Daily Archives: September 20, 2017

I think I was in an iced-over bus lot in northeastern Poland, standing in front of a mound of desecrated gravestones, when I first had the feeling that Jewish heritage travel in Europe might...

In a night filled with political content and anger directed at the sitting US president, Jewish shows and performers didn’t win big – but they got in a few jabs of their own. Most of...

After 19 years in Congress, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York still surprises Washington. The nation’s highest-ranking Democrat is willing to rattle his party establishment after climbing to its top. And in a tumultuous...

My husband Marty and I recently participated on a 10-day “Mission to Jewish Morocco,” which was organized by the Jewish Federation of Sarasota. Not only did we see the usual tourist sites of the...

There's an apocryphal story from WWII that when the Nazis started requiring the Jews under their control to wear gold stars, the Danish King donned one himself and suggested his subjects do the same....

After receiving the largest donation in its history, the Jewish General Hospital inaugurated its new heart centre on Monday, the Azrieli Heart Centre. Already renowned as one of the best heart centres in North America,...

Jewish holidays are joyous occasions — food abounds, the family gathers together and there’s laughing, singing and (sometimes) dancing. But nothing stresses out the modern Jewish woman quite like finding the perfect outfit to...

Speaking on the eve of the Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year celebration, Mrs. May told members of the Jewish community from business, the arts, politics, public services and charities about her plans to...

Saludes a todos los oyentes de la emisyon Muestra lingua, la emisyon en djudeo-espanyol fundada por el profesor Haïm-Vidal Sephiha i prezentada agora por vuestro servidor Edmond Cohen, kon Philippe en la kabina. Mi emisyon...

Voir les extraits vidéo sur MEMRI TV Le chef de la milice chiite irakienne Hadi Al-Ameri, responsable de l’Organisation Badr, a déclaré qu’il s’opposait au référendum sur l’indépendance du Kurdistan qui, selon lui, ne servirait...