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March of the Living participants. Photo by Yossi Zeliger.

March of the Living program in Poland postponed due to coronavirus

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March of the Living, the largest annual international Holocaust-education program that takes groups to the grounds of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland and then Israel, will not take place in this month because of concerns related...
Rabbi Menachem Even-Israel, the son of Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, presents the first volume of the Steinsaltz Talmud to Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.). Credit: The Aleph Society.

Library of Congress in Washington to house English-translated Talmud

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The world’s largest library—the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.—is scheduled to house a version of the Talmud this week. Translated from Hebrew to English by world-renowned scholar Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz, the religious tome...
The interior of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. Source: Facebook.

Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia files Chapter 11

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The Museum of American Jewish History, which operates the Philadelphia-based National Museum of American Jewish History, filed a legal action in Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania over the weekend seeking Chapter...
Contemporary artist Mikhail Yakhilevich, the grandson of Meer Axelrod, whose series of 30 paintings and graphic works are on display in Croatia for the first time, Feb. 27, 2020. Photo by Maya Laskovich.

Artist’s series on display for first time in Croatia depicts Holocaust victims, partisans

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An exhibition of 30 paintings and graphic works titled “Nazi Occupation in Graphic Works of Meer Axelrod” opened in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia—the first time the artist’s works have been shown in the...

Lifelong friendship between college football players kicks off at Maryland

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In a 1961 game, Jerry Fishman, the only Jewish player on the University of Maryland (UMD) football team, told Darryl Hill, the first black player on the United States Naval Academy football squad, “I’m...
Christina Chaverria, program coordinator for education initiatives for the United States. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Levine Institute for Holocaust Education, leads a teacher training during the Conference of Holocaust Centers in 2018. Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

How to teach the lessons of the Holocaust in the school classroom

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Imagine a teacher assigning a Holocaust-related project to a high school student in the United States, such as the creation of the “ideal concentration camp” or a Nazi cereal box. Or maybe the class...
Ohr Shalom Synagogue (Photo: San Diego Architectural Foundation)

Ohr Shalom, other Jewish venues, rated as architectural gems

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Approximately 50 cities worldwide, including San Diego and three others in the United States, offer free Open Houses at venues considered to be architecturally significant.  This year, March 6-8, San Diego will put on...
The Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue on Nabi Daniel Street in Alexandria, Egypt. Credit: Wikipedia.

Newly renovated Alexandria synagogue hosts Egypt’s largest service in decades

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A recently restored synagogue in Alexandria, Egypt, just hosted the country’s biggest Jewish prayer service in decades. About 180 Diaspora Jews who have Egyptian roots traveled to Egypt to participate in Shabbat services celebrating the...
Celebrants dance down the streets of Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, to mark the completion and inauguration of a Torah scroll on the European island. Photo by Gabriel Rutenberg/Chabad.org/News.

Iceland Jewish community celebrates its first permanent Torah scroll

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The Jewish community in Reykjavik, Iceland, celebrated the completion and inauguration of the island’s first permanent Torah scroll on Sunday. Celebrants danced down the streets of the nation’s capital, and guests came from Europe and Israel for...
Leo Baeck Institute at the Center for Jewish History. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

New exhibit showcases Jewish migration to Manhattan, evolution of community

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A new exhibition in the Chelsea area of New York City details the history of German-Jewish migration to Washington Heights and how Jewish immigrants created a community for themselves in the Manhattan neighborhood, amNY reported. “Refuge in...