Public charter schools puts benefits of teaching Hebrew to the test
An experimental approach to learning Hebrew is strengthening the identity of Jewish students who cannot afford a private-school education, while simultaneously building pro-Israel advocates from other faiths.
Now in its ninth year, the Hebrew Public...
Adventures of an Orthodox Jewish bond trader
AT SEA, Aboard MS Maasdam – One of the unscheduled benefits of a cruise, particularly a long one such as the 39-day voyage that Nancy and I enjoyed between Sydney, Australia, and San Diego, U.S.A., is...
Keepin’ Hanukkah with traditional Scottish ‘keepin’ cakes’
Get ready to light the first Hanukkah candle, sing songs, play dreidel games, and, of course, eat. (Hanukkah takes place this year starting on the evening of Sunday, Dec. 2, and lasting through the...
Ethiopian Israelis celebrate annual Sigd holiday
Jewish Ethiopians celebrated the holiday of Sigd on Wednesday, with schools around Israel engaging students in special programming to teach about the unique Ethiopian Jewish holiday.
Sigd, a holiday of supplication and yearning to return...
The Hanukkah connection: Sharing the light with far-away family
For generations, lighting the Hanukkah candles together has been the stuff lifelong memories are made of. But today’s far-flung families are increasingly challenged to share the sight of the candles aglow, the sound of...
Chidon competitors unite! Tournament champions prep for Israel’s 60th Bible Quiz
In 1958, a one-time event was scheduled in Israel with the support of Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. It was a heavily text-based, extraordinarily difficult “Chidon HaTanach,” or Bible Quiz, and was created as...
Orthodox Union launches data collection and analysis center
The Orthodox Union created a new internal and external research arm, the OU Center for Communal Research, which will put forward an effort to collect and analyze data from the Jewish community. The founding...
La Kabala I El Zohar
La kabala es una muy vieja savyedura de antes de unos 4000 anyos, la mas antigua ke egziste i sinyifika en lingua HEBREA i ARAMEA “ARRESIVIR”. Paso de boka en boka i de generasyon...
Aharoni named global ambassador for Maccabi games
The Maccabi World Union (MWU) Executive has appointed Ido Aharoni as the organization’s Global Ambassador.
Aharoni is a veteran of Israel’s foreign service where he spent his entire career, spanning almost three decades, in the...
Learning about, and eating, exotic animals of the Bible
It has always been important for Jews to write down recipes from our mothers and grandmothers, and serve those precious treats to our own children. Jewish foods are part of our mesorah, our historic oral tradition—as...