Buczacz – which was once the home to an illustrious Jewish community until they were massacred by the Nazis in 1943 – is the birthplace of three towering Jewish personalities from the 20th century.
Allison Josephs, founder of the website Jew in the City (JITC), has established the JITC Hollywood Bureau, which she views as the natural next step in her organization’s 15-year campaign to correct myths and misconceptions about Orthodox Jews.
In response to the invasion, the JDC has launched an emergency campaign to supply services to the nearly 40,000 needy Jews it supports in 1,000 locations throughout Ukraine
Israelis recognize that no outside power, not even the U.S., can be relied on to guarantee survival in the face of a powerful threat.
How do you explain to your children (and hundreds of thousands of others with non-Ashkenazi lineage at Jewish schools around the world) that this fun, sugary concoction is wonderful, but is not and never was part of their heritage?
Today, she works as the chief mission officer for the Los Angeles Jewish Home, a nonprofit that provides senior living and healthcare to the elderly population of LA.
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