Ruth Yael
Learn about the Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan in this issue of Tablet magazine. Sarah Marcus’ story provides a good look at this community. Russia’s great expanse stretches south from the Arctic for many thousands of miles until it comes to a halt...
If I had only one penny each time I’ve heard this story. Do we need a national day to convince people that their names were not changed at Ellis Island? How can we convince people that the romantic myths in their family are simply that – a...
Religious leaders, politicians and 400 residents in Sydney, Australia’s North Shore hailed plans to turn a vacated training facility to a synagogue and community center as a vital step to unite a neighborhood and sprawling Jewish community. Original...
Readers who live in large Jewish communities don’t always “get” what it’s like to live in an isolated community, particularly when it comes to lifecycle events. One year, during a ski trip to Taos, we met two young girls on the...
Located just a short walk from the sixth-century Mayor Synagogue, Europe’s oldest, Call Barcelona Books and Wines combines the features of a Judaica store with a Chabad House. Read more here: Modern Barcelona Center Celebrates Ancient Jewish Community Read More →
One week after a break-in forced a Tiberias synagogue to delay a long-planned renovation to its centuries-old building, its directors are working overtime to maintain a modicum of services to tourists in one of Israel’s busiest seasons. View original...
A group calling itself Yisrael Sheli (My Israel) has distributed a slightly revised wayfarers’ prayer that it is asking people to say on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s behalf before he leaves for Washington on Sunday.The Yisrael Sheli (My Israel)...
The United Nations is ‘closely following’ Israel’s treatment of three Hamas legislators and a former Hamas cabinet minister whom Israel is seeking to expel from Jerusalem. Richard Miron, spokesperson for the UN special coordinator for...
Here’s LATMA’s latest Tribal Update, which includes the song about Gilad Shalit that was subsequently released as a separate video. This one has English subtitles (I actually saw it last night in Hebrew – it takes them a while to get...
