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From Mexico to the kibbutz: Teens retrace pioneers’ footsteps

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“Go and help them make the tehina, they don’t know how,” a couple of Israeli teens are instructed atop the desert lookout point on which they are making dinner together with a large group...

Chassidic matriarch Miriam Friedman, 101, helped holocaust survivors flee to west

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Miriam Friedman, whose life spanned the oppression of Soviet Russia, the chaos of post-World War II Europe and the heady growth of Chabad in the United States and around the world, passed away on...

Reminder for This Sunday – Yiddish Cultural Event in LA

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It was special and influential-- find out why.     A CENTURY OF YIDDISH THEATER MUSIC  - A Fascinating History -   Yiddish Theater started in Europe and swiftly became a creative arena for immigrant Jews in...

Yiddish Classes for Everybody at JCC San Diego

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We are pleased to announce that, starting in mid-January, YAAANA will offer a Tuesday class series exploring Yiddish language and culture through literature, music, theater, and film! The class is suitable for people of...

The New Sefer Torah is the First in Texas Written by Woman

Growing from the motto “Austin Born, Torah Raised,” Congregation Agudas Achim is one of the oldest Jewish communities in the city, founded more than 100 years ago. To fulfill the 613th mitzvah, or commandment, members of...

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...

Don Diamond leaving priceless legacy passes at 91

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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...

You can win a Pair of Tickets for the “Campus SuperStar” event, in San...

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Campus SuperStar returns to San Diego, CA. Following its sold out debut last year, Campus SuperStar returns to San Diego on Sunday evening, April 10, 2016. At this spectacular show, ten highly talented vocalists, selected...
Lori Polin between daughters Marisa (at left) and Alexa.

Lori Polin wins Jewish leadership award

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San Diego Jewish community leader, Lori Polin, will be awarded the 2018 Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award for her extraordinary involvement and leadership in our local community. The prestigious, internationally recognized Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award is given to Lions of...

Phoenix Jewish community remembers Rabbi Yosef Garcia

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Yosef was a fitting name for the late Rabbi Yosef Garcia, mused Rabbi Sarah Leah Grafstein of Ruach Hamidbar—Spirit of the Desert. “Joseph in the Torah was the one who took care of all of...