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New Austrian exhibit opens at Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum

By Dan Verbin (A7) A new exhibition for Austria, with revisions to be more historically accurate than the previous version which dates back to...

The Exodus of Jews from the Muslim World

By By Michael Curtis(American Thinker) Overlooked the news of the chaos in Kabul is the story of the exit from Afghanistan on September 7, 2021,...

13 Facts About Sukkot Every Jew Should Know

By: Menachem Posner Sukkot Starts on a Full Moon The Jewish Holiday of Sukkot begins at nightfall on the 15th of the Jewish (lunar) month...

A Candid Conversation with an Etrog Dealer

By: Menachem Posner It’s that time of year again. Jews all over the world will be flocking to Judaica stores, impromptu outlets, and even street...

Simchas Torah: Dancing With The Bride

By: Rabbi Yochanan Zweig "The Torah that Moshe commanded us is a heritage to the Congregation of Jacob"(33:4) Simchas Torah is a day in which we...

UAE aids delivery of citrons, myrtle to Iranian Jewish community ahead of Sukkot

(JNS) The United Arab Emirates helped coordinate the delivery of around 500 citrons, known as etrogim in Hebrew, and packages of myrtle to Iran’s Jewish community to...

Rescuing Afghanistan’s last Jew

By David Isaac (JNS) One of the most extraordinary stories of the Afghan pullout is the rescue of Afghanistan’s last Jew—Zebulon Simantov, who lived in...

Moving Forward: Reflections on Autism, Neurodiversity, Brain Surgery and Faith

By Jacki Edry (Amazon Digital Services, 2021) Reviewed by: Reuven Chaim Klein While many of us habitually make judgments about other people and their actions, the...

Beautifully Illustrated Children’s Book Teaches Important Torah Values

By: Susie Garber Phyllis Blackman, well-known shadchan of Hineni (the organization founded by Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis’ zt”l), has written meaningful songs and performed them on her wonderful children’s...

5781 in Review: A Year of Overcoming Adversity, Rebuilding & Recovery

The stories that shaped the past 12 months By: Tzemach Feller As the Jewish year 5782 is ushered in with the High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah...

Sukkot: The Feast of Tabernacles & the Meanings Behind It

By: Menachem Posner Sukkot is a weeklong Jewish holiday that comes five days after Yom Kippur. Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorates...

What is Sukkot?

By: Rabbi Shraga Simmons Following on the heels of the High Holidays is Sukkot, a seven-day festival (8 days in the Diaspora) characterized by the...

On Thursday October 7th We Can’t Forget . . .

Thursday, October 7th, the First of Cheshvan, 5782, on the Jewish calendar, should be a day of remembrance. The Knesset (Israel’s Parliament) established 27 Nissan...

Afghanistan’s last Jew leaves after Taliban takeover

(AP) — The last member of Afghanistan’s Jewish community has left the country. Zebulon Simentov, who lived in a dilapidated synagogue in Kabul, kept kosher...

Rabbi’s New Book Offers Spiritual Boot Camp for High Holidays

Mark Wildes believes that most worshippers could get more from Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur if they prepared for them in advance. To that...

Recipes for a New Beginning: Transylvanian Jewish Stories of Life, Hunger, & Hope

By: Kinga Júlia Király Reviewed by: Bettina Berch Transylvanian writer Kinga Király wanted to know more about Jewish culture pre-World War II, before the older generation died...

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