Jewish foundation distributes special passover kits in remote US areas
To help Jews in isolated communities across the US connect with the meaning of Passover, the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, dedicated to enhancing Jewish life, handed out holiday kits that included a box of Yehuda...
Moscow Limmud sees record enrolment of 2,500
Attendance this year at the main event organised by Limmud FSU – an international organisation putting together Jewish events in the former Soviet Union — exceeded last year’s tally by 25 percent, organisers said...
Prince Charles recalls grandmother’s rescue of Jews
Charles, Prince of Wales, spoke with Holocaust survivors in Austria about his grandmother’s role in saving the lives of a Jewish family during the Shoah.
Charles and his wife, Camilla, spent the final day of...
Yad Vashem asks WH press secretary to visit website
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The Yad Vashem holocaust memorial center on Wednesday urged White House press secretary Sean Spicer to visit its website after his comments on Hitler sparked outrage.
Spicer apologised Tuesday for "insensitive" remarks in which he...
Israeli Jews unite in prayers for Syrian civilians Israeli Jews unite in prayers...
At a Shabbat service in Tel Aviv on Friday evening, congregants recited the mourner’s prayer for those killed in Syria’s civil war.
Standing before a mural of the Tree of Life, the rabbi of the...
Jews & Catholics learn, celebrate together at interfaith Seder
There is nothing out of the ordinary in seeing Rabbi Gary Gans or Cantor Neil Schnitzer standing in front of people who have Seder plates and Haggadot at their tables. Gans, rabbi emeritus at...
US drops ‘largest non-nuclear bomb’ for first time in Afghanistan area populated by Isis...
The US has dropped the "mother of all bombs" - the largest non-nuclear weapon ever used in combat by the US military - on an area of eastern Afghanistan known to be populated by...
Richmond Jewish congregation welcomes refugees to Passover ritual
They lit candles, praying that those suffering around the world find light in the darkness. Dipping karpas into salt water, they saw the tears of all who suffer injustice.
Abdul Jalal Hashimi then watched the...
Christians Team Up With Jews to Rebuild Detroit Synagogue
According to Pastor Aramis Hinds of the Breakers Covenant Church International, the former synagogue and present church serves as a strong foundation of the Christian faith. To elaborate his point, he pointed out to...
A Concert at Masada for the Shrinking Dead Sea
If you’re familiar with the name Jean-Michel Jarre, you’ve likely heard the French musician’s innovative electro-acoustic compositions, such as his 1976 breakout album Oxygène. Turns out that Jarre–the son of renowned film composer Maurice...