The Orthodox Union’s Women’s Initiative will be offering its latest session in a series of professional development training programs for mikvah attendants and administrators. The upcoming course, taking place on October 24 and 31, is part of the organization’s continued efforts to address and prepare mikvah professionals for the psycho-social aspects of mikvah attendees’ experiences….
Photo: Noa Tishby, left, and Alma Hernandez are both on Algemeiner’s J100 list. Noa was in Tucson on Oct. 10. for an event at the Weintraub Israel Center. Photo courtesy Facebook. The Algemeiner unveiled its 8th annual “J100” list of the top 100 people “positively influencing Jewish life” on Oct. 12, at a lavish gala…
Photo: One of the auction items is this humorous signed lithograph print titles “Wonder of Wonders … Miracle of Miracles!” by famous Israeli cartoonist, Martin Holt. Jewish War Veterans (JWV) Copper State Post 619 online auction “A Hand Up 4 Vets” will run Oct. 27 through Nov. 10. Funds from this auction will be used…
Photo courtesy Rabbi Billy. By David Benjamin Lex / El Inde The line to meet with the Rebbe was as long as ever. Any time Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson would open his doors in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, NY to receive visitors, hundreds of people from all over the world would gather. Many were neatly dressed…
Hate crimes are the highest priority of the FBI’s civil rights program because of the devastating impact they have on families and communities. We know that, historically, hate crimes are underreported. To help our community recognize the importance of the issue and to encourage people to report incidents to law enforcement, the FBI in Phoenix…
The Arizona Jewish Historical Society is planning three different events, starting in fall 2021, to commemorate the 100-year history of the Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center, 122 E. Culver Street, immediately adjacent to Phoenix’s Margaret T. Hance Park. Recognized as a Phoenix Point of Pride, the historic building has been home to Congregation Beth Israel (CBI),…
By Rabbi Bonnie Koppell I am going to name 10 things, and I’d like you to tell me what they all have in common: The number of days from the beginning of the month of Elul until Yom Kippur The number of days that it rained on Noah and the ark The number of days…
Sun exposure has its benefits, among them: enhancing passion in humans. Researchers in Professor Carmit Levy’s Tel Aviv University (TAU) laboratory have found that exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunlight increases levels of romantic passion in both genders. The radiation affects the regulation of the endocrine system responsible for the release of sexual hormones in…
Decades after the U.N. General Assembly passed Resolution 3379, which declared Zionism was a form of racism, Zionists continue to be maligned on college campuses, social media, and city streets. Confronting the ongoing hostility toward Zionism in a positive, multifaceted way, Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF-USA) launched “This is What Zionism Looks Like,” a campaign that…
S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) today released the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for May 2021 show that home prices continue to increase across the U.S. More than 27 years of history are available for the data series, and can be accessed in…
