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 ...
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 ...
AJU Community Mikvah By Rabbi Tarlan Rabizadeh There was a time when couples married very young, often scared, innocent, moving directly from their parents’ home into a new family’s household. This was especially true for ...