Did you know November is Mizrachi Heritage Month?
In Israel, Nov. 30 is a national day of remembrance and recognition for the 850,000 Jewish refugees from Arab countries, many of whom escaped violence and persecution on their way to Israel.
The Israeli government...
Perets Markish: Making the Bolshevik Revolution a Jewish One Through Yiddish
And all of a sudden, Markish interrupted in his bass voice that in moments of passion became a heroic tenor: “We shall host a literary event that will makethe whole of Warsaw tremble. On...
June 16, 1933: Zionist Leader Haim Arlosoroff Was Murdered
Born in the Ukraine, Hayim Arlosoroff was taken by his parents to Germany in 1905 following a pogrom there. He went on to become a noted leader of the Labor Zionist movement in Palestine....
Remembering the Danes’ Heroic Holocaust Actions
On February 13, 2018, Prince Henrik — husband of Danish monarch Queen Margrethe — died at the age of 83. Many Jews recall the courage of the Danish royal family, and the entire Danish people, during the Holocaust —...
Holocaust Survivor And Inventor Of Kosher ‘Meals On Wheels’ Program Dies
Yehoshua Hershkovitz, who started the first kosher “Meals On Wheels” program out of his Brooklyn kitchen, died Monday, the New York Times reported. He was 92.
In 1975, Hershkovitz founded Tomche Shabbos (“supporters of the Sabbath”)...
Will US-born Hassidic rapper represent Israel at Eurovision?
Will an American-born, Hassidic rapper and convert to Judaism represent Israel at the 2018 Eurovision song contest?
Nissim Baruch Black, the 30-year-old Hassidic recording artist behind the albums Nissim and Lemala, competed Sunday night for the chance to...
‘We will not accept converts under new reform,’ Israel’s Sephardi chief rabbi warns
Israel’s Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef harshly criticized Religious Services Minister Matan Kahana on Tuesday for spearheading conversion and kashrut reforms Yosef claims go against Jewish law.
Speaking at a massive rabbinical gathering, Yosef accused...
‘Holocaust survivor anthem’ to be performed at UN by 3 Israelis
“I stand, the last one of them all, but all of them are still living in my soul.” These stirring words will be sung on International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 by three...
EXCLUSIVE Jonathan Pollard tells all
In this week's “Wine with Adam,” host and CEO of Israel Innovation Fund Adam Scott Bellos is joined by ex-spy Jonathan Pollard in an exclusive tell-all interview.
The secret archive of the Iraqi Jews
Dr. Harold Rhode spoke at the Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center in Or Yehuda, near Ben-Gurion Airport, on Tuesday, delivering an extensive lecture regarding his central role in the rescue and preservation of an immense...