A girl’s doll is a poignant reminder of the horrors of Kristallnacht
By Hillel Kuttler JERUSALEM (JTA) – For decades as an adult, Lore Mayerfeld kept a doll on a chair in an off-limits bedroom or high…
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Anxious? Angry? Here’s Why We Have to Keep Going.
By Melissa Cohen (Kveller via JTA) – “I’m so scared for your synagogue,” my (non-Jewish) mother said to me as we were driving the other…
Egyptian Golden Potato Soup Recipe
By Sonya Sanford (The Nosher via JTA) – Egyptian Jews comprise one of the oldest Jewish communities in the world. There have been waves of…
Rabbi Gila Caine: Thoughts on Remembrance Day
By Rabbi Gila Caine (November 8, 2018) – My thoughts this week go to Remembrance Day, and so not to our Torah portion but rather…
Yes, anti-Semitism is a problem again. No, it is not 1939.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — My father, whose own father changed his unpronounceable last name to Carroll when he came to America, would often tell…