Features
French matzah bakery in operation since 1850
JTAApr 11, 2014
By Toni L. Kamins PASSOVER 5774 EDITION SECTION A PAGE 12 PARIS For most Jews, matzah season comes once a year. But for Jean-Claude Neymann, matzah, or pain azyme...
Riemer’s best new Haggadah of year
Rabbi Jack RiemerApr 10, 2014
PASSOVER 5774 EDITION SECTION A PAGE 13 IMAGINE having a Soloveitchik, a Kuk and a Shlomo Carlebach at your seder How would you like to sit at the seder with […]
Olivia Kessler helps fight malaria in Africa
Suzanne Kurtz Sloan, JTAApr 10, 2014
PASSOVER 5774 EDITIONSECTION A PAGE 9 WASHINGTON Like many teens, Olivia Kessler was unaware of malarias devastating global death toll. Each year, the disease,...
Ioannina Jewish community in Greece fights extinction
Gavin Rabinowitz, JTAApr 03, 2014
IOANNINA, Greece When the Jews of Ioannina gathered in their whitewashed-stone synagogue over the weekend, it was to commemorate 70 years since the Nazis destroyed...
Winnepeg offers strategy for failing communities
Uriel Heilman, JTAMar 28, 2014
WINNIPEG When the leaders of Winnipegs Jewish federation sat down 13 years ago to try to figure out a way to reverse the communitys decline, they came up with...
‘Who is a Jew’ in Uganda
Ben Sales, JTAMar 27, 2014
NABUGOYE, Uganda On Fridays at sundown, the Jewish residents of this village set amid the lush hills of eastern Uganda gather in the synagogue to greet Shabbat. The...
Teen raises money for brain tumor research
Suzanne Kurtz Sloan, JTAMar 20, 2014
Teen Hero WASHINGTON For years, Matthew Baratz listened as his Hebrew high school teacher and mentor, Steve Glassman, shared stories of children and adults falling...
Hadassah Medical faces tough choices
Ben Sales, JTAMar 20, 2014
JERUSALEM The Sarah Wetsman Davidson Hospital Tower stretches 223 feet skyward, welcoming visitors in a bright, expansive lobby strung with banners celebrating both...
Shhh . . . No! Be noisy!
Edmon J. Rodman, JTAMar 13, 2014
LOS ANGELES On Purim, can we really blot out the memory of an evil like Haman, who threatened our very existence, with a noisemaker? When in a popular Purim
‘Partnership minyans’ grow, as does the controversy
Uriel Heilman, JTAMar 06, 2014
NEW YORK If it wasnt clear before, it should be abundantly clear now: The Orthodox establishment will not sanction so-called partnership minyans, and its willing...