Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Last night J.J. Keki of Uganda's Abayudaya Jewish community shared his community's history, music, and current situation at Park Slope Jewish Center...
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
J.J. Keki of Uganda's Abayadayu Jewish community. Two Jewish singles events will take place tomorrow and motzei Shabbat (Saturday night):...
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
He spends his mornings studying Tanach, Talmud, and commentaries, his afternoons training in the weight room, jogging or sparring in the boxing ring....
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Rabbi Arik Ascherman, executive director of Israel's Rabbis for Human Rights, will talk and answer questions about Gaza, the Goldstone Report on...
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Darfuri women who find shelter in UN refugee camps in Chad after fleeing the genocide in their homeland remain at risk of violent assault including...
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Several film festivals are coming up in New York that will feature Israeli films. JCCManhattan will hold the Other Israel Film Festival from November...
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Every December my wife Shoshana and I sit at the kitchen table and review the charitable organizations we supported the previous year; we then decide...
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Ritual is pretty important in Judaism. Unlike some other religions subjective belief alone does not suffice. And so it should not come as a surprise...
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This article will be an update to several recent stories. To the events this week which I listed in my previous article I would like to add the...
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If the Jewish Museum's permanent exhibit and The Derfner Judaica Museum have whetted your appetite for Jewish ritual art you'll want to see Tobi Kahn:...
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