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,...
Parashat Vayeitzei וַיֵּצֵא
Yaakov is forced to leave his parents' house in the city of Be’er Shevea ("באר שבע"), and go towards Rivkah’s wicked brother, Lavan’s house in Charan ("חרן"). The name Charan means anger, alluding to...
Lithuania, Not Israel, Embraces Surrealist Shmuel Bak with Dedicated State Museum
The Shmuel Bak Museum is now open for visitors, declares the Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum’s website in all-caps, celebrating the city’s other great talent, a post modernist and surrealist painter who was a...
Meet The Flash, the latest Jewish superhero
The list of Jewish superheroes isn’t especially long. There’s Batwoman, The Fantastic Four’s Thing, X-men antihero Magneto and a handful of less well-known characters*.
But now you can add a top flight hero to the...
New book on history of the Bulgarian Jews to be published in March 2018
A book entitled “Bulgarian Jews: Living History” is to be published in March 2018 as the country marks the 75th anniversary of the prevention of the deportation of Bulgarian Jews to the death camps...
Faith in Fashion, a Conference For Chic and Modest Jewish Women, Convenes in New...
For the last couple of years, the fashion world has been seeing the rise and reign of “modest fashion.” Jewish and Muslim-founded brands, as well as fashion giants like Dior and Valentino, have been...
Was Louis Vuitton A Nazi Sympathizer?
siting the new Louis Vuitton exhibit “Volez, Voguez, Voyagez”, I was struck by the way the exhibit valorizes Mr. Louis Vuitton, positioning his progress as parallel to many great technological innovations like the car...
Atlanta Emerges as the Jewish-Foodie Capital of the South
When Liz Mennen, a Manhattan transplant, arrived in Atlanta at age 22, she searched everywhere for a staple of her youth: the knish. But the dough-encrusted, potato-filled Jewish pastry was nowhere to be found,...
Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree: Norma Geller
From helping the less fortunate to aiding those with medical needs, tikkun olam, or repairing the world, has been an integral part of Norma Geller’s life.
Those who’ve benefited from her compassion, selflessness and generosity...
The Jewish-American Writer Who Transformed U.S.-Mexico Relations
The Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles is currently highlighting the life and writing of Anita Brenner, a Mexican-born, American Jewish writer. Brenner was born in 1905 in Aguascalientes, and spent the majority of her...