‘It’s all for the Jewish people:” Four decades of the Jeff Seidel story
Jeff Seidel is a left-hander who cheerfully admits to having a terrible sense of direction. “It’s the worst,” he says with a grin. “I get lost coming out of the shower.”
But if there’s one...
Sukkot: The harvest festival and arrival of autumn
We are twice blessed. Sukkot, the harvest festival—and sometimes called the “Jewish Thanksgiving”—takes place this year at the end of September, and two months later, Thanksgiving in America is a holiday that many Jewish...
The long journey home of Ethiopian Jewry
Experts in global Jewish history believe that highlighting minority voices within the Jewish community has the power to honor its nuances and interconnectedness. JNS’s new series highlighting Jewish ethnic minorities aims to elevate their...
March 31, 1927: César Chávez, founder of the United Farm Workers, was born
The founder of the United Farm Workers, César Chávez, was born on this date in 1927. Chávez, a disciple of Saul Alinsky, became a master of non-violent resistance who sparked the modern Hispanic civil...
Verter fun der Vokh – Tu BiShvat
Tu BiShvat: דער חמישה־עשׂר(־בשבֿט); דער ט״ו בשבֿט
New year of the trees: דאָס נײַ֜יאָר פֿון די ביי֜מער; דער ראש־השנה־לאילנות
seven species: זיבן מי֜נים
wheat: דער ווייץ
barley: (דער גערשט, ־ן; פּע֜רלגרויפּן (ל״ר
grape: די (ווײַ֜נ)טרויב, ־ן; דאָס טרײַ֜בעלע, ־ך
fig:...
South Florida Jewish organizations hosting Purim celebrations
The local Jewish community will celebrate the holiday of Purim later this month at various celebrations throughout South Florida.
On Feb. 25, the PJ Library of the Jewish Federation of Broward County presents a Purim party from...
Minneapolis art exhibit depicting Chanukah heroine Judith centers on ‘ghastly’ Caravaggio decapitation
There is no way around the goriness of Caravaggio’s “Judith and Holofernes,” which the Italian artist painted around 1599. The Chanukah heroine (almost a dead ringer for Scarlett Johansson) is midway through chopping the Assyrian general’s...
IGY, from Israel, and JQY, from NY, win $150,000 from UJA-Federation of New York
Israel Gay Youth (IGY) from Israel and Jewish Queer Youth (JQY) from New York were named the winners today of the $150,000 "It's All in the Family" campaign by UJA-Federation of New York. More than 10,000...
US Postal Service celebrates Hanukkah with ‘forever’ stamp
American Judaica artist Jeanette Kuvin Oren is well-known for her work in many media. She designs unique Torah mantles, ark curtains, chuppah wedding canopies, ketubah marriage contracts, papercuts, stained glass and nearly any ritual object or decoration a...
Theresa May’s Chanukah message to the British Jewish community
I want to send my very best wishes to everyone celebrating Chanukah in our Jewish communities here in the UK and all around the world.
It marks the triumph of freedom over hatred. And it...