Nazis’ Aerial Photography is Helping Map and Preserve Jewish Cemeteries
In Eastern Europe, fencing Jewish cemeteries is “not as straightforward as it may sound,” according to Philip Carmel, a British former journalist.
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Author: Cnaan Liphshiz
Pastor Piet van Veldhuizen has lunch inside his congregation's sukkah in the Netherlands, Sept. 18, 2018. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
Why These Dutch Christians are Celebrating Sukkot
Openness to Jewish traditions is high in the Netherlands because of the relatively low prevalence of anti-Semitism in Dutch society.
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An Israeli Singer in Amsterdam Creates the World’s 1st Ladino Pop Album
“Ladino was something of a forbidden language at our home,” Noam Vazana said. To her father, a Fes native, it represented the opposite of fitting into Israeli society, she explained.
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In This Belgian City, a Heatwave Puts Cherished Rosh Hashanah Tradition on Ice
“You can do tashlich alone just like you can pray alone, but it’s more respectful to God when we do it united as a community,” Ahron Spencer said.
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Prestigious New York Jewish School Apologizes for Ignoring Molestation Reports
After Stanley Rosenfeld left Ramaz in 1974, administrators learned that he had engaged in sexual misconduct with children while working at another school in New York’s suburban Westchester County, according to a report published Aug. 30
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Arnold Zeligman, left, teaching Hebrew to Bella Regimov, wearing head cover, and other students at The Jewish House in Baku, Azerbaijan, July 18, 2018. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
The Sale of Azerbaijan’s Jewish Community Center Deals a Painful Blow to a Dwindling Community
Many Azeri Jews have left for Russia and Israel in search of opportunities unavailable under the nepotist economy of Azerbaijan, an oil-rich country where many residents nonetheless live in abject poverty.
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The poke bowl dish at The Avocado Show in Amsterdam is among the the many images patrons share on social media. (Courtesy of The Avocado Show)
Europe is Going Bananas Over this Israeli Guy’s Avocados
In addition to avocado salads, avocado pancakes, egg dishes and smoothies, there’s an avocado burger: The meat is sandwiched between two peeled halves sprinkled with sesame to resemble buns.
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The brainchild of a 39-year-old Brooklyn businessman, Wrapp enables users to get tefillin for prayers for free. (Tefillinwrapp.com)
Need Tefillin? There’s an App for That.
Wrapp is the “the Uber of the tefillin world.”
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An Israeli Wrestler Calls Himself ‘The Chutzpah,’ and Europe Loves to Hate Him
Wearing his white-and-blue spandex costume emblazoned with a star of David, Leeor Brooks likes to deliver short, insulting introductions before his matches.
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Meijer van der Sluis shows some affection for wife Tedje during filming in Amsterdam of a 2018 documentary about their marriage. (Merlijn Doomernik)
These Dutch Holocaust Survivors Have Been Madly in Love for 70 Years
Throughout the hourlong film titled “Tedje & Meijer: The Promise of Love,” the two nonagenarians hug, kiss, rub noses and joke as they sit with their arms intertwined.
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Synagogues Become Nightclubs in Eastern Europe
Critics view the businesses as exploitative cultural appropriation in the wake of a tragedy. Advocates argue it reflects respect and nostalgia for Jews in addition to providing a vehicle for at least some preservation of heritage sites.
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