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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
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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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Total Immersion
by Judith Fein
“I’ve got a situation here,” said Rabbi Jacques Cukierkorn as he stood at the edge of the freshwater pool. “I can do the men’s mikve
Wider World
The Great War and Jewish Memory
by David Laskin
Jews fought on both sides, but their experiences were worlds apart. Military service solidified Jews' loyalty to America, while German Jews were accused of shirking.
Wider World
Sally Becker
by Miriam Shaviv
One of Britain's best-known aid workers—acclaimed for her role in rescuing wounded children during the Balkan War—has brought tikkun olam to a whole new level.
Wider World
Jamaica: The House of Living Memory
by Zelda Shluker
Jamaican Jewish history is visible not only in Congregation Shaare Shalom but in the adjacent Jewish Heritage Centre (011-876-922-5931; shaareshalom@cwjamaica.com), where walls display images of
Wider World
Swimming Against the Tide
by Zelda Shluker
If pride of place and heritage were a rescue remedy, the future of Jamaican Jewry would be assured. And if such an elixir could be
Wider World
Letter from Le Chambon: Just to Say Merci
by Haim Chertok
Last spring I happened on an online item about the imminent opening of a museum in Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, a picturesque village in the fastness of
Wider World
Wider World
The Arts: A Museum in the Void
by Ruth Ellen Gruber
by Ruth Ellen Gruber
Since it opened its doors last April during high-profile ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the Museum of the History of Polish
Wider World
Interview: Oleksandr Feldman
by Charley J. Levine
A leading industrialist and philanthropist in one of the diaspora’s largest—if least-known—Jewish communities, Oleksandr Feldman, 53, is serving his fourth term in the Verkhouna Rada,

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