New initiative seeks to remember the ‘forgotten’ Mideast Jewish refugees
The nine young Iraqi Jewish men hanging in the center of Liberation Square in Baghdad in January 1969 after being accused by the Ba’athist regime of espionage were the subject of great interest that...
A new kind of ambassador: The rise of Israel’s Shalva Band and Netta Barzilai
As the Shalva Band and 2018 Eurovision Song Contest winner Netta Barzilai redefine what it means to be beautiful and successful, perhaps they are, at the same time, redefining what it means to be...
Orphaned in Mumbai in 2008, Moshe Holtzberg celebrates his bar mitzvah
Moshe Holtzberg, who was orphaned in the Mumbai Chabad center massacre that took the lives of his parents 11 years ago this week, was called to the Torah for the first time in his hometown of Afula, Israel, on Shabbat and celebrated his bar mitzvah on...
Sigd: The ultimate Zionist festival
The 29th of Cheshvan is not a particularly noteworthy day for most Jews. Cheshvan is the only Hebrew month that has no holidays or fast days. But for Jews from Ethiopia, this date has...
Tiffany Haddish talks about bat mitzvah party, why her friends should study Torah
Tiffany Haddish’s bat mitzvah celebration on Dec. 3—the same day her Netflix series “Black Mitzvah” will debut—is set to be a grand affair with lots of dancing and celebrity guests, she told the Hey Alma website.
The 39-year-old’s...
5,800 rabbis and communal leaders celebrate Jewish life at Chabad conference banquet
Lettered and numbered circular tables lined the 150,000-square-foot New Jersey Convention Center, each one filled with a dozen rabbis and Jewish communal leaders, close to 6,000 people in all. They came together for the...
The attitude of gratitude: Jewish insights to share at your Thanksgiving table
Thanksgiving. They got it from us.
The evidence: Things they don’t teach you in school, like the Pilgrims modeling their autumn thanksgiving holiday after the Jewish harvest holiday of Sukkot, celebrated just a few weeks...
The ‘gateway between US Jewry and Israel’
Shoham Nicolet, co-founder and CEO of the Israeli-American Council (IAC), is not particularly interested in talking about what’s dividing Israelis and American Jews.
“We’re not focusing on the rift between U.S. Jewry and Israel. Honing...
Famed Israeli spy Eli Cohen’s widow angry at Mossad over new report
The widow of famed Israeli spy Eli Cohen, who was executed in Damascus in 1965 and then buried in a secret location, expressed anger at the Mossad spy agency on Sunday, after the publication...
Relocation fair offers details on Jewish communities in North America, Israel
Nearly 2,000 people attended the Orthodox Union’s Seventh International Jewish Community Home & Job Relocation Fair on Sunday, showcasing a record-breaking 63 communities from the United States and Israel at the Metropolitan Pavilion in...