admin | December 27, 2019
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --As co-founder of the U.S. Holocaust Museum, Mark Talisman accumulated a rare collection of artwork over his lifetime, including the 45-piece "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" collection of children's drawings from the Nazi Terezin concentration camp.
admin | December 27, 2019
Genie Milgrom, pictured in 2013, stands in the entryway of her Miami home wrapped in a long family tree, filled with the names of 22 generations of grandmothers. Raised Catholic, Milgrom traced her family's hidden Jewish roots with the help of a trove of ancient family recipes written down by the women of her family over generations.Image credit: Miami Herald With the holidays approaching, its the time of year for families to come together and share their traditions
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If you haven't finished your holiday shopping yet, hop to it but don't forget to take a moment in between paying for expedited shipping to enjoy some of the weekend's best food and drink events, including a south-of-the-equator celebration and the beginning of Hanukkah. For her latest TV special, Lidia traveled around the country including a stop in Denver.
admin | December 27, 2019
Photo Credit: ArtScroll Title: Introduction to the TalmudPublisher: ArtScroll ArtScroll has done it again! The ArtScroll Schottenstein Talmud revolutionized Gemara learning throughout the world.
admin | December 27, 2019
Dr. Jordan Rosenstock and son, Eytan, of White Plains, after being crowned the parent-child Diaspora Winners. Rabbi Joshua Lookstein, WDS head of school, with winner Eytan Rosenstock and his younger siblings, Ilan and Talia
admin | December 27, 2019
The holiday of Chanukah is mentioned only briefly in the Mishnah and the Talmud. In fact, the names of the sons of Matityahu are not mentioned.
admin | December 27, 2019
During this time, we Jews have been enjoying our holiday of Chanukah, the festival of lights. As most people know (indeed the public schools tell the children about it now), the menorah candelabra is lit with one additional candle each night, culminating with eight candles burning on the last, eighth evening.
admin | December 27, 2019
Rabbi Reines' 'Ohr Hadash al Tzion' manuscript National Library of Israel Rabbi Isaac Jacob Reines (1839-1915) was one of the first rabbis to give wholehearted support to the Zionist movement. He corresponded regularly with Theodor Herzl and founded the Mizrachi movement, the international Religious Zionist organization that is globally active until today. Descendants of Rabbi Reines recently learned of the existence of 88 of his manuscripts, purchased them, and donated them to the National Library of Israel (NLI) in memory of Rabbanit Elka Cyperstein.
admin | December 27, 2019
One of the most trenchant observers of the American Jewish scene, Professor Chaim I. Waxman, the distinguished sociologist, has written a wide-ranging, engaging and comprehensive analysis that examines changes in conduct as well as halachic behavior in Orthodox Judaism in America, from a social and psychological perspective. Waxman, Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Jewish Studies at Rutgers University, has lived in Israel since 2006, and currently serves as chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences at Hadassah Academic College.Waxman first introduces readers to the two main groupings by which Orthodox Jews in America are usually categorized ultra-Orthodox and Modern Orthodox Jews and traces the practice of Judaism in the United States until the end of the 19th century
admin | December 27, 2019
The Divisive Decade: When The Center Couldnt Hold The 2010s meant a lot of things to a lot of people, but weve chosen to label the past 10 years The Divisive Decade.
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