Chassidic matriarch Miriam Friedman, 101, helped holocaust survivors flee to west
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...
Le Petit Prince surtitré en yiddish , pour la première fois sur scène !
Première représentation Mardi 20 juin 2017 à 20h30
au Centre Rachi, 39 rue Broca, 75005 Paris
D’après Le Petit Prince d’Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, adaptation et mise en scène par Amos Oren.
Avec musique et musiciens en « live ».
Durée du...
Los turkos en Viena: La ekspozision sovre la komunidad sefaradi de Viena
La komunidad sefaradi de Viena ke fue en el pasado un importante sentro de vida djudia, onde los sefaradis yegaron a alkanses sin presedentes en el kampo akademiko i en el relijiozo tambien, oy...
German newspaper Bild broadcasts documentary on anti-Semitism Arte didn’t show because it is ‘too...
German newspaper Bild, the largest circulation in the country, broadcasted a documentary on anti-Semitism among European Muslims that was canceled by French-German television channel Arteon the ground that it was too pro-Israel.
Arte originally commissioned...
To Bris or not to Bris
What is a brit milah, and what are the reasons for it?
A brit milah, also known as a bris, is the Jewish ceremony in which a baby boy is circumcised. Circumcision dates back to...
4,000 Indian jews expected to attend PM Modi address in Israel
Approximately 4,000 Jews of Indian origin, now residing in Israel, are expected to attend a keynote event hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his three-day visit to the Jewish state in July.
According...
Koppel: Maccabiah Games bring excitement
As a small boy, my father, Yehuda Koppel, used to tell a story of how he took my brother and I to the Opening Ceremonies of the Maccabiah Games in Israel.
We watched and proudly...
Reb Dovid Yitzchok Wallk, Z”l
Reb Dovid Yitzchok Wallk of Boro Park was niftar Sunday evening, 17 Sivan, at the age of 61, after a difficult illness. Reb Dovid, a highly respected member of the Gerrer kehillah and alumnus...
The non-issue of Sharia
At a time when Western democracies face a terrible surge in terrorist attacks on their own soil perpetrated chiefly by radical Islamists of the al-Qaida and Islamic State brands, an American group has decided...
Must-see: 150 people sing ‘O Canada’ in Yiddish
Last week a group of 150 people from all walks of life gathered in Toronto to perform a version of the Canadian national anthem … in Yiddish. It’s really something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CarKYJ71lII
Apparently, the June 6 performance, perhaps...