Halal and kosher in the same store
Special to the IJNJun 10, 2021
By Nicole Raz, Jewish News of Greater Phoenix TUCSON — Tucked between a dance school and a ’60s retro lounge on a quiet street in Tucson, Ariz., sits a small...
Kafka Papers now online
Special to the IJNJun 03, 2021
By Zachary Rothbart The National Library of Israel’s Franz Kafka Collection is now online for the first time, following an intensive years-long process of conservation...
Irving Susel, 72, Influential Decision Analyst
Special to the IJNApr 29, 2021
Irving Susel, 72, the accomplished son of Holocaust survivors whose dynamic career included influential positions at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dept....
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
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...
