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Learn how to make classic Israeli hummus in one minute

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Come see how to make the classic Israeli Hummus with ISRAEL21c. https://youtu.be/9ORC13mt7P0
Warm bedding is delivered to Svetlana M. in Babruysk, Belarus, from a representative of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s Hesed Social Welfare Center. Credit: JDC.

As winter weather batters populations worldwide, JDC calls for aid efforts

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As extreme weather sweeps across the United States and Europe, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee urges the public to support local and global winter efforts that aid poor populations. JDC has provided such...
Jewish - Arab wedding plagued by protests against assimilation

What can be done to battle Jewish assimilation?

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My shul in Tel Aviv is a microcosm of Israeli life. Every type of Jew attends and is welcomed. But for most of the year, I’m one of only two Cohanim. And there’s hardly ever...
A group of lone soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces with Mindy Levine, wife of president of the New York Yankees Randy Levine, and co-founders of Nefesh B'Nefesh Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart, during “Yom Siddurim,” or “personal errands day,” on Jan. 24, 2018. Photo by Shahar Azran.

Lone soldiers get a helping hand on annual ‘Personal Errands Day’

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Nefesh B’Nefesh and Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) hosted its sixth annual “Yom Siddurim,” or “personal errands day,” for lone soldiers on Thursday. The day, organized with the Israel Defense Forces’ Human Resources Department,...
Julian Reiss, 21, left, riding a camel in the Israeli desert with a travel guide. (Courtesy of the Friendship Circle)

Birthright Israel sees record participation in 2018

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Birthright Israel reached a new milestone in 2018, with a record 48,000 participants from around abroad and 8,300 Israelis. Birthright Israel, also known as Taglit in Hebrew, brings Jewish youths from around the world to...
Photo by Claudia Sánchez Rod

Trilingual reading to feature award-winning Mexican poet

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The Jewish History Museum will co-sponsor a poetry reading on Wednesday, Feb. 27 in Spanish, English and Ladino with acclaimed Mexican poet Myriam Moscona. Joining her on stage will be the translators of her...
Italian Ambassador to NATO Claudio Bisogniero speaks at the NATO headquarters alongside a screen projecting #WeRemember photo via live stream from Auschwitz-Birkenau. Credit: NATO.

World Jewish Congress partners with NATO to raise Holocaust awareness

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Tens of thousands of photographs taken by during in the World Jewish Congress’s #WeRemember campaign to evoke awareness about the atrocities of the Holocaust and anti-Semitism will be screened on Thursday and Friday—days before International Holocaust...
The main gate of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Credit: Angelo Celedon via Wikimedia Commons.

Disturbing poll in Canada reveals critical gaps in Holocaust knowledge

A new and troubling poll conducted in Canada ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day reveals critical gaps in knowledge about and awareness of the Holocaust, particularly among the country’s millennials. The poll was conducted by...
Bingo Wholesale big-box-store in Lakewood, N.J. Credit: Bingo Wholesale/Facebook.

B-I-N-G-O! Wholesale grocer opens kosher-heavy, big-box store in Lakewood, NJ

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A year after opening its first store in Brooklyn, N.Y., Bingo Wholesale opened its second store in the heavily Orthodox, kashrut-observant community of Lakewood, N.J. Bingo is a partnership between Weiss and Osher Ad, a...
The Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City’s Battery Park (Photo: Wikipedia)

Auschwitz artifacts to go on exhibit in New York City

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The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust has announced plans to present the most comprehensive Holocaust exhibition about Auschwitz ever exhibited in North America. Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not...