A Nosh of Jewish Wisdom: Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. __________________________________ Dear Helen: I’m a nice Jewish guy in my 40s, only divorced once, with one adult son in med school. I teach college math (tenured at a decent school), am decent looking (not Hollywood handsome but reasonably featured), in decent…
I have always been led to believe, and prior research showed, that absolutely no Jews were buried in the old Tombstone Boothill Cemetery. I am aware that in 1882 a young Jewish man by the name of Kiv Phillips, a deputy sheriff, was shot and killed in the line of duty, but his remains were…
The expulsion of Jews from European countries was common throughout the Middle Ages. Spain’s expulsion or forced conversion of Jews in 1492 is the most infamous, but others had set the stage: England in 1290, France in 1306, and Warsaw, Sicily and Lithuania in 1483. Various regions of Italy expelled Jews in different years, but…
Sababa – loosely translated from Hebrew, it means, “It’s all good.” In June a bus of young adults from the Portland and Tucson areas shared this sentiment as they were whisked across Israel in a free 10-day whirlwind tour courtesy of Taglit-Birthright Israel. We journeyed together on an adventure of a lifetime through the desert…
