‘We want to separate synagogue from state,’ say 55% of Israel’s Jewish population
More than half of Jewish Israelis are in favor of changing the current status quo on religious life in the public realm, believing that current arrangements reflect haredi or religious-Zionist values, a new poll...
Décès de Simone Veil
Nous avons appris avec une profonde tristesse la disparition de Simone Veil à l’âge de 89 ans, le 30 juin 2017.
Rescapée des camps nazis où elle avait été déportée à l’âge de 16 ans,...
La istoria de los djudios de Trikala en Gresia
La sivdad de Trikala, en Gresia, ke es menos konosida por su komunidad djudia, es una de las mas antiguas de este paiz. Segun istoriadores eya fue fondada en el 4en siglo antes de...
Jerry Springer: ‘Trump has no business being president!’
While the US election campaign was still in full swing, Jerry Springer was unrepentant in his opinion of then-candidate Donald Trump.
“He’s dangerous”, the 73-year-old presenter lashed out. “He’s a very bad example of what...
Microsoft signs deal to buy US-Israeli startup Cloudyn
Microsoft on Thursday confirmed it acquired based Cloudyn, a startup headquartered in Boston with offices in the Israeli town of Rosh Ha’ayin that has developed technology to monitor and optimize cloud storage. No financial...
Israel, Jordan part of new, developing US-Russia deal on Syria ceasefire
The United States and Russia have reached agreement on a cease-fire in southwest Syria, three US officials said Friday as President Donald Trump held his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The deal marks...
New anthology of contemporary Yiddish poetry
די סעריע „ביבליאָטעק פֿון דער הײַנטצײַטיקער ייִדישער ליטעראַטור‟, וואָס ווערט אַרויסגעגעבן דורך דער „נאַציאָנאַלער אינסטאַנץ פֿאַר ייִדישער קולטור‟ אין ישׂראל, איז שוין אַן עיקרדיקער פּראָיעקט פֿונעם הײַנטיקן ייִדיש־שפּראַכיקן דרוקוועזן.
במשך פֿון די לעצטע פּאָר יאָר...
Kafe d’alegria
Uno de los simbolos de la kultura turka es el "kafe turko" ke oy ya es konosido en el mundo entero. Ma, kon el dezvelopamiento de la gastronomia mundiala, de mizmo ke munchos platos...
Faith in the classroom
In April, a group calling itself the Forum of Secular Parents accused the Education Ministry of introducing Jewish faith into secular elementary schools. The forum presented the Education Ministry with a long list of...
American Jewish converts ‘hurt’ and ‘humiliated’ by conversion bill
Growing up in the panhandle of West Virginia, Jen Halpern, born Jennifer Davis, had never met a Jew. She had been raised in what she calls a “typical American Christian household.” Yet at 22...