Kaliv Chassidic leader Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub dies at the age of 96
Kaliv Chassidic leader and Holocaust-remembrance advocate Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub passed away on Sunday at his home in Jerusalem at the age of 96.
Thousands attended the funeral of the haredi religious leader on Sunday afternoon.
Born in...
Sidney Brenner, the Nobel laureate who read the code of life has passed away
After working alongside Francis Crick at the University of Cambridge to reveal the “central dogma” of molecular biology—that our DNA code guides the building of proteins that sustain life in cells—Sydney Brenner sought to...
Rabbi and wife based in Kenya injured in group attack during Passover
A rabbi and his wife were assaulted on Tuesday night at their synagogue and Jewish community center in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi.
Five men attacked and injured Rabbi Shmuel and Chaya Notik, and stole...
In the cafes of Paris, French Jews open up on anti-Semitism and their future...
My trip to Paris to canvas the mood of French Jews began in the idyll of an Israeli-owned restaurant, Balagan, near the famed Louvre art museum. Emmanuelle Mary, a non-Jewish Parisian fashion and lifestyle...
Niece reprises Shelley Winters’ role in ‘Anne Frank’
In the American History Theater’s current production of The Diary of Anne Frank, some American theater history is being reprised. Back in 1959, Shelley Winters won an Oscar as best supporting actress for her performance...
In a landslide vote, Ukraine elects first Jewish president
In a landslide vote on Sunday, Ukraine elected its first Jewish president, Volodymyr Zelensky, making the country the first outside of Israel that will have both a Jewish president and prime minister.
Zelensky, 41, a...
Israel to posthumously honor Jewish Indian general
Israel will posthumously honor Jewish Indian Gen. Jack Jacob on April 30 with a plaque at the Ammunition Hill memorial site, reported Indian media on Sunday.
Jacob, who died of pneumonia in 2016 at the...
Four teens win Peter Chortek Leadership Awards
The Peter Chortek Leadership Award (PCLA), facilitated annually by the Jewish Community Foundation, was recently presented to four San Diego County high school students. The 2019 awards went to Aurora de Tagyos, Ilan and...
Jewish community reacts to fire that ravaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Members of the Jewish community reacted with sadness to the massive fire that burst through the roof of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday and toppled its spire.
“Terrible images of the Cathedral of...
Superman, Batman and deeper Torah concepts
Superhero comics have been influenced greatly by Jewish life in the United States and by Torah learning, according to Jordan Gorfinkel, 51, the entertainment entrepreneur who managed the Batman franchise for a decade before...