אם־אשכחך ירושלים תשכח ימיני:תדבק־לשוני לחכי אם־לא אזכרכי אם־לא אעלה את־ירושלים על ראש שמחתי:If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither;Let my tongue stick to my palate if I cease to think of you,if I do not keep Jerusalem in memory even at my happiest hour.-Psalm 137:5-6 The verses, traditionally sung prior to...
Join us as resident expert Michael Sloyer hosts an exclusive workshop on Enneagram Personality Types for the JCJ community. Why do you react the way that you do? Do you really understand yourself as much as you think you do?To help us realize our full potential, we must start by understanding ourselves completely – our...
***Newsletter on hiatus until mid-August*** Two years ago this week, Japan lost arguably the greatest statesman of the postwar era, Shinzo Abe z”l. The loss was acutely felt by members of the Jewish community globally and closer to home. Just months prior to Abe-san’s assassination, the JCC hosted his wife Akie-san for a charity event....
***Newsletter on hiatus next week*** “I had Shabbos dinner with Cohn. He served kugel and it was with a guilty conscience that I ate this holy national dish, which has done more to preserve Judaism than all three issues of the Zeitschrift.”-Heinrich Heine, letter to Moses Moser, December 19, 1825 The Jewish fascination with casseroles...
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,...