In the summer of 2016, I stopped in Lodz, Poland with a friend while on-route from Warsaw to Krakow to visit my grandfather’s hometown. Both he and my grandmother survived the Lodz Ghetto where the Nazis herded and enclosed hundreds of thousands of Jews before deporting them to death camps. We visited the Jewish cemetery, equipped with a list of the burial sites of possible Arfa ancestors. What happened when we came across a group of 30 Jewish young professionals truly inspired us….
West Hollywood gallery hosts a charity art exhibition of female Jewish artists, “Women of Valor: In The Land of Milk and Honey.” Proceeds from the event will benefit women victims of trauma and sexual violence in Israel.
Perhaps, since October 7th, a fifth generation has surfaced. Young Jews determining how (not if) Jewish tradition and beliefs will play a role in their own identity and the future identities of their children.
More news and opinions than at a Shabbat dinner, right in your inbox.
