A young Polish Jew in Jerusalem: the homecoming of Batya Wieczorek
It has been nearly two years since Batya Wieczorek made aliyah, but regardless of whom she meets, her interlocutor’s initial reaction upon learning...
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New calendar for Subbotnik Jews published featuring great synagogues
What do the great synagogues of Jerusalem, Florence, Paris, Tbilisi, Prague, Moscow and Tel Aviv all have in common? They feature prominently in...
Michael Freund in Commentary Magazine: predicting the Jewish future
What will the Jewish future look like in 50 years? Commentary Magazine asked 70 Jewish leaders to tackle this weighty subject. Shavei Israel...
Russian Cantonists
In 1827, Czar Nicholas I of Russia published a harsh “Recruitment Decree” which required the 25-year conscription of Jewish boys between the ages...
PICTURES: Lodz kindergarten
Gan Matanel is now open! The first Jewish school in the Polish city of Lodz since 1968 is up and running with eight...
The Abarbanel and the Return of the Bnei Anousim
This week marks the anniversary of the death of one of the greatest Jewish figures of the past five centuries, a man whose...