Amid Falling Walls (Tsvishn Falndike Vent): Nominated for Drama Desk Award!
We are excited and proud to share the news that our production of Amid Falling Walls (Tsvishn Falndike Vent) was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Musical Revue.
Tsvishn Falndike Vent (Amid Falling Walls) was presented...
Holocaust cattle car exhibit coming to National Mall, timed to Yom Hashoah
A Holocaust cattle car will be on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., from May 6 to 9, open to visitors for an immersive learning experience about World War II and the Holocaust, as...
An Artist Who Repurposes
When immigrants first arrive, everything is new for them, and they must work to repurpose their life. Many volunteers, including Roni Breite, guide them in doing that.
In a similar way, Breite gives new life...
Chabad rabbi-rapper reaches top of the charts in Israel with ‘Red and Yellow’
Arap artist who turned around his hard-partying lifestyle after a near-death experience when he was a teenager and became a rabbi now sees surging success with his newest single.
Rabbi Moshe Reuven Sheradsky, 31, has hit the...
Judaica collector gives some pointers to the University of Virginia
Clay Barr’s husband Jay D. A. Barr had been ill for “quite a long time” when she brought him home in early 1994. “There was no more to be done, and I’m pacing around...
‘Finding Your Roots’ show divulges new info on family of Michael Douglas
Historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. shined a light revealing some of the mysteries behind the families of two Hollywood celebrities.
A new episode of “Finding Your Roots” debuted on PBS on April 2, showing findings demonstrating the Jewish roots...
Seattle grant brings Sephardi treasures to light in J’lem’s National Library
How often have you heard about discoveries of artifacts hidden in an attic for decades that turn out to be gems of historical significance? Multiply that on a grand scale and that’s what happened...
Throughout her career, novelist Charlotte Brontë drew on ‘Book of Esther’
The 19th-century English novelist Charlotte Brontë is best known for her 1847 novel Jane Eyre, which is a staple of many U.S. middle and high school curricula. A new journal article addresses a different side...
Art and protests in NYC
On Oct. 8, 2023, Israeli artist Zoya Cherkassky, not knowing what was coming next, took her eight-year-old daughter and fled to Berlin. Zoya, 47, who was born in Kyiv and emigrated to Israel in...
Einstein-signed menu from 1930 appeal for European Jews up for auction
A menu from an Oct. 28, 1930 fundraiser to support European Jews as the Nazis rose to power, which is signed by Albert Einstein, H. G. Wells, George Bernard Shaw and the second Lord...