64.6 F
San Diego
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Chedva Levin

Israeli Ministry of Health Awards Jerusalem College of Technology Nursing Instructor for Outstanding Contributions...

Dr. Chedva Levin, a leading instructor in Internal Medicine at the Jerusalem College of Technology’s (JCT) Department of Nursing and an intensive care nurse at Sheba Medical Center, is among the recipients of a...

Jewish QB Josh Rosen Declares He Will Enter 2018 NFL Draft After 3 Years...

0
UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen announced on Wednesday he will forgo his senior season with the Bruins to enter the 2018 NFL draft. Rosen has been in the spotlight since the moment he stepped on campus. Along with playing under the bright...
Israeli founding father and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion declares independence beneath a large portrait of Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The Holocaust is not why they fought, say 1948 veterans of Israel’s War of...

0
Many see the creation of the modern-day State of Israel as part of a historical narrative, in which Israeli independence was a reaction to the Holocaust. “The catastrophe which recently befell the Jewish people—the...
People from all walks of Jewish life, in communities large and small, are coming together to mark the 25th anniversary of the passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. Credit: Bentzi Sasson, Chabad.org/News.

Gatherings worldwide mark the 25th anniversary of the Rebbe’s passing

All across the globe—from the more than 50,000 visitors expected at the Ohel in Queens, N.Y., to gatherings and study groups in community centers, synagogues, camps and private homes—people from all walks of Jewish life, in...
Joel Rubin. Source: Screenshot.

Sanders picks former Obama official as liaison to Jewish community

0
The Democratic presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) named Joel Rubin, a former Obama official, as its liaison to Jewish community. JTA first reported the appointment on Friday. “It’s really exciting because Bernie is building a movement...
Marathoner Beatie Deutsch. Photo by Kinneret Rifkind.

Nothing is impossible for Israel’s most unlikely marathon champ

0
It’s not every day that Europe’s largest sportswear manufacturer features an Orthodox Jew on a billboard. But that’s precisely what happened when Adidas portrayed Israeli national marathon and half marathon champion Beatie (Bracha) Deutsch...
Tiffany Haddish. Source: YouTube.

Tiffany Haddish talks about bat mitzvah party, why her friends should study Torah

0
Tiffany Haddish’s bat mitzvah celebration on Dec. 3—the same day her Netflix series “Black Mitzvah” will debut—is set to be a grand affair with lots of dancing and celebrity guests, she told the Hey Alma website. The 39-year-old’s...
Israeli Air Force pilot Lt. Yakir Mordechai Naveh

Remains of missing Israeli pilot found in the Kinneret

0
The remains of an Israeli Air Force pilot missing for 56 years were recovered in the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) northeast of Tiberias on Tuesday, recovered among the wreckage of the aircraft. Lt. Yakir Mordechai...
The arrival of French Jews who made aliyah, at Ben Gurion International Airport on July 10, 2017. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90

‘Feeling part of the story’: Having made the move, ‘olim’ and Israel mark Aliyah...

0
By the time newly minted Israeli Shira Denise Kilemnic Mac and her husband, Abraham, along with their two youngsters, stepped off the plane in Tel Aviv’s Ben-Gurion International Airport on July 22, her reputation...

Men’s soccer’s Cuperman selected to Jewish Sports Review All-America First Team

0
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Averett University junior David Cuperman named to the 2017 Jewish Sports Review Men's Soccer All-America First Team for Division II and III, the publication announced in its January/February issue. Cuperman, a...