Tension at US border rekindles memories of the Kindertransport
Special to the IJNApr 08, 2021
By Steve Lipman and street crime all around them. No future in their homeland. Little chance to escape these conditions intact as a family — so the parents decide to...
Denver native pens Bubie’s in Bidud
Special to the IJNMar 04, 2021
By Toby Klein Greenwald I have known Karen Guth for many years, both as a friend, and as a fellow English teacher. We are accustomed to sharing with each other our...
Israeli envoy immerses himself in African-American South
Special to the IJNMar 04, 2021
By Larry Brook, Southern Jewish Life via JNS Forhis first American tour after being named Israel’s ambassador to the US, Gilad Erdan said he wanted to make a...
Works of Yiddish author Chaim Grade digitized
Special to the IJNFeb 11, 2021
AMHERST, Mass. — The Yiddish Book Center has digitized and posted works of the Yiddish writer Chaim Grade, one of the great masters of modern Yiddish literature. The...
Father of the Chinese nation supported Zionism
Special to the IJNFeb 11, 2021
By Zack Rotbart, National Library of Israel An original signed letter in which Dr. Sun Yat-sen expresses his strong support for Zionism has recently surfaced at the...
‘Upheaval’ — film on Menachem Begin
Special to the IJNJan 21, 2021
By Judith Fleischer Rem Bashari remembers growing up in a poor neighborhood in the city of Rishon Letzion, just south of Tel Aviv, and watching the dramatic changes in...
Ski-aholic in Park City
Special to the IJNDec 10, 2020
By Seth Feldman, Jew in the City When it comes to Jewish outreach, Jodi Berris will climb the highest mountain. Then she’ll ski down it. “I have a pretty serious...
Sukkot in WW I-era Russia
Special to the IJNOct 08, 2020
By Chen Malul, National Library of Israel Ditches at the entrances to all of the homes. Opened roofs. The year 1916 appears under the photograph featured on an aged...
Marceau’s act of heroism
Special to the IJNJul 02, 2020
By Phil Goldfarb He was born Marcel Mangel on March 22, 1923 in Strasbourg, France, to a Jewish family. His parents were Ann Werzberg Mangel and Charles Mangel, a kosher...
Sweet Shavuot in Saloniki
Special to the IJNMay 28, 2020
By Zack Rothbart, National Library of Israel “Saloniki’s Jews . . . eagerly awaited the arrival of the Shavuot holiday . . . They especially loved and cherished it...
