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0 Philosophy Ethics

Pope Francis’ legacy

eJewishPhilanthropy · 24 Apr

Since the passing of Pope Francis, he has been commemorated for his groundbreaking interfaith initiatives, emphasizing that all religions are valid paths to God.

0 History Politics

Marci Shore in Jewish Review of Books · 7 Apr

"In Dissent," authored by Benjamin Nathans, delves into the history and significance of the Soviet dissident movement, highlighting key figures and events.

0 History Politics

Marci Shore in Jewish Review of Books · 7 Apr

"In Dissent," authored by Benjamin Nathans, delves into the history and significance of the Soviet dissident movement, highlighting key figures and events.

0 Music History

Reviving Jewish folk tunes that were nearly lost forever

Jennifer A. Stern in Forward · 26 Feb

Sofia Magid, a Soviet-Jewish musicologist active between 1928 and 1938, made significant contributions to preserving Jewish folk music by recording a rich collection of Yiddish songs and Hebrew chants in Belarus and Ukraine.

0 Communities Literature

Psychologist and Yiddish culture activist Michael Fox has died at 79

Rukhl Schaechter in Forward · 16 Jan

Michael (Menachem) Fox, a psychologist and vibrant advocate of Yiddish culture, passed away at 79.

0 History Communities

What I learned from my father’s strange journey from Poland to Algeria, Kazakhstan and the California desert

Dvora Treisman in JTA · 20 Nov 2024

Dvora Treisman reflects on her late father's extraordinary life journey from Warsaw to California through his memoirs and her own discoveries.

0 History Culture

What I learned from my father’s strange journey from Poland to Algeria, Kazakhstan and the California desert

Dvora Treisman in JTA · 20 Nov 2024

Dvora Treisman recounts the adventurous life of her father, Rafa Feliks Buszejkin, a non-observant Polish Jew born in 1912 in Warsaw.