West Valley Jewish Film Festival features diverse lineup
The West Valley Jewish Film Festival celebrates its 13th year by featuring three films that vary as much in tone as topic.
The festival runs from Jan. 27-29 at Beth Emeth Congregation, with one film...
Canada: Winter Limmud FSU takes place in February
The annual Winter Limmud FSU event will be taking place at the Schwartz-Reisman Centre on Sunday, Feb. 11, and will feature lectures and programs for Russian-speaking Jews of all ages.
There will be 10 presenters at this...
Miami Jewish Health receives $15M gift from philanthropist
Miami Jewish Health announced a $15 million gift from financier and philanthropist S. Donald Sussman during the recent groundbreaking of the EmpathiCare Village, a revolutionary residential community for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other...
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival: Opening, Closing Lineups Announced
The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, the largest film-fest in Georgia drawing nearly 40,000 movie-goers each year, has announced its 2018 line up for several key nights, including opening and closing.
The festival, held at various...
Jewish synagogue serves Christmas breakfast to homeless residents
LAS CRUCES - The smell of eggs and pancakes filled the air Christmas morning just outside Las Cruces' tent city for homeless residents.
About 20 members of a local Jewish synagogue were wielding spatulas, manning portable...
Generosity and Fortitude. Eugene Applebaum (1936-2017)
Eugene Applebaum, a man known as much for his business acumen and philanthropy as his positive attitude and perpetual smile, died Dec. 15, 2017, at his home in Bloomfield Hills. He was 81.
Born into...
2,000 athletes representing different nations compete in Maccabi Games
Two thousand athletes, representing teams from America, Israel and South American nations, competed at the 36th annual Maccabi Games that took place Nov. 16-26 at the Michael-Ann Russell Jewish Community Center in North Miami...
Remembering Rabbi Neil Gillman, A JTS Giant
He stood at the intersection of the ancient and the modern, a kind of theological crossing guard gently guiding several generations of Jews through the crosswalk, a foot on both sides of the divide.
In...
Endicott College student helps raise funds for Mexico
Fuerza Mexico. It was the phrase that flooded social media beginning on Sept. 19. After an earthquake devastated Mexico City, this message of hope was shared millions of times on social media, and is...
The Gathering at the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies Leads To An Unexpected Discovery
This year's meeting of the Society for crypto-Judaic Studies took place at the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia on November 5-7, and featured a odiverse gathering of traditional and independent scholars, researchers, and...