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Wandering Jews: Helping Millennials Embrace Jewish Rootedness

A few years ago, an impressive student named Allison became very engaged in our MEOR programming on the NYU campus, attending our weekly...

China’s Crackdown on the Jewish Community of Kaifeng

The descendants of China's miniscule Jewish community face persecution today. Banning Jewish services in public. Prohibiting Passover Seders. Removing signs that describe the...

Biblical Prophecies and America’s Fate

Biblical prophecies provide an invaluable guide toward understanding current and future world events. The return of the Jewish people to their ancestral homeland...

How Exiled Spanish and Portuguese Jews are Returning Home to Israel

Sonya Loya never felt Catholic, it was Judaism she was drawn to.  In the 1990s, the New Mexico-native, while in her late 30s,...

Beit Hatfutsot Honors Legacy of Leon Charney & Wife Tzili at Anniversary Dinner in NYC

Friends and supporters of Beit Hatfutsot which is designated by the law of Israel as the Center of Jewish communities in Israel and...

ORT America Tribute Reception Is a Major Success

The benefit raises funds for a scholarship for Bramson ORT College students On September 27, the Accountants, Attorneys and Financial Services chapter of...

Ancient Torah from Syria Rededicated at Hachnasat Sefer Torah at Magen David Synagogue 

On Sunday, September 18th,  hundreds of exuberant members of Brooklyn’s Syrian Jewish community gathered for a very special Hachnasat Sefer Torah at Magen...

10 Israelis Making a Mark on New York’s Tech Scene

A musician, tech pioneers, content-discovery evangelists, big-data gurus, eagle-eye investors and a kibbutznik with a hot idea for shared workspaces. The number of...

Ancient City Unearthed Where David Battled Goliath

Archaeologists believe they have found evidence of King David’s footprints in a mysterious two-gated city from 3,000 years ago, mentioned in the Bible’s...

To Odessa With Love: New Jersey Women Send Handcrafted Gifts to Orphans

A small local project snowballs into a growing effort abroad Some very special gifts are making their way to Odessa, Ukraine, for children...

What You Need to Know About the Top Five Jewish Beatboxers

Jews have the gift of the mouth. Whether it’s food, talking or music, Jewish performers have rocked Hollywood to Broadway and Vaudeville to...

How 1970s Chassidic Hackers Created a Worldwide Broadcast Network

The backroom of a Brooklyn landmark building served as the global hub for Jewish connectivity This is the story of how a handful...

Haredi Women Making Great Strides in High-Tech Sector

Haredi, women, and high-tech: three words you never expected to exist harmoniously in the same sentence. And yet, in the Jewish state, these...

Saving a Jewish Life: Israel Chesed Provider Needs Kidney Transplant

My name is Rabbi Ari Waldman. I've had the honor and pleasure of knowing and working with Yosef Busner for these past few...

Two Levys Make Hebrew Music Museum Dream Come Alive

Is it a coincidence that the two people most intimately involved in creating the Hebrew Music Museum are both Levys, descendants of the...

Norway Gives Money to Group Funding BDS Campaigns

Norway has joined Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands in contributing funds to an organization funding NGOs that promote a boycott of the...

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