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0 Culture Education

This Jewish Organization Helps People Schmooze About Death

Avi Dresner in Hadassah · 17 Nov

JADE, the Jewish Association for Death Education, founded in January 2023 by Susan Kramer and David Zinner, aims to facilitate conversations about death within the Jewish community.

0 Music Culture

Hootenanny will bring Jewish camp song and spirit to Manhattan temple at Nov. 13 event

Peter Ephross in JTA · 10 Nov

Celebrating the joyful spirit of Jewish summer camps, a special musical hootenanny will be held on November 13 at Congregation Rodeph Sholom in Manhattan.

0 Television/Film Communities

October 7 Films Spotlight Terror and Resilience

Avi Dresner in Hadassah · 2 Sep

Films like "The Children of October 7," "We Will Dance Again," "Holding Liat," and "A Letter to David" offer poignant narratives about the aftermath of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks.

0 Communities History

In just one family, four generations of Jewish doctors

Jon Kalish in Forward · 25 Jul

The Weinberg family story spans several generations, starting with Misha Weinberg who fled Belarus pogroms and became a doctor serving poor communities in Newark.

0 Communities Education

Entwine Trips Infuse Adventure with Tikkun Olam

Avi Dresner in Hadassah · 11 Mar

Entwine, an initiative of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), offers young Jews the opportunity to combine adventure and tikkun olam through subsidized leadership and global service trips to countries like Ukraine, India, and Cuba.