Jewish Education
Sounding like a young Joni Mitchell, this Brooklynite has a blessed voice.
The students sprang into action when they heard their math teacher had to commute close to two hours each way by public bus to get to work.
After a two-year COVID-induced hiatus, the award-winning play is returning with a potential world tour in the works.
“It demanded devotion and hard work,” said student Levi Blotner, “but it is good work, and you feel accomplished afterward.”
Combating anti-Semitism, said Susan Samueli, “requires a community effort, and we hope this matching gift will inspire others.”
The U.S. summer camp offers Israeli and American Jewish children an opportunity to let go and be themselves.
For nine days each summer before the holiday of Tisha B’Av, observant Jews embrace an alternative diet. Modern Jewish chefs say it’s a return to their roots.
The Jewish Community Center of Warsaw, together with Hillel Warsaw, the Office of the Chief Rabbi and other local partners, is hosting 85 young Ukrainian refugees for a three-week camp called Kef BeKayitz (“Fun in the Summer”).
This year’s group included a variety of populations and religions, such as Arab and Druze participants.
Israel’s Military Rabbinate researches and preserves more than 400 Torah scrolls, some of which are centuries old and many of which came from Jewish communities that no longer exist.
The program is a high-level academic seminar in which participants are exposed to noted scholars around the country.
“Of course, I’m a true Israeli. I love surfing in the morning, I speak Hebrew, I was born and raised here,” says Tongi Noyan.
