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...
Muslim Zanzibar gets its first-ever Jewish center
Winding alleyways make their way past carved doors before spilling into crowded marketplaces. Zanzibar, today an autonomous part of the East African country of Tanzania, was once, not too long ago, a Sultanate. The...
5 Israelis Among Forbes Lists Of ‘Top 50 Women In Tech’
Five Israeli women were named among Forbes’ lists of “Top 50 Women In Tech” including three to the inaugural global list and two to the European round-up. The lists, published earlier this month, identify...
Cristobal Colon i el djudeo-espanyol
Los investigadores ke estudiaron las letras, dokumentos i livros ke eskrivio el deskuvridor del kontinente amerikano se demandan komo es posible ke Colon alkanso un nivel de ekspresion literaria ke desha a la persona...
Honoring the Jew who created Iran’s first English-Farsi dictionary
As most Americans focused on Super Bowl Sunday last month, nearly 600 Iranian Jews gathered at the West Hollywood Temple Beth El to mark 50 years since the death of Solaiman Haiim, one of...
Warren Buffett attends Omaha Film Festival screening of documentary on largest-ever gift to Israel
Omaha-based business magnate and philanthropist Warren Buffett attended the Omaha Film Festival’s screening of “Who Are the Marcuses?” on March 9, a feature documentary that reveals the mystery behind a couple who made the largest-ever charitable...
French rabbi and educator Josy Eisenberg dies
French rabbi, author, producer and broadcaster Josy Eisenberg passed away on Friday aged 83.
Eisenberg had produced the Jewish religious programme on French television “The Source of Life” since 1962 and was the author of...
The Lady Who Composed for the Queen
How does a Jewish British immigrant to Israel come to be the composer of music being played in honor of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II?
Loretta Kay Feld was born in London and...
Survey: 80 percent of Israelis concerned about growing anti-Semitism worldwide
A recent Israel-wide survey has found that almost 80 percent of Israelis are concerned about anti-Semitism globally, with almost three-quarters of citizens (73 percent) believing anti-Semitism is widespread. More than half (61 percent) believe...
Los Angeles-based Jewish philanthropist Elissa Czuker dies at 53
Elissa Czuker, who with her husband, Edward Czuker, donated to many prominent Jewish and political causes, died on Aug. 25. She was 53 years old.
The mother of nine was active in the Young Israel...