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  • Making a Difference in Nepal
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    Making a Difference in Nepal
    Making a Difference in Nepal

    In Tevel B’Tzedek, Israeli Micha Odenheimer has created a Jewish Peace Corps that brings Jewish aid and ideals to Nepal, one of the world’s most impoverished nations.

    Volunteers from Tevel B’Tzedek enhance Nepalis’ skills as farmers, educators and community leaders. 

  • Keeping the Faith in Vilnius
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    Keeping the Faith in Vilnius
    Keeping the Faith in Vilnius

    Before World War II, the streets of Lithuania’s capital were thronged with Jews. Today, the country is home to 4,000 Jews committed to preserving their heritage.

    Before World War II, the streets of Lithuania’s capital were thronged with Jews. Today, the country is home to 4,000 Jews committed to preserving their heritage.

  • Passage to the Pyrenees
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    Passage to the Pyrenees
    Passage to the Pyrenees

    Jews and others trekked over the treacherous mountain range to flee from the Nazis. These days, people are following in their footsteps.

    Jews and others trekked over the treacherous mountain range to flee from the Nazis. These days, people are following in their footsteps.

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Feature: Keeping Memory Alive
Istanbul has Turkey’s largest Jewish population, but some of those residents originally from Bursa and Antakya go home to support their former communities. At first
Wider World
Interview: Julie Burchill
by Charley J. Levine
Julie Burchill, 49, is an exceptionally popular yet wildly controversial British columnist who for decades has defended Israel in British newspapers such as The Sunday Times,
Wider World
Feature: A Conflict Between Policy and Values
When he was 13, Akon told us, the government-backed militia came to his village in southern Sudan. “They started killing people and burning their houses,”
Wider World
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Jewish Spark in the Bottom of Italy’s Boot
Signs of Jewish renewal are flickering across southern Italy, especially at Rabbi Barbara Aiello's Ner Tamid del Sud congregation, which has now joined the Reconstructionist movement.
Wider World
European Day of Jewish Culture Is for Everyone
by Ruth Ellen Gruber
On Culture Day, Europeans from Scandinavia to the Mediterranean get a chance to hear, tour and even taste the rich Jewish heritage of their nations.
Wider World
Interview: Fiamma Nirenstein
by Charley J. Levine
Italian-born Fiamma Nirenstein, 62—award-winning journalist, author and filmmaker—has lived and worked in Jerusalem for decades. But since last April, she has also served as an
Wider World
Feature: Polish Jewry From The Shadows
by Toby Axelrod
In the courtyard of the Wroclaw Jewish Community Center in Poland, a large black chestnut tree spreads its twisting arms up into the night. Figures
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Fiction: The Painting
by Lisa Frydman Barr
Everyone was watching my reaction to the painting. The museum officials, the politicians, the art connoisseurs, the media and the lawyers. I wanted to shout

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