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Jews in Curacao: A Remarkable History (PART ONE)
4+ hour, 42+ min ago (1038+ words) Monday, April 6th | 19 Nisan 5786 Curacao is a small island in the Atlantic Ocean near Venezuela known for its rich Jewish history. Covering 170 square miles, it is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Curacao may ring a bell as…...
Temple Mount Set for Limited Reopening to Jews and Muslims
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (240+ words) Sunday, April 5th | 19 Nisan 5786 i24 News " Israeli authorities are preparing to partially reopen the Temple Mount in Jerusalem to both Jewish and Muslim worshipers for the first time since the start of the war with Iran, under a tightly controlled and highly…...
How Passover Impacted American Liberty
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (375+ words) Wednesday, April 1st | 14 Nisan 5786 Passover is a Jewish national liberation holiday, which features'Moses'and the'Exodus. The legacy of Passover deeply impacted the first American settlers and the Founding Fathers, and was essential in shaping the US culture, in general, and the structure…...
The Passover Seder: An Ancient Jewish Ritual That Solves Modern Loneliness
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (1402+ words) Tuesday, March 31st | 13 Nisan 5786 We are living through a loneliness crisis unlike anything in recorded history. In 2023, the US Surgeon General declared loneliness a national epidemic " one with health effects comparable to smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. Nearly 3 in 5 Americans report…...
Antisemitic Acts in Australia Persist With Car Attack, Statue Vandalism
1+ week, 2+ hour ago (763+ words) Monday, March 30th | 12 Nisan 5786 Law enforcement in Australia has launched investigations into multiple recent antisemitic incidents, including a car attack on Hasidic men on Saturday and the vandalism earlier this month of a statue honoring an Australian Jewish feminist. The Victoria…...
This Passover, Reliving the Exodus Hits Closer to Home
1+ week, 3+ day ago (985+ words) Friday, March 27th | 9 Nisan 5786 There's a line people love to quote " usually attributed to Mark Twain " that "history doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes." It's clever, memorable " and almost certainly not something Twain ever said. The now-famous "rhyming" version seems…...
Shabbat HaGadol and the Story of Elijah
1+ week, 4+ day ago (427+ words) Thursday, March 26th | 8 Nisan 5786 "Behold I will send you'Elijah the prophet before the great awesome'Day of God, and he will reconcile fathers to children and children to fathers" (Malachi 3:24). In the Talmud, Elijah figures prominently in the debates about messianism and…...
When a Jewish Landmark Disappears, So Does Jewish Presence
1+ week, 6+ day ago (753+ words) Tuesday, March 24th | 6 Nisan 5786 Another major Jewish institution has collapsed " and the implications reach far beyond San Francisco. The Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) has closed and is selling its building. What was once a bold, architecturally striking institution in the heart…...
US Bishops Call for Catholics to ‘Stand Clearly’ Against Hate, Violence Toward ‘Our Jewish Brothers and Sisters’
1+ week, 6+ day ago (534+ words) Monday, March 23rd | 5 Nisan 5786 As antisemitism in online Catholic discourse has accelerated under influencers Candace Owens and Carrie Prejean Boller " both recent converts to the religion " US Catholic leadership has again spoken out firmly by releasing a video condemning hate targeting…...
Belgium Deploys Soldiers to Reinforce Security at Jewish Sites
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (201+ words) Monday, March 23rd | 5 Nisan 5786 The move follows an explosion'this month at a synagogue in Liege that authorities called an antisemitic act. "From today we're putting'soldiers'back on the streets in Brussels and Antwerp because safety is a basic right," Belgian Defense Minister…...