Monthly Archives: August 2017
How to help Houston with food relief
A notice on the Houston Food Bank’s website says the organization is closed due to flooding, but will reopen as soon as possible to help provide disaster relief to the community. It will surely have...
As waters rise, here’s how Chabad is helping Houston Jews keep Kosher
When the leader of Houston’s Chabad Teen Network (CTeen) was forced from her home by floodwaters, she took shelter with friends who happened to live near the local Chabad house, Chabad of Uptown. Naomi Bier,...
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...
In Greece, a city struggles to come to terms with its Jewish past
Walking through the bustling center of Thessaloniki, Greece, Hella Kounio Matalon points off to the distance.
“Most of the properties that we see on this road are former Jewish properties,” she said as she walked...
Should Jewish celebrities be wearing yellow stars?
In September 1939, while Nazi Germany invaded Central Poland and initiated World War II, Polish Jews were ordered to wear signifying markers on their clothing to identify them as such.
Germany was already steeped in...
Chorapes Pretos
Me eskarinyi de mi avuela i desidi kon mi ermaniko de vijitarla por modo ke siempre me azia plazer de verla. En estas vijitas avía un elemento de rekompensya, un elemento de sorpreza o...
David Bedein asks UN Secretary General about war education curriculum used in UNRWA schools
On August 30, 2017, A few hours after his visit to UNRWA in Gaza, the UN Secretary General António Guterres spoke at the Diaspora Museum in Tel Aviv, after which where Mr. Guterres reported...
Milbank: Trump’s weak response to racism unites Jews, blacks
President Trump has united us, after all.
He brought together the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Jews.
This modern-day miracle was on display Monday, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the Mall, 54 years...
Benjamin Netanyahu mistakes museum souvenir for 2,000 year old Jewish coin
Many in Israel were captivated by the charming story of eight-year-old Hallel Halevy, who recently discovered an ancient half-shekel coin on the ground when picking up her sister from nursery school in Halamish, an...