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Kosovo’s envoy to Israel looks back on ‘important and exciting historical step’
After more than 10 years of covert relations, the State of Israel and the Republic of Kosovo agreed to establish formal diplomatic relations on Sept. 4, 2020. In September and early October of last...
Ben-Gurion University to team with second academic institution in Morocco
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel and Université Internationale de Rabat (UIR) in Morocco signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the study of Moroccan Jewry, in addition to research and education.
A...
WATCH: Jimmy Buffett in Yiddish (“Come to me”)
WATCH: Jimmy Buffett in Yiddish (“Come to me”)
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דער אַמעריקאַנער פּאָעט און זינגער דזשימי באָפֿעט איז באַקאַנט ווי אַ מחבר פֿון טשיקאַווע לידער, וואָס האָבן אָפֿט צו טאָן מיט משקה און סעקס....
‘If you build it, they will come’: The blessings of the holiday sukkah
Some people take the commandment to beautify a mitzvah very seriously indeed, especially when it comes to their sukkah.
It’s been nearly three decades since Len Upin took brush in hand and, using acrylics, painted a...
Music for Yom Kippur: Kol Nidrei, The History of a Song and a Prayer
Kol Nidrei is an Aramaic phrase which means far more than its literal translation, “All Vows.” This statement of annulment of vows has become such a dominant part of the Jewish religious psyche that it...
The obligation to remember, even on a day when we look inward
It comes in a part of the Yom Kippur service that even many of those who are more than three-day-a-year synagogue-goers often skip in the late afternoon as the daylong fast heads towards its...
Pope Francis is wrong: The laws of the Torah do give life
Pope Francis’s recent claim that the Torah “does not give life, it does not offer the fulfillment of the promise” has raised hackles across the Jewish world.
This week, Pope Francis sought to alleviate concerns...
New Jersey poised to divest from Unilever over Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream boycott
New Jersey is poised to become the latest state to divest from the British Unilever company over Ben & Jerry’s decision this summer to boycott selling its products in the West Bank and parts of Jerusalem.
In...
Toronto man arrested, again charged for assault, anti-Semitic attack
A Canadian man responsible for a number of anti-Semitic attacks within the last few months was recently arrested and charged in relation to another hate-motivated assault, B’nai Brith Canada reported.
On Friday, Michael Park, 32, approached a woman at...
New Anne Frank statue in Guatemala features famous quote from her diary
A statue honoring Holocaust victim and teenage Jewish diarist Anne Frank was unveiled in Antigua, Guatemala, earlier this month, reported the San Diego Jewish World.
The Anne Frank Children’s Human Rights Memorial, which was dedicated on...