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JNS.org Tishrei is among the most well-known months on the Hebrew calendar because it contains the High Holy Days and marks the beginning of the year. Or so it seems. Indeed, to modern-day Jews, Rosh Hashanah is considered the Jewish … more
Melanie Duhamel, a senior at Hartwick College, in Oneonta, New York, offers the following comments on being a volunteer: “The main reason I started volunteering at the To Life Center Adult Day Services and The Louis and Goldie Chester Full … more
JTA – What made headlines (in Israel, the U.S. and around the world) in 2014? Here’s JTA’s annual news quiz: 1. Palestinian officials apologized to Czech authorities after the Palestinian envoy to Prague, Jamal Al-Jamal, was killed in … more
JNS.ORG – Since 2006, the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) cable and satellite TV network has hosted “The Projected Image,” a month-long showcase examining how different cultural and ethnic groups have been portrayed on the big screen. At last, … more
JTA – A publisher from Berlin is preparing to launch the first German-language children’s edition of the Torah since 1964. The first volume of “Tell your Children-The Torah in Five Volumes” is scheduled to be offered for sale next … more
The inaugural event for J-Futures was held on December 17 at the North Kingstown home of Barbra and Max Brickle. J-Futures is a series of unique Jewish Alliance programs focused on engaging new, and strengthening existing, Jewish leadership in our … more
  We asked readers to share memories of their own bar or bat mitzvah or one they attended. We received many responses — many fun or funny, some sad or poignant — and we thank our readers for their submissions. The antique photo shown on … more
JTA – A Jewish cemetery in New York state’s Orange County was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti. The outer wall of the cemetery in Warwick, a suburban town about 90 minutes north … more
Berlin-based jazz trumpeter, radio documentarian, installation artist and composer Paul Brody will perform and speak about his work with the Semer Ensemble’s project to discover, … more
On April 29, The Cohen School celebrated Israel’s 70th birthday so that the students could build a strong commitment to the Jewish people and the land of Israel. Throughout the year, … more
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