Jewish organization applauds Portuguese commemoration of Spanish Inquisition victims
Jewish organization Reconectar applauded the recent passing of a law in the Portuguese Parliament that established March 31 as the official date to commemorate victims of the Inquisition.
Ashley Perry (Perez), president of Reconectar, which...
‘Virtual’ Mega Aliyah Event draws 2,500 participants in face of coronavirus crisis
The annual Mega Aliyah Event, which provides potential new immigrants (olim) with an all-encompassing slate of resources for retirees, young professionals, medical professionals, families and singles, that was set to take place in New...
Jewish organizations rally behind Italian Jews amid coronavirus shutdown
Amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis in Italy, which has brought the country to a virtual standstill, prominent Jewish organizations continue to engage the Jewish community in the country.
Chairman Isaac Herzog and Chairman of Keren...
March 13, 1921: Al Jaffe, the cartoonist who made MAD magazine famous, was born
Al Jaffee, whose 64-year career with MAD magazine makes him its longest-running artist, was born in Savannah, Georgia on this date in 1921. He spent six years living in Lithuania in a Yiddish-speaking environment before returning...
Honoring the Jew who created Iran’s first English-Farsi dictionary
As most Americans focused on Super Bowl Sunday last month, nearly 600 Iranian Jews gathered at the West Hollywood Temple Beth El to mark 50 years since the death of Solaiman Haiim, one of...
Holocaust memorials set in pavement in Berlin in memory of Jews deported
Nearly 50 Holocaust stone memorials were recently set into the pavement around a major German publisher’s new main office in Berlin in honor of the dozens of Jews deported from the city in the 1940s.
Publisher Axel Springer...
Sick of (or now possibly from) Jewish dating? There’s another option …
Sick and tired of the Jewish dating scene?
You might still be tired of it, but at least this way, it won’t get you sick.
In response to fears about the potential spread of the coronavirus...
Netflix to release show about woman leaving Chassidic lifestyle, mainly in Yiddish
Netflix will release a new series on March 26 about a young woman in Brooklyn’s Chassidic Satmar community who leaves an unhappy and fulfilling marriage for a new start in Berlin.
“Unorthodox” is inspired by...
Jewish organizations, schools, communities institute action, even close due to coronavirus
As Jews around the world were celebrating Purim, the specter of life under a global epidemic in the form of the coronavirus (COVID-19) was becoming clearer and more concerning.
In a letter to supporters on...
A Yiddish rhyme advises how to avoid getting coronavirus (with audio)
מע קען זיך צוהערן צו אַנדערע אַרטיקלען פֿונעם פֿאָרווערטס פֿאָרגעלייענט דורך שׂרה־רחל שעכטער, ווי אויך אַנדערע פֿאָרווערטס־רעקאָרדירונגען, דורכן קוועטשן דאָ.
די נײַע וועלט־מגפֿה, און די מיטלען זיך צו באַוואָרענען פֿאַר איר, זענען בפֿירוש ערנסטע ענינים, בפֿרט...