The day the music died for progressive Jewry
The Oct. 7 Hamas massacre will be remembered as the day the music died for progressive Jewry. What was will no longer be.
Hamas showed for all to see, in many cases live on social...
US Jews supply thousands of tzitzit to Israeli soldiers
As the Israel Defense Forces prepare to move into Gaza to destroy the Hamas terrorist group, an American rabbi affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidic movement has launched a campaign to supply Israeli soldiers with tzitzit,...
St. Louis-area restaurant going kosher for a day, proceeds headed for Israel
A local restaurant will change its entire menu and kosher its kitchen for one day in support of Israel. Novellus, at 201 N. Main St. in St. Charles, a suburb of St. Louis, announced...
New ‘olim’ show up to support their new homeland in time of war
As rockets from Gaza continue to rain down across Israel following the carnage of the Hamas attack on the western Negev that began on Oct. 7, and foreign nations including the United States consider...
Kosher gelato flavor a winner at competition semifinals
A savory kosher gelato flavor has cause to rejoice—in line with its name that plays off the Hebrew folk song “Hava Nagila.”
Noi Due Gelato’s “Halva Nagila” was named best flavor at the North American semifinals of...
Hungary’s Jewish renaissance
Another Budapest synagogue rose from the ashes last week thanks to Chabad of Hungary. It was the tenth to do so, marking a Hungarian Jewish renaissance that began some 10 years ago, breathing new...
More than 100 Italian sites take part in European Day of Jewish Culture
Italy participated in the 24th annual European Day of Jewish Culture at 101 sites across 16 regions, with Florence serving as the lead city. This year’s event, held on Sept. 9-10, was dedicated to...
Exhibit spans 16th-century Jewish maternal guilt-trip to modern Hebraists beating up Yiddishists
Not only does Yiddish date back many centuries, but an exhibit in New York contains a 16th-century Yiddish example of a Jewish mother trying to guilt trip her son into communicating with her more...
Matisyahu, ‘Flash’ star Ezra Miller pitch (matzah) ball at New York’s Citi Field
Jewish rapper Matisyahu threw the ceremonial first pitch at New York’s Citi Field so far off the field that only a superhero would have been able to catch it.
And one actually attempted to ...
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Jewish matchmaker, of Netflix fame, to host Chicago singles event on Labor Day
When one matchmaker declined Netflix’s offer to host the eight-part series “Jewish Matchmaking,” she recommended a friend, Aleeza Ben Shalom. It was a different kind of bashert in action, and it proved a good match.
Ben Shalom,...