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0 Antisemitism Communities

When Jews start packing suitcases, everyone should be concerned.

Leo Pearlman in Future of Jewish · 24 Dec 2025

This stirring essay by Leo Pearlman tackles the alarming rise in antisemitism in the UK, underscored by recent polling showing that a significant portion of British Jews are considering leaving the country due to safety concerns.

0 Literature History

The Magic Mountain Is Still Magic

Jonah Raskin in Tablet · 5 Sep 2025

Jonah Raskin reflects on the enduring allure of Thomas Mann's novel "The Magic Mountain," coinciding with its recent translation for its upcoming centennial in 2024.

0 Music Politics

Why Bard College’s orchestra performed Mendelssohn at the site of Hitler’s Nuremberg rallies

Shira Li Bartov in JTA · 25 Jul 2025

At a historically significant site in Nuremberg previously used for Nazi rallies, Bard College's "The Orchestra Now" performed a concert centered on Felix Mendelssohn's music, once banned by the Nazis for his Jewish heritage.

0 Jewish Law Israel

6/21/25 – Shiur 517 – The “Iran War” – on the Halachic Frontlines

Halacha Headlines · 19 Jun 2025

Rabbi Ari Wasserman explores intricate halachic considerations for Jews amid the current violence in Israel, including whether to attend communal prayer, carry a phone on Shabbos, and respond to emergency alerts.

0 Communities Jewish Law

Inbox: Issue 1053

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 11 Mar 2025

Readers respond to various articles from Mishpacha Magazine, highlighting key community and personal issues.

0 Culture Education

Light in London

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 31 Dec 2024

A grand Torah celebration took place at London's Copper Box Arena, originally built for the 2012 Olympic Games, drawing 10,000 participants from across Europe for Dirshu's siyum on Maseches Shabbos within their Amud Yomi program.

0 Culture Education

Inbox: Issue 1037

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 19 Nov 2024

A collection of reader responses in this issue of Mishpacha Magazine addresses various topics including education needs for children with ADHD, the role of soldiers in protecting Israel, and the challenges of satire in Jewish comics.

0 Sports Holocaust

How a Holocaust survivor helped make Bayern Munich a soccer powerhouse

Julian Voloj in Forward · 13 Jul 2022

Bayern Munich, now a titan of German soccer, owes much of its success to Kurt Landauer, a Jewish pioneer who served as the club's president both before and after surviving the Holocaust.

0 Literature Holocaust

In These Dark Times, Turn To Paul Celan

Forward · 9 Apr 2017

Paul Celan, born in Czernovitz, Romania, and a survivor of the Holocaust, is renowned for his profound and innovative use of language in poetry, which offers a response to the incomprehensible cruelty and alienation of the modern world.