American Zionist Movement; Eric Goldstein, CEO of UJA Federation; Ronnie Vinikov, Head of External Affairs at KKL-JNF. Photo by Sarri Singer.

UN hosts photographic exhibit to Shoah survivors

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A collection of photos culled from a worldwide tribute to Holocaust survivors was held at U.N. Headquarters in New York on Wednesday, three days before the annual observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on...
Oscar given at the Academy Awards. Credit: LanKS/Shutterstock.

Israeli-made ‘Letter to a Pig’ nominated for Academy Award

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“Letter to a Pig,” by Israelis Tal Kantor and Amit Gicelter, has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. The 17-minute film is about a Holocaust survivor who writes a letter...
The Nahum family formally deposits the collection with the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem, Jan. 18, 2024. Photo by Rachel Neiman/NLI.

Jerusalem library gets 45,000 Jewish manuscripts from Yemen

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The National Library of Israel in Jerusalem has received the world’s most extensive collection of Yemenite Jewish manuscripts. The 60,000 items in the collection include notable pieces such as Judeo-Yemenite renditions of works by Maimonides...
An extremely rare silver coin dated to the Persian period (6th–5th centuries BCE) is unearthed in the Judean Hills, Jan. 17, 2024. Photo by Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority.

Unearthed: 2,500-year-old silver coin from Kingdom of Judah

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An extremely rare silver coin dated to the Persian period (6th–5th centuries BCE) was recently discovered during an Israel Antiquities Authority excavation in the Judean Hills, providing evidence for the earliest known use of coins...
From left: Nancy Robinette, Daniel Oreskes, Richard Masur, Ari Brand and Ethan Haberfield in “Prayer for the French Republic.” Credit: Courtesy.

Catch the Holocaust before it disappears

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If you’re a Jew looking for sympathy in these sucker-punch days of hyper-antisemitism, find a way to transport yourself back to the early 1990s, a time when Holocaust memory—“Schindler’s List”; the opening of the...
The Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Credit: Courtesy.

Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Ohio museum is free

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Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, held annually on Jan. 27, and in response to “the unprecedented rise in Holocaust denial and antisemitism,” the Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center in Cincinnati...
The Chaim Herzog Museum of the Jewish Soldier in World War Two in Latrun, Israel. Photo: Harel Gilboa.

All roads lead to Israel

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Zvi Kan-Tor, a retired Israel Defense Forces chief of staff, is a sabra superman who grew up with a uniquely Israeli perspective on the Shoah and World War Two. Now the director of the Chaim Herzog...
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Alanis Morissette on finding her Jewish roots, fates of family in Holocaust

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The musician who rose to prominence in the 1990s with her multiple hits, including “You Oughta Know,” has now learned the truth about her extended family. Alanis Morissette appeared on the PBS show “Finding Your Roots,” in which researchers...