Aviva vs. the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe, © 2022; Levine Querido, China; ISBN: 9781646-141258; 166 pages plus glossary and acknowledgements; PJ Our Way. By Cailin Acosta in La Mesa, California In Aviva vs. the Dybbuk, Mari Lowe blends Jewish folklore, friendship, mystery and the…
I'd like to get caught up on current theories about how the Torah was written and assembled. I'm familiar with the documentary hypothesis, and vaguely aware that it's now considered obsolete, but beyond that I'm clueless. What should I read…
Voracious South Florida readers are keeping publishers busy, devouring recently written books about contemporary Jewish history. Of course, some book lovers prefer fiction, and you’ll see those selections in a future story. But here are readers’ favorite nonfiction books, along…
CNN's profile of the Iranian Jewish community paints a rosy picture that is not based in reality. In November 2018, HonestReporting called out PBS for whitewashing the theocratic Iranian regime in its profile of the country’s historic Jewish community. At the…
Frustrated Argentine Jewish groups are demanding the removal of an antisemitic trope. BUENOS AIRES — Two years after an Argentine judge ordered a Spanish dictionary to drop a definition of “Jewish” as “miserly or usurious,” the institution responsible for the dictionary…
Brody was recently asked about his views on the Israel-Gaza conflict and its place in his political activism. He said that Israel was committing a genocide in his view, and declared his support for Palestine, and expressed hope that a…
'Antisemitism has no place': Blues owner condemns banners, confirms protesters ejected They went to buy a meat slicer. They came home with an entire grocery store. She's 99 and has voted in every Israeli election. This time, her grandsons came too.
'Antisemitism has no place': Blues owner condemns banners, confirms protesters ejected They went to buy a meat slicer. They came home with an entire grocery store. She's 99 and has voted in every Israeli election. This time, her grandsons came too.
America’s youngest adults report attending religious services more often than several older age groups, according to new Pew Research Center findings that also reveal sharp differences within Gen Z. The report, released Oct. 28, examines attendance, prayer and religious identification amid…
‘Vayera’ (‘And G-d appeared …’ Genesis 18-22:24) is the fourth Torah portion in Genesis. It is filled with foundational narratives of divine revelation, radical hospitality, moral argument and supreme testing. The key themes are first of all, Abraham’s hospitality. Although G-d ‘appears…
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