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New Caribbean Synagogue Joins One Of The Oldest In The Hemisphere

WILLEMSTAD, CURACAO---It's not everyday, or every year, or every decade, or even every century, that a beautifully-designed, 180-seat, air-conditioned synagogue rises in the Caribbean, let alone a...

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New Caribbean Synagogue Joins One Of The Oldest In The Hemisphere

WILLEMSTAD, CURACAO---It's not everyday, or every year, or every decade, or even every century, that a beautifully-designed, 180-seat, air-conditioned synagogue rises in the Caribbean, let alone a...

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Panama City And The Panama Canal

Ask most Americans what they know about Panama and they will declare, "Panama Canal and General Noriega," the deposed dictator now in prison.

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Traveling In Israel With A 12-Year-Old

Seeing Israel is one thing. Seeing Israel through the eyes of a 12-year-old is another, especially when the child is your grandson or granddaughter.

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Amid Ukraine Civil War, Will Chassidim Make Pilgrimage To Rav Nachman’s Grave?

As optimistic as Menachem Rosenberg is – and he said he is going to Uman – he’s sure that this year, most of the travelers will not tour other religious sites or places in Ukraine.

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How A Synagogue Is Meeting Immigration And Revival: It’s Expanding

In his short time with the shul, he has managed to activate a Hebrew school with now over 50 children and five teachers.

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A Railway Sign In Yiddish? – Only in Siberia

Birobidzhan railway station sign is the world's only one spelling the town's name in Yiddish letters

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Pan American Maccabi Games in Santiago, Chile ‘Best Moment Of Their Jewish...

“The Pan American Maccabi games,” says 41-year-old Santiago lawyer Alvaro Rosenblut and chairman of the organizing committee, “will be the the biggest Jewish-Zionist event outside Israel.”

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A Fighter For Holocaust Survivors

Edith Pollak would go on to work 14 hours a day reading notes from survivors and gathering information for files needed to reclaim their stolen funds, such as age, town, and the concentration camp and...

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World Watches As Brazil Vows To Defend Democracy

Brazil remains the oldest and first Jewish community in the Americas; it was established by Sephardic Jews in Recife in 1636.

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A Witness To The Great Saga Of Soviet Jewry Tells His Story

Tension reigned. They were watched by the Soviet security services. The KGB often would search their rooms and suitcases. They were threatened and warned and targeted in shuls.

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