San Diego-area school holds ‘Blue and White’ day to raise money for Poway victims
Once again, it will be “Blue and White” day this coming Friday at the Bellus Academy in San Diego County.
Students will dress in blue and white, contribute $2 a piece, and tell customers at...
Yale Strom’s composition SONG OF SONGS will premiere with San Diego Ballet
Yale Strom's composition SONG OF SONGS will premiere with San Diego Ballet May 24-26 as part of the San Diego Jewish Arts Festival at the Lyceum Theatre.
Featured musicians are: Elizabeth Schwartz - vocals, Alex...
Sidney Brenner, the Nobel laureate who read the code of life has passed away
After working alongside Francis Crick at the University of Cambridge to reveal the “central dogma” of molecular biology—that our DNA code guides the building of proteins that sustain life in cells—Sydney Brenner sought to...
Morocco’s Jewish community to hold first democratic elections in five decades
Morocco’s Jewish community will hold its first elections in half a century to select its communal representatives.
King Mohammed VI instructed the Minister of the Interior to supervise elections for the positions, which have been...
“Mirele Efros” is now being presented for the first time anywhere in the world in...
The Yiddish theater classic, Mirele Efros, which Haaretz calls “unquestionably the representative play of Yiddish Theater” is now being presented for the first time anywhere in the world in English translation, as The Jewish...
Jewish Agency launches partnership between US, Israel, Poland communities
The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Partnership2Gether (P2G) Peoplehood platform has added the Polish capital of Warsaw as the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh’s third partner region within the program, creating enduring relationships between Israel...
Chief Rabbi of Bnei Brak, Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau, passes away at 84
Chief rabbi of the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, Rabbi Moshe Yehuda Leib Landau, passed away on March 30 at the age of 84.
Landau served in his position for 32 years and operated a...
Don Diamond leaving priceless legacy passes at 91
Don Diamond, Tucson’s largest local land developer and philanthropist passed away Monday at the age of 91, leaving behind a priceless legacy in Pima County.
Diamond is survived by his eldest daughter Jennifer Diamond, ordained...
Jews and Muslims remember victims of 1992 Khojaly genocide in Azerbaijan
The American Sephardi Federation and the Muslim American Leadership Alliance of New York held a special event last week remembering victims of the 1992 Khojaly genocide in Azerbaijan.
The ceremony was in memory of the 613...