This week in my neighborhood on the Upper West Side there was a bit of a brouhaha. A new “children’s” book was published by someone named Golbarg Bashi, called “P is for …
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By Tehilla R. Goldberg
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11/28/17
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In our community, there are families of children with special needs who are unable to enroll their children in local yeshivot.
The child might not be a fit for the yeshiva or the yeshiva might not …
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1/24/18
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School security, tuition relief, mandated services and other issues of importance to the Jewish community were discussed at an Agudath Israel of America legislative breakfast last Sunday in Great …
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3/21/18
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On one of the Dutch capital’s busiest squares, a middle-aged Jewish man draped in an Israeli flag bellows insults at another man holding a Palestinian flag and posters promoting a boycott of Israel. …
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA
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5/24/18
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President Donald Trump suggested after his summit on Monday with Vladimir Putin that he envisions a U.S.-Russian-Israel troika in support of the Jewish state’s interests in Syria.
Trump …
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By Combined News Sources
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7/18/18
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It’s unprecedented. Airbnb, the website that rents rooms and houses to tourists throughout the world, has decided to act as the world’s moral compass by removing all listings of Jewish …
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By Fiamma Nirenstein
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11/30/18
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In the despair of the Soviet Union’s fierce World War II battles against the Nazis, a 42-year-old Jewish man from Odessa wrote a song in Yiddish poking fun at …
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By Penny Schwartz, JTA
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2/1/19
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I love playing with color, texture and shape with my challah.
Looking to create a red challah? Add beetroot powder. Green? Try using green tea matcha powder.
Do you want bread with a golden …
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By Cheryl Holbert, The Nosher
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4/3/19
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Willemstad, Curaçao — More than a few old Jewish cemeteries are located in down-and-out corners of decaying urban areas. The four-centuries old Beth Haim Cemetery here is different. …
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By Ed Weintrob
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7/15/19
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After Shabbat ended on Aug. 3, I was distraught to learn that my quiet hometown of El Paso had become the site of one of the worst hate-motivated mass shootings in American history. I was …
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By Rabbi Levi Greenberg
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10/3/19
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