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  • Making a Difference in Nepal
    Israeli Scene Wider World
    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
    Wider World
    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
    Wider World
    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.

Wider World
For One Convert, the Bumps in the Road
by Rahel Musleah
One descendent of Crypto-Jews recognizes her life has come full circle, after her formal conversion—or return—to Judaism in 2011.
Wider World
What’s in a Name?
by Andrée Aelion Brooks
Once upon a time, Jews lived in the medieval hilltop village of Ayllón, 90 miles north of Madrid. Expelled from Spain in 1492, there was
Wider World
Drops of Water in Senegal
by Esther Hecht
Israel is helping small farmers in Senegal, many of them women, move from subsistence farming to commercial farming.
Wider World
A ‘Restless Spirit’ Takes Hold in Greece
by Sherri Moshman Paganos
The new head rabbi of Greece is 26-year-old Gabriel Negrin.
Wider World
Borders and Nations
by Gershom Gorenberg
Post-World War I, much of the world’s map changed as multinational empires collapsed and independent nation-states were formed.
Wider World
Christians in the Crosshairs
by Lela Gilbert
July 21. I arrived in Israel in 2006, eager to explore a land that had always fascinated me, as an American Christian, writer and news
Wider World
Web Review: News from Italy
by Leah F. Finkelshteyn
  “Jews in Italy are a small minority,” writes Guido Vitale, editor-in-chief of Pagine Ebraiche on the Italian Jewish newspaper’s website, “but loom large in
Wider World
Coming Home
by Judith Fein
Edgar Mendez, a 59-year-old lawyer, arrived in Mexico City from Neiva, Colombia, where he used to be a Catholic priest. Charton Baggio, 45, a motivational

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