It is no secret that the great state of Georgia’s Jewish community is thriving. The once mighty Northeast, Midwest and West Coast Jewish-American strongholds are giving way to young families who prefer the South’s lower cost of living and easygoing nature. Georgia is home to one of the oldest congregations in the United States, Mickve...
We have an exciting line-up of events over summer break leading up to the High Holidays (which are October this year)! Mark your calendars now! There are many events planned, so keep a watch out for those JCJ emails. Register for events here: https://jccjapan.jp/event-registration Violins and HopeFrom the Holocaust to the Symphony Hall: a photographic...
Scholars of JCC B’nai Mitzvah newsletters have explored the San Francisco gold rush before flying over the plains of Iowa and Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago to spend some time with Roberto Clemente z”l in Pittsburgh. Not stopping in the rust belt, we’ve driven across Pennsyltucky taking the Garden State Parkway to Newark Airport on the way...
57 years ago this week, Colonel Motta Gur announced into a loudspeaker from a unified Jerusalem “All company commanders, we are sitting right now on the ridge. Shortly we are going into the Old City of Jerusalem that all generations have dreamed about. Eitan’s tanks will advance on the left and enter the Lion’s Gate....
It is impossible to understand the current Israeli political landscape without knowing the progenitor of the phrase ‘Never Again’: Rabbi Meir Kahane. Usually taken by Jews to signify the importance of maintaining constant vigilance against antisemitism or in the broader world as a bulwark against genocide writ large, Kahane meant something else entirely when he...
The Jews of Iowa bear their citizenship in the Republic and in the commonwealth with dignity and honor…It gives me great pleasure to say for the Jews of Iowa that they are potent factors in our business, faithful defenders of peace and order and staunch advocates of all the principles of good government. –Albert Cummins,...
Join us as guest speaker Daniel Levin discusses his award-winning photography book documenting the man and work of Israeli master luthier (violin maker) Amnon Weinstein. Forty years ago Amnon began a project to restore violins that survived the concentration camps and ghettos of the holocaust, even when their owners often did not. Just over 100...
You could fill a library with books focused solely on the Jews of New York’s Lower East Side. So too the ‘Shalom Y’all’ subgenre that expounds on the Jewish peddlers who hawked their wares across the American South. The same is true for the Rust Belt, West Coast and even Canada, eh? But for some...
Before becoming Israel’s first General, David ‘Mickey’ Marcus had already graduated West Point and Brooklyn Law School, prosecuted Lucky Luciano, served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction, negotiated the surrender of Fascist Italy, parachuted into Normandy on D-Day, provided for millions of Displaced Persons in Europe and planned legal and security...
Join us for a delightful culinary journey at our upcoming Jewish cooking class! Get ready to roll up your sleeves and indulge in the art of cooking in our cozy and fun gathering. In this intimate setting, limited to just 12 participants, you’ll have the opportunity to master the secrets of two mouthwatering dishes: Tagine...