Category World

Memorial to Mumbai terror victims

photo - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin lays a wreath in memory of the victims of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack at the Chabad House. To Rivlin’s left is First Lady Nechama Rivlin

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin lays a wreath in memory of the victims of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack at the Chabad House. To Rivlin’s left is First Lady Nechama Rivlin. (photo from Israel Government Press Office via Ashernet) Israeli President…

Unique rabbinical road

photo - Sandra Lawson is studying at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College

Sandra Lawson is studying at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. (photo from Sandra Lawson) Sandra Lawson, an African-American lesbian who converted to Judaism after being raised in a secular home, is now studying to be a rabbi at Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, in…

Upcoming geniza exhibit

photo - A letter of introduction, written and signed by the Rambam (Maimonides) in the 12th century, which is part of the Discarded History exhibition that will be opening in April 2017 at Cambridge University

A letter of introduction, written and signed by the Rambam (Maimonides) in the 12th century, which is part of the Discarded History exhibition that will be opening in April 2017 at Cambridge University. Visitors will be able to see a small…

Oberlin’s Jewish problem

photo - Protesters at Oberlin College

Protesters at Oberlin College. (photo by Pteranadons via Wikimedia Commons) (This is Part 1 of a two-part series. The second article examines the student-as-customer approach at universities and its relation to identity politics on campus.) New York Times columnist Frank Bruni…

Ukrainian Jews to Israel

photo - The Hon. Stockwell Day, right, and International Fellowship of Christians and Jews of Canada senior vice-president Rabbi Yael Eckstein with a Ukrainian Jewish family who were among the 220 that the Fellowship brought to Israel on Sept. 29

The Hon. Stockwell Day, right, and International Fellowship of Christians and Jews of Canada senior vice-president Rabbi Yael Eckstein with a Ukrainian Jewish family who were among the 220 that the Fellowship brought to Israel on Sept. 29. (photo from…

Donating his wish to others

photo - Matthew Boroditsky with some of the children he met at Project Somos

Matthew Boroditsky with some of the children he met at Project Somos. (photo Matthew Boroditsky) In life, we all face hurdles – and how we react to these trials can come to define us. This story exemplifies that. Three years…

EU’s split personality

photo - The European Parliament

The European Parliament. (photo by Treehill via Wikimedia Commons) Dr. Sharon Pardo is a member of the department of politics and government at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the director of the Centre for the Study of European Politics…

Planting seeds of wellness

photo - Young community members in Harlem participate in the painting of a shipping container inside of which fresh produce is grown

Young community members in Harlem participate in the painting of a shipping container inside of which fresh produce is grown. (photo by Nick Smith) Seed Street, a hydroponic farming venture and food-justice initiative that grows fresh produce inside shipping containers,…

Jewish tourists in Romania

photo - The Choral Temple in Bucharest

The Choral Temple in Bucharest. (photo from Wikimedia Commons) We spent two weeks in Romania in the late summer of 2015, also visiting Bulgaria. We took this trip partly because it was an area of vibrant Jewish life from Roman days…

Consider an African safari

photo - In Livingstone, Zambia, visitors on the Jewish tour will see a church that used to be a synagogue. The Jewish population peaked in the late 1950s, to some 1,000 community members

In Livingstone, Zambia, visitors on the Jewish tour will see a church that used to be a synagogue. The Jewish population peaked in the late 1950s, to some 1,000 community members. (photo by Rebecca Shapiro) “This guy came to stay,…