Educational outlets launch project to amass testimonies of Jews from the Mizrach
The San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa) has announced a new partnership program with Israel’s Ministry of Social Equality (MSE), Beit Hatfutsot: The Museum of...
Hannah Arendt
Political theorist Hannah Arendt died on this day in 1975 at age 69. In 1959 she became the first woman appointed to a full professorship at Princeton. Arendt was born in Germany on October...
Navigating fine line between Torah observance and Israeli military service, politics aside
This past week an organization called “Forum of Reserve Rabbis,” a group of rabbis who serve as reserve soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces, released a new 50-page booklet roughly titled in English, “And...
Hadassah CEO to step down after nine years at helm
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, announces that chief executive officer/executive director Janice Weinman will step down after nine years as the organization’s leader, effective July 1.
During her tenure at Hadassah, Weinman worked in...
Venezuela’s Guaidó appoints Jewish envoy to Argentina
Venezuela’s self-declared interim president, Juan Guaidó, has appointed Elisa Alejandra Trotta Gamus as the country’s envoy to Argentina.
A Venezuelan native, Gamus, 36—a lawyer and human-rights activist—was a one-time representative to the Latin American Jewish Congress.
Israeli...
With great sorrow: Sheldon Adelson, 1933-2021
It is with unbearable pain that I announce the death of my husband, Sheldon, of complications from a long illness.
Sheldon was the love of my life. He was my partner in romance, philanthropy, political...
US Senate introduces bipartisan legislation to prioritize health care for Holocaust survivors
U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) introduced on Thursday legislation that would prioritize health care and nutrition services for Holocaust survivors, increasing the likelihood they could continue to...
New England Patriots star wide receiver Julian Edelman retires from NFL
New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman announced on Monday that he is retiring from the National Football League due to a knee injury.
“Nothing in my career has ever come easy and no surprise,...
December 31: Rabbi Kaiman and Interfaith Marriage
Reform Rabbi Arnold Kaiman, who conducted numerous interfaith marriages in the Midwest during the 1970s, at a time when few rabbis would do so, died at 74 on this date in 2007. Kaiman, raised...
Herman Wouk, legendary writer of Jewish sagas and history, dies at age 103
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Herman Wouk died on May 17, just 10 days before his 104th birthday.
His literary agent, Amy Rennert, said he passed away in his sleep at his home in Palm Springs, Calif.,...