Lithuanian Jews are split over the closing of only functioning synagogue in Vilnius
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA) — Lithuanian Jews are divided over a decision to close the only functioning synagogue in Vilnius...
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‘We’ve lost a part of ourselves’: El Paso’s diverse Jewish community grapples with a mass shooting
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) — Joseph Charter used to feel safe in El Paso. But after Aug 3., when a...
Meet Iris, the Jewish Icelandic singer with the voice of an actual angel
By JORDANA LIPSITZ (JTA) — I met Iris before her first solo show in the green room at the Bootleg...
Briton proved Einstein’s theory
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Having years earlier become a Swiss citizen, German-born Albert Einstein did not have to fight for...
UPDATE: Gateways to fulfilling lives
(Update: Since the Jewish World went to press with its August edition, a lease has been signed for the Gateways...