‘I was Jewish, and that was it’
A rabbi on his way to board a connecting flight at Jordan’s main airport had the straps of his tefillin (phylacteries) cut by security guards who called them a security threat, he said Thursday.
It was the...
What goes hand in hand with cherries? Chocolate!
HaAs a kid in my mother’s house, I’d use a drinking glass to cut out my rounds of dough for hamantaschen, those triangular Jewish cookies made for the holiday of Purim. Dipping the rim...
Why are the ultra-Orthodox the happiest group in Israel?
Haredi Jews are the happiest group in Israel, according to a 2022 life satisfaction and happiness survey conducted by Panels Politics. However, a report prepared by the Israel Democracy Institute noted that more than 44% of...
Holocaust museums and memorials have work cut out for them attracting non-Jews
In a study published in the Journal of Travel Research last year, scholars from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found that a visit to the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, which they dubbed “dark tourism,” made...
Lubavitcher psychotherapist creates rap video to aid addicts in recovery
Charles Goldberg, a Lubavitcher Chassid, refers to his latest project, “Recovery,” as “a video that can save lives.”
“I’m a clinical psychotherapist, but in order to ensure my mom is proud of me, I’m also...
Grains and veggies speak to Purim culinary tradition
This should be a fun-filled, over-the-top Purim this year; after all, it’s exactly three years since the coronavirus turned our world upside-down. This year, the holiday begins on the evening of Monday, March 6...
March of Living raises $500,000 to conserve 8,000 shoes at Auschwitz museum
The International March of the Living announced meeting the first “Soul to Sole” crowdfunding goal to conserve 8,000 shoes belonging to Jewish children who perished at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The group is partnering in the endeavor with...
Netanyahu confirms partial freeze on Israeli activity in Judea and Samaria
Israel will not advance plans to legalize outposts in Judea and Samaria for the next few months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday, without specifying a precise timeframe.
The move does not apply to...
Los Djudios i la Imprimeria en Espanya
Aun ke tiene antesedentes en China i en el mundo arabo la imprimeria fue Inventada en Almanya por Johann Gütenberg entre los anyos 1453 i 1456. En los anyos ke sigieron la imprimeria se...
Sotheby’s is auctioning the ‘earliest, most complete Hebrew Bible ever’
Sotheby’s auction house is selling a Hebrew Bible that Richard Austin, its global head of books and manuscripts, calls “undeniably one of the most important and singular texts in human history.”
Codex Sassoon dates to...