Flashback: November 17
Black and white portrait of an unidentified man. Photo by Jerry Esterson. Undated.
Can you identify anyone in this photo?
Contact Maggie Hoffman, 443-873-5166 or...
Budgeting for Haredi Isolation
On the eve of last week’s celebration of the Shavuot holiday – a festival that celebrates God’s gift of the Torah to His chosen...
Incremental Change: A Lesson from MLB
The game of baseball is popularly referred to as “America’s national pastime.” In North America, the professional baseball organization known as Major League Baseball...
Online Holocaust Denial Suppressed in English, Though Rife in Arabic
As International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27 forces Jews to ask themselves how safe they feel, new data from CyberWell has revealed social-media...
Engage with Israel’s new government
On Dec. 21, shortly before the expiration of the midnight deadline to do so, Benjamin Netanyahu informed Israeli President Isaac Herzog that he had...
World briefs: Menorah from iconic 1931 photograph returns to Germany
Menorah from iconic 1931 photograph returns to Germany
A brass menorah from a famous photo taken during the rise of the Nazis made its way...
Calendar: November 29-December 5
Nov. 29
“Women of the Book: The Spiritual Lives of Early Modern Women, 1450-1800”
This exhibit by Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries features approximately 100 treasures, following...
Brandeis U reeling after bus accident leaves 1 student dead, dozens injured; Jewish students...
By Penny Schwartz
WALTHAM, Massachusetts (JTA) — The days before Thanksgiving break were supposed to be packed at Brandeis University’s Hillel: There was a talk...
Thousands of Chabad rabbis convene in New York amid banner year for movement
By Philissa Cramer
It was unseasonably cold on Sunday morning when thousands of rabbis crowded on risers in front of Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters in Brooklyn to...
Former teacher at Bnos Yisroel arrested, imprisoned on multiple child-abuse charges
A teacher affiliated with Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore has been fired after being charged with the possession and distribution of child pornography. On Nov....