Israeli-American Council announces new chairman
The Israeli-American Council (IAC) announced on Thursday business leader and longstanding philanthropist Naty Saidoff as its new chairman.
Saidoff is a co-founder of the IAC and has served on the IAC’s board of directors since its...
Community fair introduces new Israeli immigrants to affordable housing options
As Israel’s real estate and housing markets continue to expand, new immigrants are faced with searching for affordable home-buying options in communities around the country.
To help in that endeavor, 500 olim gathered in Jerusalem on Wednesday...
Cantor Moshe Ganchoff, Pulitzer Prize-Winner Julia Wolfe, A Jazz Schwing, and more
Cantor Moshe Ganchoff reflects on a life in the cantorate. Interview by Neil W. Levin, Jacob Mendelsohn, Nathan Lam, Alberto Mizrahi, Noah Schall, and Daniel Gildar. Milken Archive oral history excerpt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC-Mt5qKuSQ
Braving Israeli heat wave, hundreds of thousands flock to Meron for Lag B’Omer
Despite a massive heat wave, thousands converged on the northern Israeli town of Meron from Wednesday night through Thursday to celebrate Lag B’Omer at the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, the author of...
Israeli ‘Artivism’ programs offer Eurovision-style cultural exchanges year-round
When Israeli singer and looping artist Netta Barzilai won the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Portugal last May, all of Israel was ecstatic. Beyond watching their native daughter win big on an international stage,...
‘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...
Disabled young adults bring prayers to the Western Wall
The directorial staff of Shalva, an organization that provides transformative care for people with disabilities in Israel, is used to being called up about new ideas and projects. But when a friend of the...
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...
In wake of Poway, bipartisan legislation introduced to secure religious institutions
Bipartisan legislation was introduced in Congress on Friday to provide funding to religious institutions, including synagogues, to protect attendees from potential attacks.
Introduced by U.S. Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.), the Protecting...
German archive uploads millions of documents related to Holocaust victims
Germany’s Holocaust archive has uploaded more than 13 million documents “from Nazi concentration camps, including prisoner cards and death notices, to help Holocaust researchers and others investigate the fate of victims,” reported the Associated Press on...