10 calamities that took place on the Jewish fast day of Tisha B’Av
Judaism is mainly a religion of rejoicing and, but occasionally there are sad days too. Monday night sees the start of the saddest day of the Jewish calendar, known in Hebrew as Tisha B'Av...
Let Ethiopia’s Jewish children make Aliyah
Gabrielle Sasson is entering seventh grade at Ramaz. Her family, in connection with her bat mitzvah, visited the Jewish communities of Addis Ababa and Gondar for ten days during early July. These are her...
Le dernier tunnelier du camp de Drancy disparaît
Le récit débute en 1923, à Budapest. Voilà pour l’état civil.
«Dans la famille, on a toujours été à gauche, poursuit Eugène Handschuh. Mon père était communiste. Il faisait même partie de l’armée rouge hongroise. Les chiens...
Communist Jews, communist youth league
In my family, we’ve lived without God for a hundred years. It’s had its ups and downs.
The family romance with Communism began with my great-grandfather Solomon. He was a gardener from Warsaw. In 1914...
FJCC welcomes multifaith couples
The Flemington Jewish Community Center (FJCC) has formed an Interfaith Committee in response to the multi-faith families that are a growing component of America’s Jewish community. The FJCC’s goal is to find ways to...
The Western Wall prayer controversy: separating fact from fiction
Before an Arab terror attack that killed two Israeli policemen ignited the latest wave of tension over the Temple Mount, much of the Jewish world’s attention had focused on an internal Jewish controversy surrounding...
Sunday Times editor apologizes to Jewish leader over ‘antisemitic’ article
The editor of The Sunday Times, Martin Ivens, apologized to a British Jewish community leader in a phone call after an opinion column sparked accusations of antisemitism and a horrified backlash from readers.
The column by...
California imam apologizes to Jewish community for ‘hurtful’ sermon
A California imam has apologized to the Jewish community for giving a “hurtful” sermon that many interpreted as anti-Semitic.
“To the Jewish community here in Davis and beyond, I say this deeply: I am deeply...
Hungary emissary presents Netanyahu with translated Talmud
For the first time in the history of the country, a sitting Israeli prime minister paid a diplomatic visit to the Hungarian capital of Budapest.
Last Thursday, Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu met the heads of Hungary’s...
Western Wall must not become symbol of Jewish divisiveness, says Rivlin
The Western Wall, the only remnant of the holy sanctuary on the Temple Mount, cannot be permitted to become a symbol of Jewish divisiveness, President Reuven Rivlin declared on Monday.
Rivlin addressed an audience of...