Daily Archives: March 27, 2018
Adolph William “Al” Schwimmer (1917 – 2011)
Al Schwimmer was born in New York City in 1917 to Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe. He became an engineer and pilot, gaining considerable experience and connections in the aerospace industry while serving as...
Searching for meaning behind an empty metaphor
For those who worry about the future of American Jewry, Passover brings some comfort. According to a survey published in 2014 by the Pew Research Center, 70 percent of Americans who identify as Jewish attend...
How (and why) Israel must bridge its gap with American Jewry
Israeli society takes pride in high-achieving Jews, whether they live in Israel or in the Diaspora. We are even proud of émigrés who have success abroad. Nevertheless, it is difficult for us to give up Zionist...
Before and after: Sisters extract roots of Jewish identity on Birthright trip
Natalie and Katherine Dubin reported coming out of their Mayanot Birthright Israel trip with a better understanding of what it means to be a Jew, as well as a stronger desire to become more...
Jews expand presence in Hebron, naming buildings after biblical matriarchs
A group of 15 Jewish families in Hebron took up residence in two buildings situated near the Tomb of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs (Ma’arat HaMachpela) on Monday night, which they have named Beit Rachel...
A full 97 percent of Israeli Jews host or join a Seder
According to a Jewish People Policy Institute survey of 3,000 respondents, 97 percent of Israelis Jews say they either host or participate in a Passover Seder, compared to the 2013 Pew Study’s finding of...
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994)
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson was without question a great Jewish figure, and one of the greatest Jewish leaders of the 20th century.
A talented and charismatic scholar, he was known across the world as simply...
Rare trove of coins dating to Jewish revolt unearthed in Jerusalem
The Israeli Nature and Parks Authority announced that a team of archeologists unearthed a trove of rare bronze coins on Monday dating from the last years of the Roman-Jewish War (66-73 CE) in a...
French authorities arrest two suspects connected with Holocaust-survivor’s murder
French police discovered the charred body of a Holocaust survivor covered with stab wounds after a fire broke out in her Paris apartment on Friday. The local Jewish community fears the murder was motivated by anti-Semitism,...
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi heads Democratic delegation to Israel, Jordan
U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is heading a delegation of Democratic lawmakers on a five-day visit to Israel and Jordan to promote “global and regional security and cooperation.”
California Representative and ranking...