Jewish federations talk up collaboration
The federations face an uphill battle at a time when studies show younger American Jews are less affiliated with Jewish ...
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Castro nearly wiped out Cuba’s Jewish schools
Traveling to Cuba with resources that can be used for Jewish education is a ‘profound mitzva’ By MICHAEL A. APPLEMAN ...
Continuing Mount Sinai’s legacy
The Mount Sinai Community Foundation will kick off its annual Giving Circle with an exhibit celebrating Mount Sinai Hospital and ...
Facing dementia: Keeping the spirit alive
A niece chronicles her uncle’s journey with dementia By MICHELE MEISLER When I think of my uncle, I am struck ...
Ayelet Rose Gottlieb gives voice to poems
Jerusalem-born composer and singer Ayelet Rose Gottlieb worked for more than two years on the songs that make up her ...
‘Jonah, here I am’
The Book of Jonah, by Joshua Max Feldman, Henry Holt, 336 pages, $28 Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER The swift, improbable ...
Can 'Diplomacy' save Paris from a devoted officer of the Reich?
This impassioned debate about the prospects for human civilization is a profile in conscience By MICHAEL FOX It is not ...
Kids, enter the AJW Hanuka Cover Contest
Want to see YOUR artwork on the cover of the American Jewish World? It's time to get out the paper ...
At 105, ‘British Schindler’ celebrated in Prague
Sir Nicholas Winton organized eight trains that saved 669 children during World War II By JAN RICHTER PRAGUE (JTA) — ...
Jerusalem light rail attack claims second victim
(JTA) — A woman critically injured in a terror attack in Jerusalem last week has died of her injuries. The ...
