The History of the Maccabiah Games
The concept for a "Jewish Olympics" all started a century ago with a Zionist teenager from Belarus.
Re-enactment Buffs Cross Swords in Israel
Dozens of Israelis and tourists from the former Soviet Union gather every July 4 for a choreographed reenactment of the Battle of the Horns of Hattin.
As Refugee Crises Intensify, Jews Aid in U.S. Resettlement
Synagogues and other Jewish groups have historically mobilized to help resettle refugees—most recently from Afghanistan, and soon from Ukraine.
The Cramm Translates the News for Gen-Z
When she was 12, Olivia Seltzer set out to make news digestible for tweens and teens—and her newsletter, The Cramm, was born.
Outreach One Pair of Socks at a Time
The name of Adina Lichtman’s nonprofit—Knock Knock Give a Sock—may sound like a silly joke, but its purpose is deeply serious: to humanize homelessness.
Abortion in Israel: Relatively Easy to Get, Hard to Discuss
The discourse over abortion differs dramatically between the United States and Israel, where the procedure is legal and barely a political issue.
Roots Amid the Rubble
Like so many others at the height of the Covid-19 lockdowns, I escaped isolation by turning to television. When I watched The Dig, a movie
Israeli Mother Sees Herself in Refugees She Helped in Moldova
By mid-March, IsraAID had 22 aid workers in Moldova, among them therapists, medics and trauma counselors fluent in Ukrainian and Russian.
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