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...
Jewish Chicagoans play Santa for students at school named for Zionist leader
Inspired by Theodor Herzl’s famous saying, “If you will it, it is no dream,” three Chicago area synagogues made Christmas wishes come true last week for 460 students at a local public school named...
The American Sephardi Federation just awarded a scholarship to Adela Cojab Moadeb, a Mexico...
(New York, NY) December 21, 2017 – The American Sephardi Federation is proud to announce the Broome & Allen Fellowship and Scholarship recipients for 2018. ASF’s Broome & Allen Endowment is dedicated to recognizing...
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...
Thousands mourn death of Rabbi Aharon Steinman at 104
Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Steinman, the influential leader of the Lithuanian (non-Hassidic) ultra-Orthodox community, died on Monday at the age of 104.
Steinman was hospitalized several times over the past year with various health issues....
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...