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‘Masa Engine’ connects Diaspora Jews to Israeli startups

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Masa Israel Journey on Monday launched the "Masa Engine," a first-of-its-kind job search site designed for the organization's alumni who are seeking positions in Jewish nonprofits and Israeli high-tech companies. Companies with job postings on...
David Vinsky, 25, a left-fielder for the New York Boulders, competed (and won) against the Evansville Otters on Jewish Heritage Day at Clover Stadium in Rockland County, N.Y., July 30, 2023. Photo by Perry Bindelglass.

New York Boulders ‘Jewish Heritage Day’ draws hundreds of baseball fans

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The New York Boulders defeated the Evansville Otters 7-5 in an independent Frontier League baseball game on July 30 at Clover Stadium in Rockland County, N.Y. It was a double win for Boulders left-fielder David Vinsky,...
Menachem Rosensaft, associate executive vice president and general counsel of the World Jewish Congress, speaks at an event recalling the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica, July 10, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Jews and Muslims gather to mark 28th anniversary of Srebrenica genocide

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The Conference on Collective Memory, an initiative supported by the World Jewish Congress and other nonprofit groups, hosted an event earlier this month at the Srebrenica Memorial Center in Potočari, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It drew thousands of...
A group of 150 students from the Jerusalem College of Technology utilized the latest advances in artificial intelligence during the school’s sixth annual women's hackathon, June 2023. Credit: Courtesy of JCT.

AI takes center stage at women’s hackathon in Jerusalem

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Road safety, traffic flow and drone-detection solutions took the top prizes as a group of 150 students from the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT) utilized the latest advances in artificial intelligence during the school’s...
“52 Shabbats,” by Faith Kramer, is inspired by food from the global Jewish Diaspora. Photo by Dovid Zaklikowski.

Shabbat goes global in new cookbook

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While Shabbat comes every week and never ceases to bring Jewish families rest across the globe, it’s always exciting to be told that Friday nights could gain a new spice and flavor. This is...
ared and Ivanka Kushner and their children, Arabella Rose, Joseph Frederick and Theodore James. Source: Instagram.

Trump’s granddaughter celebrates her bat mitzvah

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s granddaughter celebrated her bat mitzvah over the weekend, her mother announced on Tuesday. Arabella Rose Kushner, the eldest child of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, marked her bat mitzvah—the coming-of-age...
Yoga Class for seniors taught at La Mesa Library by Jackie Gadd (Photo: Fred Kropveld)

Popular Instructor Says Judaism and Yoga are Complementary

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As a yoga instructor, Jackie Gadd really gets around. Every day of the week she teaches somewhere in the county.  On Sundays, she is at the Copley YMCA.  On Mondays, at the Bonita Library;...
Jews perform a brit milah in Jerusalem on Dec. 12 , 2011. The brit milah is a religious ceremony within Judaism to welcome infant Jewish boys into a covenant between God and the Children of Israel through ritual circumcision performed by a mohel (circumciser), the ceremony takes place on the eighth day of the child's life. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Conservative movement to train doctors in ritual circumcision

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Two institutions of the Conservative movement—the Rabbinical Assembly and Jewish Theological Seminary—announced that they will offer “comprehensive training” on brit milah to medical professionals who perform non-religious circumcisions. “Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the ceremony,...
Cheese wheels. Credit: PIxabay.

Remains of the day: Cheese, in all its glorious forms

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According to tradition, Shavuot—the two-day holiday that begins on the eve of the evening of May 25, the sixth day of the Jewish month of Sivan—marks the Israelites’ receiving of the Ten Commandments at...
Daniel and Tzerel Goldschmiedt arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport in February 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

A 75-year-old makes ‘aliyah’ in time for Israel’s 75th anniversary year

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In a way, Daniel Goldschmiedt and the modern State of Israel have grown up together. They both recently turned 75. Their Jewish identity is central to their lives. And now that Daniel and his...