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The dedication of the Oporto Jewish community's new cemetery on April 25, 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

Oporto’s Jews dedicate cemetery five centuries after last one destroyed

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The Jewish Community of Oporto, Portugal, inaugurated its new cemetery on April 25. The ceremony took place on Israel’s Memorial Day and included a tribute to the Jewish state’s fallen soldiers. The event was presided...
New immigrants to Israel hold a placard at Ben-Gurion International Airport reading, “The People of Israel Live,” Oct. 19, 2023. Photo by Yonit Schiller.

New ‘olim’ show up to support their new homeland in time of war

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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...
Ephraim Moses Lilien [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Parashat Beresheet בְּרֵאשִׁית

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The first word in the Torah is Beresheet “בראשית“ a Divine word that encompass many acronyms and hidden celestial concepts within its letters. Our Sages say that all 613 Mitzvot derive from this one,...

Some Secrets of the Jewish Calendar

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Although the holiday of Rosh Hashanah occurs in the seventh month of the Jewish year, it begins a new calendar year, and those observing Jewish holidays understand they are using a calendar substantially different...
A student writes “Hello, First Grade” greetings in Hebrew. Credit: ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock.

Enrollment in Jewish day schools continues to see increase as pandemic lingers

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A Jewish day-school enrollment boost that began during last year’s COVID-19 school shutdowns is continuing, according to a new study from Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools. In the last two years, the report found...
A joint project is underway in Italy to catalogue an estimated 35,000 volumes from 14 Jewish communities and 25 state institutions, June 2020. Credit: The National Library of Israel.

Joint effort begins to identify and catalogue every Hebrew book in Italy

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A ground-breaking collaborative effort to create a unified listing of all Hebrew books in Italy has been announced by the Union of Jewish Communities in Italy (UCEI), the Rome National Central Library (BNCR) and...