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Catalogue of Care – Julius Rosenwald

Yuval Jobani

Self-made millionaire Julius Rosenwald devoted his fortune as well as himself to others. His philanthropic principles speak volumes about integration for both Jewish and black Americans Yuval Jobani Has there ever been a philanthropist who...

20th centuryAmericaAmerican JewsArticlesentrepreneursIssue 73 | June 2025

Body & Soul – Ottoman Jewish Midwifery

Tali Buskila

Among Jews in the Ottoman Middle East, birth took place in the mother’s home, where close friends and family assisted in an evolving social and spiritual experience. This safe, female space was seminal in women’s...

ArticlesAsiaEarly modern periodIssue 70 | September 2024Jewish CommunitiesLifecycle

Feeding the Heavens – Jewish Birdfeeding Customs

Yossi Ziv

Both Polish and Ethiopian Jews traditionally fed birds at specific times of year, ascribing deep meaning to this practice. Did the custom spread from south to north with the migratory flocks, or was it simply...

ArticlesEarly modern periodEthiopiaGermanyIssue 71 | December 2024Jewish CommunitiesTu Bishvat

From the Archives | Building Zion from Rhodesia

Denise Rein

A booklet produced by a Zionist youth movement in Rhodesia reflects a rich and vibrant community that lasted less than a century. Its young authors had no idea civil war was about to change their...

20th centuryAfricaColumnsIssue 26 | May 2015Jewish CommunitiesZionism

The Samaritan Stories

Zeev H. Ehrlich

Back to the article Sacrifice in Samaria – Samaritans Cuthites from the Tribe of Benjamin | The creed of the Holy Mountain | Similar but Different – the Samaritan Calendar | Matchmakers’ Night Zeev H....

Issue 10 | April 2012Jewish CommunitiesLand of IsraelPost-1948Religions

Sacrifice in Samaria – Samaritans

Zeev H. Ehrlich

The paschal lambs are bleating on the road to Nablus. The community elders are decked out in white and the final preparations for the sacrifice on Mt. Gerizim are nearing completion. Is this what the...

ArticlesIssue 10 | April 2012Jewish CommunitiesLand of IsraelPesachPost-1948

The Unspoken Taboo – Next Year in Jerusalem

Jonathan D. Sarna

What prompted a century of American Jews to omit the phrase “Next year in Jerusalem” at the conclusion of their Seder? The aspirations and declarations replacing it speak volumes about American Jewish loyalties, priorities, and...

19th centuryAmericaArticlesIssue 64 | March 2023Jewish CommunitiesPesach

Book Review | Social Vision

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Rooting the Rebbe’s far-reaching campaigns directly in the Baal Shem Tov’s ideology, a sociologist explains why the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s vision was best suited to and carried out from the land of the free Sara Jo...

20th centuryAmerican JewsBook ReviewsChabadColumnsHasidismIssue 53 | July 2020Jewish CommunitiesMenachem Mendel SchneersonNew York

From the Archives | The Jewish American Secret Police

Hadassah Assouline

A Jewish community organization in New York dealt with myriad issues, even creating an internal police force to deal with rising crime Hadassah Assouline In early September 1908, the chief of the New York City...

20th centuryAmerican JewsColumnsIssue 11 | July 2012New YorkPeople

Strength in Numbers

Jeffrey S. Gurock

In New York circa 1900, Jewish identity was in the streets and in the air; one in four New Yorkers was Jewish, and formal religious affiliation felt unnecessary. Fifty years later, suburban Jews needed communal...

20th centuryAmerican JewsArticlesIssue 11 | July 2012New York

Jewish as Can Be

Rachel Gordan

Are New York’s Jews opting for more Judaism or less? Is their Jewishness nothing more than bagels and lox, or is the growing visibility of ultra- Orthodox communities an indication of future trends? Rachel Gordan...

American JewsArticlesIssue 11 | July 2012New YorkPost-1948

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Catalogue of Care – Julius Rosenwald

Body & Soul – Ottoman Jewish Midwifery

Feeding the Heavens – Jewish Birdfeeding Customs

From the Archives | Building Zion from Rhodesia

The Samaritan Stories

Sacrifice in Samaria – Samaritans

The Unspoken Taboo – Next Year in Jerusalem

Book Review | Social Vision

From the Archives | The Jewish American Secret Police

Strength in Numbers

Jewish as Can Be

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Catalogue of Care – Julius Rosenwald

Body & Soul – Ottoman Jewish Midwifery

Feeding the Heavens – Jewish Birdfeeding Customs

From the Archives | Building Zion from Rhodesia

The Samaritan Stories

Sacrifice in Samaria – Samaritans

The Unspoken Taboo – Next Year in Jerusalem

Book Review | Social Vision

From the Archives | The Jewish American Secret Police

Strength in Numbers

Jewish as Can Be

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