These Muslim, Jewish And Christian Artists Use Music To Break Barriers
A group of musicians in Illinois is using its talents to bring different communities together.
The Salaam-Shalom Music Project brings together artists of Muslim, Jewish and Christian backgrounds to play music from one another’s culture...
Israel Commemorates 23,544 Fallen IDF Soldiers, 3,117 Terror Victims
Israel came to a standstill on Sunday night to mark Yom Hazikaron, national Memorial Day, and to commemorate the 23,544 fallen IDF soldiers and 3,117 victims of terrorist attacks who have died over the...
The Kosher Gourmet
Are you up for some kitchen therapy? You're in - if you like Indian food, but don't cook that much of it at home, either because it calls for ingredients you don't have or...
A Guide to Yom Ha’atzmaut
On the 14th of May in 1948, a man named David Ben-Gurion, soon to be Prime Minister, established the State of Israel, rebuilding the homeland of the Jews—a people who which had been exiled...
Developing a Children camp to save the memory of Sosua
This Sunday is Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day), a day to collectively bow our heads and remember the millions of lives taken during the Holocaust. Given the current political climate in the US and...
Welcoming Shabbat in Israel with the Revivo Project
The Revivo Project is one of the most successful bands in Israel. The three singers in the band are Israeli musical producer and composer Raviv Ben Menachem, Raviv’s brother – Nir Ben Menachem, and...
Deviating from Torah law leads to consequences
This week’s Torah reading contains both narrative history and dogmatic Jewish halakha. It relates to us the tragic story of the deaths of the two older sons of Aaron, when they apparently willfully mishandled...
What Is Gematria?
gematria is a numerological system by which Hebrew letters correspond to numbers. This system, developed by practitioners of Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), derived from Greek influence and became a tool for interpreting biblical texts.
In gematria,...
Lithuanian university grants degrees for Jewish students expelled in WWII
Following the request of an Israeli doctor and the Israeli Embassy in Lithuania, the Vilnius University decided to award bachelor’s degrees to hundreds of Jewish students who were expelled from the university during World...
Mimouna: A Post-Passover Celebration
Though originating and celebrated widely in the Sephardic community (Jews of Mediterranean background), a small number of North American Ashkenazi Jews (those of Eastern European background) have started celebrating this festival in recent years.
Theories...