Pakistan’s ‘last Jew’ Fishel Benkhald complains of anti-Semitism
Dubbed "Pakistan's last Jew," Fishel Benkhald, a resident of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, was originally registered as a Muslim and was named Faisal Khalid. After several months of bureaucratic struggle and paperwork,...
Holocaust survivors asked to record testimony with their families
Some 100 Holocaust survivors and their families are participating in a new campaign of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) called “Our Holocaust Story: Pledge to Remember.”
Seeing survivors with their family...
Renowned Holocaust survivor and educator to be awarded one of Poland’s highest honors
Legendary Holocaust survivor Edward Mosberg will be posthumously awarded one of Poland’s highest honors this Friday in New York.
The Polish Consulate of New York will be presenting Mosberg’s family with the Great Cross of...
Jewish reality star Bethenny Frankel sends $10 million in aid to help Ukrainian victims
Reality television star and entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel is sending $10 million in aid to help Ukrainians during Russia’s invasion through her worldwide emergency relief initiative BStrong.
The former “Real Housewives of New York City” star,...
Verter fun der Vokh – Earth Day
דער יע֜רלעכער טאָג פֿון דער ערד העלפֿט שטאַרקן די ווי֜סיקייט פֿון סבֿיבֿה־ענינים, און איז שוין דערמי֜ט געוואָ֜רן אַ פּאָפּולע֜רע צײַט אַז דער בריי֜טער עולם זאָל זיך צונוי֜פֿזאַמלען און אוי֜פֿהייבן דאָס מיסט, פֿאַרזע֜צן ביי֜מער אָדער...
Jews share honors with Marines during Padres game
Although our San Diego Padres were defeated by the San Francisco Giants by a score of 7-6 on Sunday, there was a magical moment during what was designated as “Jewish Community Day” at Petco...
Secularism and Our Heritage: The Origins of Pesakh
THE TRADITIONAL explanation for the holiday of Pesakh is to be found in the twelfth chapter of Exodus: “Tell all the congregations of Israel,” God said to Moses, “that on the tenth day of this...
Ritual bath dating to eve of Second Temple’s destruction uncovered near Temple Mount
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced on Wednesday that it had unearthed an ancient Jewish ritual bath (mikveh) dating back to the Late Second Temple period, or the first century C.E.
The ritual bath was...
January 1, 1919: J.D. Salinger was born in Manhattan
J.D. (Jerome David) Salinger, whose 1951 novel, The Catcher in the Rye, is one of the most widely read literary works in history, was born in Manhattan on this date in 1919. His father...
Muslim Zanzibar gets its first-ever Jewish center
Winding alleyways make their way past carved doors before spilling into crowded marketplaces. Zanzibar, today an autonomous part of the East African country of Tanzania, was once, not too long ago, a Sultanate. The...