Lubavitcher psychotherapist creates rap video to aid addicts in recovery
Charles Goldberg, a Lubavitcher Chassid, refers to his latest project, “Recovery,” as “a video that can save lives.”
“I’m a clinical psychotherapist, but in order to ensure my mom is proud of me, I’m also...
JDC works with Turkey’s local community, global Jewry to bring relief to quake victims
After a week-and-a-half on broken ground in Turkey, Leora Wine, director of disaster response for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), thinks Turkey is still in transition from rescue to recovery.
“That’s why the...
New Jersey Jewish farming colony archive gets $24,500 grant to digitize materials
Stockton University’s Alliance Heritage Center has won a $24,500 grant to digitize the archives of the Alliance Colony, a Jewish farming community founded in southern New Jersey in the late 19th century.
The center’s archives include physical...
90 Ukrainian Jewish refugees come home to Israel
Ninety Ukrainian Jewish refugees arrived in Israel on Wednesday to begin a new chapter of their lives, on a chartered flight made possible by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ).
The group joined...
Digitization of the papers of Chaim Grade and Inna Hecker Grade is now complete...
(New York, NY; Jerusalem, Israel) 6 February 2023 – The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and the National Library of Israel (NLI) are delighted to announce the completion of the digitization of the Papers...
Kosovo’s tiny Jewish community aims to punch above its size
It has been almost 15 years to the day since Kosovo, a landlocked country of 1.95 million north of Greece, declared independence on Feb. 17, 2008. Its Jewish community numbers just 35 to 50 people, but...
Jewish football coach helped merit chip away at Harvard’s elite social status
When Harvard University named Bill Bingham athletic director–a pioneering college sports role at the time in 1926–the alumnus promised to return the game to student athletes. He hired Arnold Horween as head football coach...
Wearing tefillin may prevent damage from heart attacks
Wearing tefillin may have life-saving cardiovascular benefits for both men and women, according to University of Cincinnati researchers.
Tefillin, or phylacteries, are small leather boxes containing biblical passages on parchment scrolls. There are two in...
Documentary on largest-ever gift to Israel to screen at international film festival
A documentary that reconstructs the lives of Holocaust survivors Lottie and Howard Marcus, who made the largest-ever charitable donation to an institution based in Israel, will screen at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival...
Renowned Holocaust survivor and educator to be awarded one of Poland’s highest honors
Legendary Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg will be posthumously awarded one of Poland’s highest honors this Friday in New York.
The Polish Consulate of New York will be presenting Mosberg’s family with the Great Cross of...