Jewish groups mobilize amid growing migrant crisis in NYC

[ad_1] (New York Jewish Week) — Outside a recently opened shelter meant to house some 2,000 migrants at Brooklyn’s Navy Yard, two modest tents are set up where volunteers hand out essentials like food, towels and toiletries, as well as provide items to pass the time, like cards, chess sets and books. One tent is […]

Jewish heritage discovered in Iraqi building once owned by Saddam Hussein

[ad_1] Harold Rudd, a seasoned Pentagon consultant, was unprepared for the task of discovering a Jewish treasure when posted for duty in Iraq. He arrived in Baghdad as part of the 2003 American security mission during Saddam Hussein’s downfall and served as an expert in the Muslim world and provided advisory services. Upon arriving in […]

Ki Tavo 5783 – Torah Portion – כי־תבוא

[ad_1] Parashat Ki Tavo 5783 / פָּרָשַׁת כִּי־תָבוֹא 2 September 2023 / 16 Elul 5783 Parashat Ki Tavo is the 50th weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading. Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 Ki Tavo (“When You Come”) opens by describing the ceremony of the first fruit offering (bikkurim) and the declaration […]

Ki Tavo

Ki Tavo Offering of the First Fruits The Providence Lithograph 1896 - 1913

Parashat Ki Tavo intertwines blessings and curses, echoing the consequences of choices and renewing the covenant between divinity and humanity.

Government Relations Associate

[ad_1] Israel Policy Forum in New York City, NY, is seeking to fill the role of: ‘Government Relations Associate’. Full details can be found at https://www.jewishstaffing.com/posts/view/64e8bb873aaadad23b175edf [ad_2] Source link

Jews were in MENA before Muslims, Arabs – opinion

[ad_1] On August 3, Israeli-British historian Avi Shlaim appeared on The Big Picture, a podcast series hosted by Middle East Eye. Born in Baghdad in 1945, Shlaim’s family fled as refugees to Israel in 1951 when conditions for Jews in Iraq became intolerable. Throughout the discussion, Shlaim referred numerous times to his status as an […]

Day Camp Assistant Director, Operations

[ad_1] Camp Deeny Riback in Flanders, NJ, is seeking to fill the role of: ‘Assistant Director, Operations ‘. Full details can be found at https://www.jewishstaffing.com/posts/view/64e7b8c53aaadad23b175e9c [ad_2] Source link