What is Rosh Hashanah?
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, always falls on the first and second day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei. The words “Rosh Hashanah” literally mean “the beginning/head of the year”.
Although it is seen...
His bravery unsung, Varian Fry acted to save Jews
In June of 1935, two years after the German government falsely portrayed the burning of the Reichstag as a Communist plot to overthrow the state and just at the moment that it had banned...
We need Jewish schools to preserve Jewish identity
Most of the children in our community returned to school this week. For some, it was a nervous time; for others, it was welcomed. But for all students of any age, grade or place...
It’s 2017, and the best athletes are Jews
By half-time at the Rose Bowl this weekend, UCLA was trailing 38-10. By the end of the third quarter, Texas A&M managed to widen its lead to 44-10. And even though the Bruins started...
In Jewish cookbook, author Joan Nathan takes readers around the world
Joan Nathan takes readers on a world tour of Jewish cooking in her latest book.
“King Solomon’s Table: A Culinary Exploration of Jewish Cooking From Around the World” (Alfred A. Knopf, $35) is the result...
Morocco’s muslim monarch is trying to preserve the country’s Jewish history—before it’s too late
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQMr2bvXIqs
A decade ago, when Elmehdi Boudra began attending college in his native Morocco, he didn’t expect to see swastikas scrawled on his door. Like almost every other student at his school, Boudra is Muslim....
‘A great project for all Egyptians’: Egypt to repair synagogue in city of eight...
Alexandria’s historic synagogue has very few visitors. In a city once home to almost 25,000 Jews, Alexandria’s Jewish community is now said to number fewer than eight people, most of whom are elderly.
Originally built...
Meet Aaron Brown – Jewish rocket scientist
Aaron Brown is an aerospace engineer specializing in trajectory analysis, design, and operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center.
Aaron has worked as a Trajectory Operations Officer for the International Space Station program.
He is now engaged...
120 years later: 3 days in Basel that changed the course of the Jewish...
In late August 1897, some 200 Jews from 17 countries arrived in Basel, Switzerland.
Dressed in festive formal attire, the delegates entered the municipal casino concert hall, which was decorated with blue and white flags...
Meet Shannon Sarna, ‘Modern Jewish Baker’
Shannon Sarna, 35, of South Orange has baked new life into old standards, and she’s got me believing in the power of resurrection when it comes to Jewish carbohydrates.
If you swoon over the buttery...