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Students celebrate at the BBYO International Convention 2018, which was held in Orland, Fla. Credit: Screenshot.

Largest donation to youth group yet made to BBYO

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Chicago industrialist Theodore Perlman and his wife, Harriette, pledged $25 million to BBYO, making it the largest single donation to a Jewish youth group in the United States. The couple announced the $25 million gift on...
Young women arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport after a Nefesh B’Nefesh group aliyah flight, October 2018. Credit: Jonny Finkel Photography.

Nefesh B’Nefesh to host six ‘aliyah’ events across North America in March

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Nefesh B’Nefesh will host multiple aliyahevents across North America next month enabling prospective new immigrants to Israel (olim) to be as prepared as possible. The March events are co-hosted by Nefesh B’Nefesh, Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah...

Ir ot shoyn ayere biletn? Gedenkt: Dem zuntik, Februar 10, Idish Gezang mit Efim...

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EFIM ALEXANDROV, der bakanter rusisher Idisher zinguer kumt kayn Mexique un es veln im bagleytn, in zayn presentatzye 20 rusishe artistn! A VUNDERBARE GUELEGUENAYT Dem kumendikn 10-tn Februar TZU HERN IDISH GEZANG MIT AZA BARIMTN ZINGUER! -Ot ir...
A protest in Buenos Aires marked the one-year anniversary of the death of Alberto Nisman, the Argentinian federal prosecutor who was investigating the AMIA Jewish center bombing, January 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

KKL-JNF to inaugurate monument in memory of Alberto Nisman, Special Prosecutor murdered while investigating...

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On the third anniversary of his tragic death, Keren Kayemet L’Israel-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) will unveil the monument built in Alberto Nisman’s honor in a formal ceremony with officials from both Israel and Argentina....

ORT to receive Let Freedom Ring Award

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The organisation has been chosen as a recipient of the Let Freedom Ring Award, in honor of our commitment to equality in education and our efforts to bridge the gap between ability and opportunity. The...
Rabbi Mendy Zwiebel of Chabad of Chico, Calif., has been providing comfort and support to those who lost their homes, vehicles and possessions to fires that ravaged Northern California in November 2018. Credit: Chabad of Chico.

After the fires: Californians start to pick up the pieces of their lives

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A little more than a month after a brush fire raced through the Northern California countryside on its way to becoming one of the deadliest and costliest wildfires in U.S. history, people from Paradise,...
Matt Williams, director of the OU Center for Communal Research. Credit: Courtesy.

Orthodox Union launches data collection and analysis center

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The Orthodox Union created a new internal and external research arm, the OU Center for Communal Research, which will put forward an effort to collect and analyze data from the Jewish community. The founding...
A view of the Gulf of Mexico and Hurricane Michael preparing to hit Florida. Credit: National Hurricane Center.

As Hurricane Michael spins into Florida, new rabbi spins up aid

While tens of thousands of people were busying themselves with storm preparation or heading out of town to escape the worst of Hurricane Michael—now approaching the Florida Panhandle as a Category 4 storm with...
Overview of Israel exhibit now on display at the Maltz Museum in Cleveland

Major Israel exhibition opens in Cleveland

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A new world premiere special exhibition has launched at the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage. Israel: Then & Now is a first of its kind special exhibition that invites visitors to see the landmarks, learn the...
A local farmer tends to his Tikkun Olam Ventures (TOV)-supported site that has been equipped with the Israeli drip-irrigation system. Credit: JDC.

JDC launches Tikkun Olam Ventures to empower Africa’s smallholder farmers

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The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee launched Tikkun Olam Ventures (TOV), an innovative new program addressing poverty among Africa’s smallholder farmers by leveraging Israeli agricultural technology and training, Jewish philanthropy and private capital, and...