History
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For most Jews today, Aramaic is a language locked behind the gates of ancient Judaism. It's the dense, scholarly text of the Talmud, the mystical language of the Zohar, the legal phrasing of the Ketubah (marriage contract), the solemn declaration of Kol Nidre, and the comforting cadences of the Kaddish. It serves as a linguistic […]
Human Interest
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Yehoshua Milansky* a successful wholesaler in Vilna, was a single parent of three young daughters when World War II began in 1939. His wife had died of an illness before the war, and he was raising the girls, Yetta, Shira and Rachel on his own. Rachel was the baby, and she held a special place […]
Today, Saudi Arabia is devoid of Jews. Jews and other non-Muslims are forbidden from entering the city of Mecca, and banned from Muslim holy sites in the city of Medina. Israelis are banned outright from visiting the country. Yet for thousands of years, the areas making up modern-day Saudi Arabia were home to vibrant Jewish […]
Pauline Schantzer was born into a Jewish family. But looking in from the outside, you wouldn’t know it. Growing up in Philadelphia in the ‘90s, she went to church with her parents. She believed in Jesus. She didn’t know any Jews; all her friends were Catholic and Christian. Eventually, she did meet Jews, at a […]
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He couldn't say his own name until he was 25. Last year, he led the High Holiday prayers.
