Interestingly, Israel is anticipating a wave of new immigrants, the majority being Jews from France and other regions who faced persecution for last year’s wars and are likewise frightened by the Charlie Hebdo and Jewish Deli Attacks in Paris this year. On the other hand, emigration is far ...
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New York meant Harlem to me, and as a young man I visited it whenever I could. But many of my old haunts are gone. The Theresa shut down in 1966. National chains that once ignored Harlem now anticipate yuppie money and want pieces of this prime Manhattan real estate. So here I am o...
This former industrial sestiere in northwest Venice is particularly renowned for the Campo di Ghetto Nuovo – the central square of the world’s first Jewish ghetto (taking its name from the local word for “foundry”). Though Jews have lived in Venice since the 12th century, medieval Venice ...
Are American Jews, as a group, hopelessly stupid? Are False Christian Websites putting you in bondage? Are you a goat, and don’t know it? Are you a grasshopper? Are You Empty Enough? Are you in the land of the giants? Are you In, Permeated and One with God? Are you REALLY sorry...
In the first chapter, Guenther explores “housecleaning” as not only a literal necessity but also a spiritual exercise. Since spiritual direction–similar to what I currently do as a chaplain–is a ministry of hospitality, she emphasizes the importance of “creating an uncluttered, clean, and ...
Ninety-one Jews were killed and thousands were arrested. Lacome created his pieces by collecting tiny trinkets of victims and organizing them in a box for display. It’s a reminder of a sad story, and all that is left of the victims. From a distance. It looks like trash, but up-...
Both Jews, after years of attempts, he has managed to secure safe passage out of Germany by virtue of being a doctor, one of the few skills considered worthy of emigrant status by the British. She will have to wait until he can arrange for her to join him. It’s the first of ...
a family of exquisite beauty and complicated history. It illuminates a story of Jews in old Cairo, a family’s struggle with misfortune, banishment into exile in Europe, who eventually rebuild a home in New York. But even as the family manages to start a new life, how much have they los...
“When I was spared death, I made a vow to do everything in my power to reform, so that I could one day marry your mother. “Ben was the best friend I ever had. You’re going to hear a lot of things about him in your life. Just remember what I am telling you; he’d take...