Diaspora Jewry
Cleveland State University is exhibiting the Indian American Jewish artist, who draws inspiration from comic books, pop art, Bollywood, Indian folk imagery, Persian miniatures and Hebrew illuminated manuscripts.
El Al and Arkia flight attendants are distributing Purim packages to passengers before they board the plane to be distributed to a fellow Jew in a different country.
Portugal insists that Capt. Arthur Carlos Barros Basto, who died in 1961, must personally request reinstatement in the army.
“It took U.S. experts too much time to realize that the Russian war against Ukraine is our war,” Ukraine-born historian Yohanan Petrovsky-Stern told JNS.
“Our Middle East: An Insider’s View” with hosts Dan Diker and Khaled Abu Toameh and guest Dumisani Washington, Ep. 2
The Russian invasion put Diana Bukman back in touch with her ex-husband in Israel. It also sent her former colleague across the world to Richmond, Va.
On the ground, Internet access and cash are luxuries, and “life happens between sirens,” Inna Vdovichenko, JDC’s representative in Odessa, told JNS.
“I would like every Jewish person to have a passing familiarity with a firearm,” retired mohel and founder of ‘“Bullets and Bagels” Dr. Fred Kogen told JNS.
The group has already distributed more than $30 million and helped 5,000 Jews immigrate to Israel.
In a world where disinformation and conspiracy theories run rampant on social media and in daily conversation, Jews find they are an easy target for hate.
One synagogue banned discussions about the war on its WhatsApp group.
CEO William Daroff: “The bottom line is that the relationship between America and Israel is strong. The relationship between American Jewry and Israeli Jewry is strong. We just need to ensure that together we work to find consensus to find areas of agreement and move forward.”
