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By Jessica Naiman The youngest of nine children, Sholom DovBer Gerber’s passing was a devastating blow to his family and the suburban Philadelphia Jewish community where his parents direct Chabad-Lubavitch of Penn Wynne in Wynnewood.
By Jessica Naiman Benzion Gotlib loved to study Jewish texts, and thanks to the Jewish Learning Network – a worldwide effort to pair study partners by fiber optic cable and phone line – he was able to keep up a weekly learning appointment up until his passing at the age ...
By Jessica Naiman Just three months after inaugurating the Australian capital’s first Jewish ritual bath, Canberra’s local Jewish community is celebrating a new milestone: the purchase of a disused childcare center to house the city’s first Jewish preschool.
By Jessica Naiman I remember coming home crying to my parents, saying, ‘We eat the same foods, watch the same things, why do they hate us just because we’re Jewish?’ They couldn’t answer me.”
By Jessica Naiman Being the first and only rabbi in the German city of Krefeld since World War II is a privilege for Rabbi Yitzchak Mendel Wagner, but it doesn’t leave much opportunity for camaraderie with fellow rabbis. So he reaches across the North Sea for interaction.
By Jessica Naiman For 30 years, the international Jewish children’s organization known as Tzivos Hashem has been empowering children the world over to discover the richness of their heritage, providing an array of humanitarian services and recreational outlets for young ...
By Jessica Naiman The International Bris Association aims to connect Jews to the essential expression of their identity, regardless of geographical, financial or knowledge-based restrictions.
By Jessica Naiman Know a Jewish heroine worthy of honor and $1,000 toward her courageous cause?
By Jessica Naiman Uri Shinsky spends his weekends counseling at-risk youth at a rural campsite in Colorado, but that doesn’t mean he’s deprived of a home-cooked Shabbat meal each week.
By Jessica Naiman The Jewish community in the Australian capital of Canberra inaugurated the territory’s first-ever ritual bath, with diplomats joining local leaders in celebrating the new Mikvah Chaya Mushka.
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