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Passover Marks The Beginning of Western Civilization

Don Feder(FrontPage Magazine) Passover begins at sundown Saturday evening, March 27. You think you know the story. Perhaps. But, after more than 70 years, I barely...

Charles Barkley’s hora at his daughter’s Jewish wedding went fine

(INN) Earlier this month, Charles Barkley confessed to Jimmy Kimmel that he wasn’t sure he’d make it through the hora at his daughter’s wedding. He...

Community Pressure Yields Huge Success in Convincing Stubborn Husbands to Give Wives a Get

Edited by: TJVNews.com Community leadership was at its finest this past Tuesday as another explosive allegations of a Agunah was quickly resolved. The case which...

J Street’s Selective Memory on Palestinian Antisemitism

by Moshe Phillips (LIDBLOG) In a recent op-ed, Dylan Williams of J Street called on the Biden administration to “rebuild the U.S. relationship with moderate Palestinian leaders.” Since presumably...

How a New World of Consumers Discovered Handmade Matzah

Traditional shmurah matzah was still a rarity in post-World War II New York By: Dovid Margolin There’s nothing more pleasant on a cold New York winter’s...

Anti-Semitism gets endorsed by the Grammys

Jonathan S. Tobin(JNS) For the last 10 months, many Americans have embraced the notion that their country is guilty of “systemic racism.” In the wake...

Mizrahi and Sephardic Passover Resources During Covid-19

ha-Layla hazeh: Sephardic Customs and Readings for the Pesah Seder. Sephardic Education Center Online Sephardic Passover Agada: Hebrew, Ladino & English. Seattle Vaad Passover Guide, 2020 How...

Swastikas found on student housing at California university

By JNS Officials at the San Diego State University (SDSU) are expressing their solidarity with the school’s Jewish community after reports that swastikas were painted...

Paula Shoyer’s Gift This Passover: ‘Instant Pot Kosher Cookbook’

The author calls the apparatus revolutionary—“ideal for anyone who wants food fast with less cleanup.” By: Marshall Weiss Just in time for Passover, kosher cooking maven/author...

BDS Activist Harassed Jewish Customers In A Michigan Supermarket: Podcast Looks At Event

(VIN) Last week a Muslim blogger walked into One Stop Kosher and harassed Jewish customers by demanding they say “Free Palestine” while he records...

The brouhaha over defining Jews as an ethnic minority

(JNS) A row over anti-Semitism that has erupted in Britain illuminates the problem that bedevils so many in the West over their understanding of...

BBC panel: Does Jewish success cancel minority status?

By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News A BBC discussion about whether or not Jews should be considered an ethnic minority in the UK sparked anger...

One of the World’s Oldest Complete Esther Scrolls Finds its Final Home at the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem

"Incredibly rare" ca. 1465 Iberian scroll is one of few pre-Spanish Expulsion megillot in existence It has been digitized and is available online...

Spanish-Jewish `Nobility’ of Aleppo, Syria

Anne de Sola-Cardoza As recently as 1992, more than 4,000 Jews were being held against their will in Syria, unable to leave and kept under...

A Tour of the Burial Place of Mordechai and Esther at Hamadan in Iran

A French Jew takes us on a tour of the ancient tomb of the biblical Queen Esther and her uncle Mordechai. Both Esther and...

A Joyous and Safe Purim Coming to Chabad Centers Worldwide

More frequent Megillah readings and other innovative ways to observe the holiday By: Karen Schwartz Zahava (Gwenn) Flait and her husband Stuart are more excited than...

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