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Tag: Alaska

0 Holidays Communities

Bringing Passover to the Northern Most Jewish Community in the World

Chabad.org · 23 Apr

A group of four student rabbis collaborates with the local Chabad center to bring the Passover celebration to the Jewish community in Fairbanks, Alaska, known as the northernmost Jewish community in the world.

0 History Politics

The forgotten U.S. plan to send Jewish refugees to Alaska — and why it matters today

Benyamin Cohen in Forward · 19 Feb

Eighty years ago, the U.S. considered a plan, the Slattery Report, to resettle Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany to Alaska.

0 Television/Film Culture

Flight Risk review: ‘more plot holes than a sieve’

Jewish Chronicle · 28 Jan

Mel Gibson's thriller 'Flight Risk,' starring Michelle Dockery and Mark Wahlberg, is critiqued for its numerous plot holes and unconvincing storytelling.

0 Communities Culture

The Story of the Northern Shabbat Lights in Alaska

Chabad.org · 9 Jan

In this touching story, a rabbi travels to Alaska to engage with Eskimo communities and uncovers Jewish presence and traditions in unexpected places.

0 History Culture

The Orthodox Church’s Northern Exposure

Maggie Phillips in Tablet · 20 May 2024

The Orthodox Church's presence in Alaska, with its mixture of Greek, English, and Slavonic languages, celebrates the Orthodox Christian feast of Pascha in a multisensory experience at the Cathedral of St. Innocent.

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Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 27 Dec 2023

The article discusses the world of the Inuit, also known as Eskimos, who prefer to be called Inuit, meaning "people" in their Inuktitut language.

0 Communities Culture

It Took A Move To Alaska For Me To Find My Jewish Soul

Forward · 12 Jun 2018

Lily Cohen's unexpected journey to connect with her Jewish identity took place in Fairbanks, Alaska, where she moved for a climate change job.

0 Leadership Philosophy

How Kayaking in Alaska Prepared Me To Be a Rabbi

Forward · 7 Mar 2015

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein reflects on his transformative experience leading a kayaking trip through Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which became his personal Sinai of revelation.

0 Communities History

In Brief, Winter 2011

Jewish Review of Books · 27 Feb 2013

In a literary review, Jacob Paul's novel "Sarah/Sara" follows the story of Sarah Frankel, an Orthodox woman who embarks on a kayaking journey in Alaska after a terrorist attack in Jerusalem.