International
In Ukraine, Chanukah candles are needed for heat, not just light
Steve LipmanDec 22, 2022
In the days before Chanukah, which started Dec. 18, a few men and women from two Conservative institutions in Israel traveled to the small Jewish community in...
Armenia-Israel’s fraught relationship shows signs of healing
JTADec 22, 2022
Just outside a remote village two hours’ drive east of Yerevan, in a clearing reachable only by hiking down a steep embankment and crossing a rickety wooden bridge,...
Poet from Iran speaks up for Iranians
JTADec 15, 2022
Roya Hakakian is a poet, author, journalist and advocate for refugees. Every one of these roles is an offshoot of her own life as a child and teenager in pre- and...
War triggers language switch among Ukrainian Jews
JTADec 15, 2022
Three rabbis sat around a breakfast table in this city’s Tsori Gilod Synagogue, discussing Russia’s war in a mixture of Yiddish, Hebrew and Russian. They named...
Jews in Kherson face collaboration charges
David I. KleinDec 15, 2022
When Russian troops poured across the Ukrainian border in March, thousands fled from the cities that would be first in their path. But in Kherson, the southern port city...
Sub-Saharan Jewish communities meet
JNSDec 08, 2022
On Dec. 14, the first sub-Saharan African Jewish conference will bring together “emergent African Jews” representing approximately 10 communities.
Slivovitz granted UNESCO World Heritage status
David I. KleinDec 08, 2022
Slivovitz, a plum brandy traditionally associated with Passover by many Ashkenazi Jews, has been added to the UN list of items with “intangible cultural heritage.”
Lithuania: Restitution for Holocaust survivors
David I. KleinDec 08, 2022
Lithuania’s prime minister made what one Jewish organization called an “important step” by introducing legislation to allocate more than $38 million as restitution...
Dig in Erfurt offers insights into Ashkenazi Jewry
JTADec 08, 2022
The city of Erfurt in central Germany is home to an impeccably restored medieval synagogue made possible because local Jews had been expelled long before the Nazis began...
Qatar tries to accommodate Jewish World Cup guests
JNSDec 01, 2022
While Qatar can hardly be considered a friend of Israel, harboring as it does Hamas terrorists, when it comes to Jews visiting the country for the FIFA World Cup, Qatar...
