Interior and sand floor of the Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue in Willemstad, Curacao. The synagogue is the oldest in continuous use in the western hemisphere. Jews moved to Curacao in the 1650s; the current building dates ...
By Robyn Haberman I am a New Yorker. And I am one of about a million Jewish people who live in this incredible city. I would argue that it is essentially the Jewish mecca of ...
10 Things to Do Before You Plan Your Vacation Travel is about more than seeing new places. It carries the possibility of connection to history, to community, to memory, and to living Jewish life in ...
A Mitzvah Hidden in Plain Sight By Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe Bernhard Almost every culture, across time and geography, has understood that a human body deserves care at the end of life. From ritual washings to ...