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A Famous Jew You Never Knew
January 13, 2021
Waldemar Mordechai Haffkine
BBC via Dina Yoshimi
For those who are winding down for the semester, and those who just enjoy an interesting read:
Here’s a piece from the BBC about… Continue reading
From My Jewish Learning
Where Did the Dreidel Game Come from?
January 10, 2021
Reprinted with permission from My Jewish Learning
The dreidel or sevivon is perhaps the most famous custom associated with Hanukkah. Indeed, various rabbis have tried to find an integral connection… Continue reading
From the Yiddish Book Center
“Is Isaac Bashevis Singer a Yiddish Writer?”
January 9, 2021
This question is not as preposterous as it sounds. As beloved as he was by English readers, Singer was widely reviled by many in the Yiddish world, who denounced him… Continue reading
Sofʻers Talk Story
Mazie Cohen’s Son
July 16, 2020
By Kay Lorraine
I don’t know if this is true everywhere, but in the Jewish community in Columbus, Ohio, you are never really anybody on your own – you are just somebody’s kid. Even… Continue reading
- The Royal Road to Relational SpiritualityThis is a 10 session course taught in 2019. Click here to purchase full course recordings. Click here for a free download of first session. Derekh HaMelekh— “The Royal Road”—is a collection of Shabbat and holiday teachings by Reb Kalanymous Kalman Shapira, who was the “Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto” as well as a major […]
- Rising Above Isolation: The Piaseczner Rebbe’s Shavuot Torah of ConnectionDates and Times: Tuesdays – May 12, May 19, May 267 – 8 pm EST Cost: Pay-what-you-can Presenter: Rabbi Dr. Natan Margalit Description: We’ll learn together an amazing Shavuot Torah by Rabbi Kalonymous Kalman Shapiro, the Piaseczner Rebbe, also known for being the Hasidic Rebbe in the Warsaw Ghetto during the horrific years of the Holocaust. In this Torah he explores […]
- TikTok’s comic ‘Jew Who Loves Trees’ wants you to take Tu b’Shvat very, very seriouslyWith his arboreal humor and rapid-fire delivery, Tobin Mitnick has become one of the viral video platform's most famous Jews. The post TikTok’s comic ‘Jew Who Loves Trees’ wants you to take Tu b’Shvat very, very seriously appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
- Antwerp mayor says haredi Orthodox ignoring COVID measures has triggered anti-Semitism — and it could get worseBart de Wever, who has had good relations with the community, was commenting on the closure of a synagogue where protocol was twice ignored. The post Antwerp mayor says haredi Orthodox ignoring COVID measures has triggered anti-Semitism — and it could get worse appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.