Who can argue with a $5 million donation to promote civility?
Remember the anguished plea of Rodney King: “Can we all just get along?” The L.A. victim of police brutality spoke those words 27 years ago and they still plead from his grave marker in...
El papagayo judyo
Un diya ke Albert estava tornando a su kaza
estava rogando ke una koza maraviyoza le
afite para salir de la monotonia de kada diya !
Estava pasando delantre de un magazen de
animalitos de kompanyia kuando a...
New York City to yeshivahs: Vaccinate or face closure
Amid a measles outbreak that first began when an unvaccinated child got the disease while visiting Israel, New York City has told yeshivahs in the Brooklyn section of Williamsburg that students must be vaccinated or else face...
Findings from first national study on Jewish grandparents show depth of involvement
The first-ever national study of Jewish grandparents—commissioned by the Jewish Grandparents Network (JGN), in partnership with 17 national organizations and Jewish Federations—provides detailed information about the demographics, attitudes, beliefs, behaviors and needs of this...
Lithuania Jewish community slams state center for faulty details of Holocaust
The state-funded Center for the Study of the Genocide and Resistance of Residents of Lithuania has been under fire for publishing last month that “the Lithuanians operated against the will of the Germans” during...
WATCH: 2019 Israel Election Broadcast
“Israeli elections are a time to celebrate the only democracy in the Middle East,” said Traiman, who is hosting the program. “It is also a time when individuals all around the world will take...
Bubbe’s Passover, circa 2019: Feeding the soul while keeping the body healthy
Sweet gefilte fish with a dollop of eye-watering horseradish. Fluffy matzah balls floating in golden chicken soup, raisin-dotted matzah kugel, tangy stuffed cabbage, crunchy charoset, mile-high sponge cake.
This time of year (Passover—or Pesach in Hebrew—begins...
BBYO hosts annual service day in 150 communities in more than 25 countries
The Jewish youth group BBYO hosted its 15th annual International Day of Jewish Teen Service, or J-Serve, on Sunday with a record 15,000-plus teens in 150 communities in more than 25 countries.
This year featured...
Strom to present Songs of Home and Exile April 9 in San Diego
“Songs of Home and Exile” is the title of the program Yale Strom will present at Smith Recital Hall, SDSU, Tuesday evening, April 9 at 7 p.m. The multi-talented artist-in-residence at San Diego State...
Israeli goalie breaks Guinness World Record for age
An Israeli goalkeeper has broken the Guinness World Record for oldest soccer player to take part in a professional soccer match.
Isaak Hayik, who will turn 74 this week, managed to make some good saves...