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As Columbia’s Hillel director, I know: ‘Is there antisemitism on campus?’ is the wrong question

Brian S. Cohen in JTA · 26 Mar

Brian S. Cohen, Hillel director at Columbia University, argues that questioning the presence of antisemitism on campus misses the point.

0 Food Culture

Preorder The Dessert Table!

Leah Koenig in Jewish Table · 25 Mar

Leah Koenig celebrates the launch of her new cookbook, "The Dessert Table: 100 Joyful Jewish Sweets," which showcases diverse Jewish desserts from across the globe.

0 Antisemitism Leadership

King Charles named patron of British Jewish security nonprofit following ambulance attack

Grace Gilson in Forward · 25 Mar

King Charles III has become the first patron of the Community Security Trust (CST), the UK’s leading antisemitism watchdog, following an arson attack involving ambulances owned by a Jewish volunteer emergency service in north London.

0 History Art

Joseph and Rebecca Bau’s love story is now a global film. Can we save the museum that preserves their legacy?

eJewishPhilanthropy · 23 Mar

The Joseph Bau Museum in Tel Aviv faces the threat of closure as the building housing it is slated for demolition, despite its recognition as a top heritage site.

0 Communities History

A History of Jewish Belonging

Moshe Taragin in 18forty · 19 Mar

Moshe Taragin's article explores the multifaceted nature of Jewish communal identity through the concept of belonging, addressed via three distinct entities—eidah, Yisrael, and kahal.

0 History Holidays

Rising from the Ashes: Pekudei and the Rebuilding of Jewish Sacred Space

Shani Taragin in 18forty · 12 Mar

Shani Taragin explores the historical and spiritual significance of rebuilding Jewish sacred spaces, linking the completion of the Mishkan in Parshat Pekudei to the reconstruction of synagogues post-Holocaust.

0 Art Culture

In the work of 21 artists, 49 different ways to be Jewish

Simi Horwitz in Forward · 11 Mar

The exhibition "Envisioning the Sacred" at the Derfner Judaica Museum showcases 49 diverse art pieces by 21 artists, exploring the intersection of modernist expression and Jewish identity.

0 Politics Communities

Aderabba

Natan Slifkin in Rationalist Judaism · 10 Mar

Amid the ongoing war challenges in Israel, an incident involving a group of yeshiva students traveling to Poland for a religious pilgrimage has sparked controversy.

0 Communities History

His Father’s Echo

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 5 Mar

Rav Pinchas Menachem Alter, known as the Pnei Menachem, and his father, the Imrei Emes, are two contrasting yet deeply interconnected figures in the Gur Chassidic dynasty.

0 Communities History

His Father’s Echo

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 5 Mar

Rav Pinchas Menachem Alter, known as the Pnei Menachem, and his father, the Imrei Emes, are two contrasting yet deeply interconnected figures in the Gur Chassidic dynasty.

0 Culture History

Life Making Sense

Carol Ann Schwartz in Hadassah · 4 Mar

The article explores the intertwining of joy and sorrow in Jewish history and tradition, exemplified through holidays like Purim, Passover, and Yom Hashoah.

0 Holocaust History

Poland returns 91 Jewish objects to Greece, decades after they were stolen by the Nazis

Shira Bartov in Forward · 4 Mar

In a landmark act of restitution, Poland has returned 91 Jewish religious and ceremonial objects to Greece, including Torah scrolls and silver finials, decades after they were stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

0 History Holocaust

Poland returns 91 Jewish objects to Greece, decades after they were stolen by the Nazis

Shira Li Bartov in JTA · 4 Mar

Poland has returned 91 sacred Jewish artifacts to Greece, which were originally looted by the Nazis from Thessaloniki, a city with a significant Jewish population that suffered monumental losses during the Holocaust.

0 History Holocaust

Poland returns 91 Jewish objects to Greece, decades after they were stolen by the Nazis

Shira Li Bartov in JTA · 4 Mar

Poland has returned 91 sacred Jewish artifacts to Greece, which were originally looted by the Nazis from Thessaloniki, a city with a significant Jewish population that suffered monumental losses during the Holocaust.

0 Television/Film Culture

In the face of conflict over assimilation, appropriation, colonialism and hegemony, a plea for human dignity through dance

Sheerly Avni in Forward · 3 Mar

Tatyana Tenenbaum's debut documentary, "Everything You Have Is Yours," follows dancer Hadar Ahuvia as she navigates personal and cultural conflicts through the medium of dance.

0 History Politics

The timing of Israel's attack on Iran was not a coincidence.

Bob Goldberg in Future of Jewish · 3 Mar

Bob Goldberg explores the symbolic timing of Israel's military action against Iran just before the Jewish holiday of Purim, aligning it with the themes of Shabbat Zachor and the remembrance of Amalek, the Biblical archetype of Jewish enemies.

0 Culture History

Yiddish Ghosts of Purim Past

Mira Balberg in Jewish Review of Books · 2 Mar

Celebrating Purim after the Holocaust poses a profound challenge to some in the Jewish community, as articulated by philosopher Aviezer Ravitzky.

0 Politics History

The war on Zionism is becoming a war on Jewish history.

Debbie Lechtman in Future of Jewish · 26 Feb

The essay by Debbie Lechtman explores the growing trend of viewing all Jewish-related media and history through an anti-Zionist lens, clarifying this as a broader assault on Jewish history and identity.

0 Politics History

The war on Zionism is becoming a war on Jewish history.

Debbie Lechtman in Future of Jewish · 26 Feb

The essay by Debbie Lechtman explores the growing trend of viewing all Jewish-related media and history through an anti-Zionist lens, clarifying this as a broader assault on Jewish history and identity.

0 History Politics

Poland’s Jewish museum director returns, 7 years after being pushed out by nationalist politics

Shira Bartov in Forward · 26 Feb

Dariusz Stola has been reinstated as director of the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, seven years after being ousted by Poland's then-nationalist government.

0 Antisemitism History

Why was Tucker Carlson pushing for DNA testing for Jews? What to know about the ‘Khazar’ theory that antisemites can’t shake.

Andrew Lapin in JTA · 26 Feb

Tucker Carlson's recent interview with Mike Huckabee brought the discredited Khazar theory back into discussion, raising concerns about antisemitism.

0 Communities History

Poland’s Jewish museum director returns, 7 years after being pushed out by nationalist politics

Shira Li Bartov in JTA · 26 Feb

Dariusz Stola, the first director of the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, has been reappointed after being ousted by Poland's previous nationalist government in 2019.

0 Communities History

The Future is Sephardic

Sapir · 25 Feb

As American Jews reflect on what some call their "Golden Age," there's a growing divergence between Ashkenazi and Sephardic visions of the future.

0 History Holocaust

Documentary about Jews killed by their Polish neighbors after the Holocaust could be banned in Poland

Shira Li Bartov in JTA · 24 Feb

"Among Neighbors," a documentary by Yoav Potash, explores the tragic story of five Jews murdered by their Polish neighbors in Gniewoszów, Poland, six months after World War II ended.

0 History Holocaust

Documentary about Jews killed by their Polish neighbors after the Holocaust could be banned in Poland

Shira Li Bartov in JTA · 24 Feb

"Among Neighbors," a documentary by Yoav Potash, explores the tragic story of five Jews murdered by their Polish neighbors in Gniewoszów, Poland, six months after World War II ended.

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