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Jewish man in France beaten after confronting group that called him dirty Jew – The Times of Israel

| September 19, 2021

JTA Police in France have arrested one suspect in connection with the gang beating of a Jewish man on a Lyon street. Five men ganged up on the victim after calling him a dirty Jew, the Actu 17 news site reported.

Portland Jewish Deli Ben & Esthers Will Open a NE Alberta Shop – Eater Portland

| September 19, 2021

When Justin King opened his Roseway neighborhood bagel shop, Ben & Esthers, in 2019, it was designed as a traditional Jewish deli. The shop, named for Kings grandparents, served matzo ball soup, lox, and whitefish salad, as well as bagels slathered with smoked salmon schmear.

This is America: I returned to synagogue for the Jewish High Holidays. It felt like going home. – USA TODAY

| September 19, 2021

Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah: The Jewish High Holy Days, explained Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah are the Jewish High Holy Days.

Meet the Jewish mustard maven who founded a museum – The Jerusalem Post

| September 19, 2021

The 16th-century kabbalist Moshe Cordovero and the Jewish philosopher Nachmanides both compared the universe to the size of a mustard seed. The biblical commentator Rashi who lived 100 miles from Dijon, France believed that Abraham served tongue with mustard to the three angels who visit him in the 18th chapter of Genesis. Mustard is in almost every religion and every culture, said Barry Levenson, the founder, curator and CMO (chief mustard officer) of the National Mustard Museum in Middleton, Wisconsin.

DC rally to support those who stormed Capitol has Jewish officials on high alert – The Times of Israel

| September 19, 2021

JTA A rally in Washington, DC planned for Saturday in solidarity with those who stormed the US Capitol on Jan. 6 has local and Jewish officials on high alert.

New Owners of LAs Most Important Jewish Bakery Work to Carry on a 75-Year Legacy – Eater LA

| September 19, 2021

In many observant Jewish homes, there are mezuzahs affixed to door frames. The narrow, ornate cylinders contain a small prayer scroll and are touched upon entering or leaving. This signifies both the calming presence of faith and the journey across a threshold, a moment spent between two spaces

No wonder Christians, Muslims and Jews fell in love with this ancient site – Haaretz

| September 19, 2021

Everyone loves Zippori. Even today you can still feel the culture, the grandeur, the power of wealth there. This hill in the Lower Galilee has seen countless incarnations during its existence and is still one of the most fascinating places in the country

Ballet in the City: Jewish Contributions to the Performing Arts in 1930s Shanghai – lareviewofbooks

| September 19, 2021

JEWS IN SHANGHAI have been the subject of many memoirs and novels, especially when it comes to the more than 24,000 refugees who fled Nazi Europe during the 1930s. Kirsty Mannings The Song of Jade Lily (2018) and Rachel DeWoskins Someday We Will Fly (2019) are two recent novels that tell stories of Jewish refugees who fled to the Chinese city, one of the only places in the world that didnt require papers back then.

UNR Jewish leader: Comparing Holocaust to mask and vaccine rules ‘wrong 100% of the time’ – Reno Gazette Journal

| September 19, 2021

Wearing a replica of the Star of David patch to compare maskmandates to the Holocaust isbeyond offensive and wrong 100% of the time," according to Atty Garfinkel, who oversees Jewish student life at the University of Nevada, Reno. At least two people attending the Washoe County School Board meeting Tuesday wore yellow stars like those the Nazis forced Jews to wear during the mass genocide of World War II. James Benthin, who attended the meeting, said he wore a yellow starto equatepeople who don't want to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or wear masks with the treatment of Jews during the Holocaust.

College Dems Jewish Caucus Call on VP Candidate to Resign, Accuse Her of Being Prejudiced Against Jews – Jewish Journal

| September 19, 2021

The College Democrats of America (CDA) Jewish Caucus called on a CDA official who is running to be vice president of the organization to step out of the race, alleging that her Twitter history shows her being prejudiced against Jews.


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