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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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An Israeli on the Road
by Melanie Lidman
The people he has met across the world have called him Don Quixote on Wheels, Buns of Steel and Crazy With Dream. “Sometimes they call
Wider World
Letter from Saskatchewan: Little Houses on the Prairie
by Isa Milman
Sometimes a gift appears in disguise and our challenge is to recognize the little miracle that has just fallen into our lap. This is the
Wider World
Cut & Post
Return Trip  Centuries after the dark days of the Spanish Inquisition, a descendant of a family forcibly converted to Catholicism has returned to the country
Wider World
Letter from Amsterdam: Coming to Terms With Home
by Toby Axelrod
The Dutch Jewish community was decimated under the Nazis. Today, the Liberal congregation in Amsterdam is moving optimistically into the future. Lila Grunfeld walks up
Wider World
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
Wider World
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.

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