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Granola Hamantaschen. Photo by Paula Shoyer.

Healthy hamantaschen in the form of granola and gluten-free

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Purim is coming, and, like every year, its signature treat, hamantaschen, is taking on a new twist. The holiday starts this year on the evening of March 20 and lasts through the evening of March...
Student conference attendees gathered outside the Hyatt Regency near LAX. Credit: JC Olivera Photography.

Students stand together against anti-Israel bias at LA conference

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“I support Israel not because Israel needs my support,” Egyptian-born Hussein Aboubakr, 29, proclaimed in front of 500 people, “but because I need to support Israel in order to the best version I can...
Albert Einstein and David Ben-Gurion. Credit: Israel GPO.

Albert Einstein’s brilliance, humor and literal connection to Israel

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One thing is for sure. While the writing on the pages lying on the table under a clear protective glass appeared as nonsensical gibberish or useless, mind-bending mathematical equations, they were anything but. These...
Participants in Nefesh B’Nefesh’s annual “Mega Event,” held in New Jersey on March 10, 2019. Credit: Courtesy.

North American ‘aliyah’ tour travels east to west, noting anti-Semitism, assimilation

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Nefesh B’Nefesh is hosting multiple aliyah events across North America to enable prospective new immigrants (olim) to be as prepared as possible for their move to Israel. The tour started on Sunday with Nefesh B’Nefesh’s annual...
The main event of “Hagigah Ivrit” (“The Celebration of Hebrew”) from March 9 to April 7, 2019, will be “The Hebrew Choir Festival 2019” on Sunday, March 24, at the 92 Street Y in Manhattan with New York-area Hebrew charter-school and Jewish day-school choirs performing Hebrew songs. Credit: Courtesy.

Hebrew language, arts and culture take center stage in March throughout Diaspora

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The Council for Hebrew Language and Culture in North America is launching a month-long festival as part of its mission to promote Hebrew as a common global Jewish language. Called Hagigah Ivrit (“The Celebration of Hebrew”), it...
The author in Volubilis, once a provincial Roman capital. (Ken Gruber photo)

Morocco’s songs of Jewish past

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Days have passed, time zones have changed, continents have been traversed, yet I can’t – nor do I want to – shake a magical moment in Morocco that sent shivers down my spine, right...

Savory Caramelized Onion Hamantaschen

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Recipe type: Appetizer Prep time:  45 mins Cook time:  12 mins Total time:  57 mins Serves: 12 pieces A savory twist on traditional hamantaschen with goat cheese, red onions and tomatoes! Ingredients For filling: 1 medium red onion, cut into thin...
Children take part in a one-day camp held by Alaska Jewish Campus, which introduced the Jewish Camp Gan Israel adventure over the Martin Luther King Jr. and Presidents' Day holidays in Anchorage. Credit: Gan Izzy Alaska In-Service Day Winter Camps 2019.

Cheers to school days off (and that’s coming from moms and dads)!

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They are words uttered by parents from coast to coast: “What do I do with my kids when school’s closed and I have to work?” It’s a question asked whether it’s a planned vacation...
Library at the Kinneret Academic College

Academic sightseeing in the Galilee

An acquaintance connected with the UK’s UIJA (United Israel Jewish Appeal) suggested that I write an article about the Western Galilee College for the AJR Journal (Association of Jewish Refugees), for which I write...
A Nazi-enforced death march of Jewish women prisoners began from the Schlesiersee (today Sława) concentration camp in Upper Silesia in western Poland on Jan. 24, 1945, ending 106 days and some 800 kilometers later on May 5, 1945, in the town of Volary (German: Wallern) in Czechoslovakia. Credit: Yad Vashem.

Yad Vashem exhibit details death march of 1,300 Jewish women in January 1945

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To mark Women’s History Month, the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem is featuring an online exhibit titled “The Death March to Volary,” depicting the fate of Jewish women forced on a...