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From seedling colony to Big Apple: How Jews helped shape NYC’s 350-year history
By Rich Tenorio
New book includes highlights and dark periods of NY Jewry, from anarchist Emma Goldman, crime syndicate Murder, Inc. and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Renowned British writer, a virulent anti-Semite, being considered for sainthood
By Robert Philpot
'Jewish New York' author, Deborah Dash Moore. (Jean Paul Jann)
June 17, 2018, 2:14 am
From seedling colony to Big Apple: How Jews helped shape NYC’s 350-year history
New book includes highlights and dark periods of NY Jewry, from anarchist Emma Goldman, crime syndicate Murder, Inc. and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
By Rich Tenorio
20th century writer G.K. Chesterton is up for canonization -- but critics say he espoused virulently anti-Semitic views. (Public domain)
June 15, 2018, 4:33 pm
Renowned British writer, a virulent anti-Semite, being considered for sainthood
Proposal for the canonization of author G.K. Chesterton has British Jews -- and some Catholics -- up in arms
By Robert Philpot
Rabbi Deborah Prinz points on front of a display of different chocolates at La Maison du Chocolat, perhaps the holiest site for cocoa lovers on the Upper East Side (Danielle Ziri/ Times of Israel)
June 13, 2018, 12:31 pm
Rabbi follows her gut to discover historical link between Jews and chocolate
Deborah Prinz' 'choco-dar' has sent her around the globe, leading to her book on the Chosen People and the food of the gods -- from Spanish marranos to 20th century refugees
By Danielle Ziri
Jewish women light candles at the Ghriba synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia. (Larry Luxner/ Times of Israel)
June 5, 2018, 5:20 am
From other end of world, group races to preserve Middle East’s Jewish heritage
Since 2010, Boston-based Diarna has used 3-D mapping, traditional scholarship and oral interviews to document more than 2,500 locations of Jewish sites in Mideast and North Africa
By Larry Luxner
The Chief Rabbis of Israel, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef (L) and Rabbi David Lau (R) speaks during an event, on January 11, 2016. (Yaakov Coehn/Flash90)
June 3, 2018, 12:58 pm
The Jewish Vatican
Blame the growing disconnect between global Jewry and the Israeli Chief Rabbinate on the rabbis' power grab
By Michael Boyden
Ukrainian sand artist Kseniya Simonova created a tribute to Israel in honor of its 70th anniversary. (Courtesy)
May 15, 2018, 2:47 pm
Winner of ‘Ukraine’s Got Talent’ gives Israel a sandy birthday present
In honor of Israel's 70th anniversary, Ukrainian artist Kseniya Simonova gifts the Jewish state with a dramatic 7-minute sand art story to the tune of Ofra Haza's 'Jerusalem'
By Tracy Frydberg
Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. (Wikipedia)
May 11, 2018, 7:18 pm
You can go home again
When visiting the old neighborhood is more than nostalgia; it's passing down family lore
By Joseph C. Kaplan
View of the walled city of Toledo (Ticia Verveer)
May 11, 2018, 3:31 pm
Toledo: Spanish city of legends
PHOTO ESSAY: Once upon a time, the city was a great spiritual haven, a fusion of Christian, Jewish and Arab culture
By Ticia Verveer
Shearith Israel president Edmond Elbaz addresses a March 20, 2018 ceremony at Montreal City Hall. (Sylvain Légaré)
May 9, 2018, 8:45 pm
Canada’s oldest synagogue celebrates 250 years of Jewish life in Montreal
With a festive May 10 gala, Quebecois Jews, still 90,000 strong, boast a diversity nearly unheard of in any other community
By Robert Sarner
Bar-Ilan University Prof. Adam Ferziger, the director-designate for the new Impact Center for Research on Judaism in Israel and North America. (Courtesy)
May 8, 2018, 11:01 am
New center on Israeli and Diaspora Judaism aims to mind — and bridge — the gap
Led by Prof. Adam Ferziger, Bar-Ilan's think tank for Research on Judaism in Israel and North America to inaugurate new MA program for 'specialists' on both sides of the pond
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Ruth Wisse in conversation with David Myers at the Center for Jewish History, April 26, 2018. (Lauren Silberman)
May 1, 2018, 3:09 pm
Harvard prof who escaped Europe on eve of WWII dissects world’s oldest hatred
Speaking in NY, 82-year-old Ruth Wisse shares why anti-Semitism isn't the Jews' fault, but how self-rule has made them even more of a target
By Cathryn J. Prince
Tower of London.
From the WebApril 30, 2018, 7:03 pm
Tower of London to be recognized as ‘key site’ for medieval Jewry
Researchers shed new light on the national landmark’s 'particular significance for London’s Jews' dating back 750 years, Jewish News reports
By Stephen Oryszczuk
Illustrative: Ebba Busch Thor (C), head of the Christian Democratic Party in Sweden, is greeted by an Israel-flag-draped woman during a 'Taking Back Zionism' pro-Israel rally at Raoul Wallenberg Square in Stockholm on August 28, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/JONATHAN NACKSTRAND)
April 8, 2018, 2:30 pm
It’s time to reclaim the Z-word
If we Zionists don’t stand up for ourselves, who are we? If we let those anti-Zionist haters win, what are we?
By Gil Troy
Gail Asper with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Moe Levy, executive director of the Asper Foundation in Winnipeg. (Courtesy)
April 7, 2018, 12:56 pm
Canadian heiress throws millions into massive Tel Aviv-based Jewish hall of fame
The catch? Gail Asper still needs millions more for her dream $400-million Frank Gehry-designed museum, aimed at reframing the Jewish narrative and showcasing achievement
By Robert Sarner
Moses on Mount Sinai, painted circa 1895-1900, by Jean-Léon Gérôme. (Wikimedia Commons)
March 30, 2018, 10:14 am
The Exodus: Debunking the debunkers
The difference between history and sacred history is why things happened, not that they did
By Shammai Engelmayer
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