Learning to Live Together – La Ciudad de las Ideas 2017: Beyond X
At the occasion of World Philosophy Day 2017, UNESCO's Management of Social Transformations (MOST) Programme will also associate itself with the 2017 Ciudad de las Ideas, organized by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Andrés Roemer, in...
School Notes: Committee recommends schools remain closed on Jewish holidays, Fair Day
Unlike several other Maryland counties, Frederick County Public Schools is unlikely to consider opening schools on two major Jewish holidays.
Both options scheduled to be presented Wednesday to the Frederick County Board of Education keep...
Book to place history of Kansas Jews in regional context
LAWRENCE — The history of Midwest Jews is an area ripe for scholarship, and the University of Kansas is well-placed to be a center of such study, according to a researcher who has begun...
Rutgers Hillel hopes new art gallery will strengthen students’ Jewish identities
Peter Moshe Shamah bemoans the lack of ties between young Jews and the arts. “The modern Jewish experience is just not as attuned to the arts as it used to be,” said Shamah, who...
Santa Rosa synagogue becomes hub for Jewish aid, shelter for bereft evacuees
The devastating wildfires in Napa and Sonoma counties this week have caused death, injuries and destruction for miles around — but they have also brought out the best in people wanting to lend a...
Holocaust Survivors Get Gift of Good Hearing
Eighteen Holocaust survivors from Atlanta recently received free hearing aids, thanks to an initiative by Peachtree Hearing and Jewish Family & Career Services.
Two years ago audiologist Melissa Wikoff of Peachtree Hearing in East Cobb heard about a...
The Jewish community should be proud of disaster response
There have been dozens of accounts of Jewish communities locally, nationally and worldwide rallying to help victims of recent tragedies, both man-made and natural. Tallied together, the need seems overwhelming but the Jewish reaction...
‘Latin Night’ to raise funds for ‘Maria’
Westlake residents Mariely and Brett Luengo will host “Latin Night inside the Sukkah” at 7 p.m.
Oct. 8 at Kantina in Cleveland to raise funds for Chabad of Puerto Rico, to go to Hurricane Maria...
South Florida JCCs hosting breast cancer awareness Pink Days with Sharsheret
South Floridians have opportunities to exercise, get educated and wear pink for a good cause during breast cancer awareness days taking place at local Jewish community centers this month.
Sharsheret, a national not-for-profit organization supporting young Jewish...
Mira Hirsch: Directing theater with a conscience
Theater director Mira Hirsch likes to keep busy.
A longtime fixture on the Atlanta theatrical scene, Hirsch founded the Jewish Theatre of the South, whose closure after 13 seasons at the Marcus Jewish Community Center...