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Jewish History – with International scholar, Irene Shaland
Travels in Jewish History
Travels in Jewish History: China, India, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia with Irene Shaland Hosted by...
Siracusa is a Top Destination in Sicily
By Irene Shaland, International Jewish ScholarSiracusa is truly a summation of Sicilian splendor,...
Mosaic of Singapore Slideshow
Take a quick virtual tour around Singapore. Often called “post-modern,” this city-state, energetic...
The Dao of Being Jewish: Tales of Jewish Diaspora, Persecution, the Holocaust and Rebirth in Europe, Africa and Asia
By Irene Shaland “Shaland takes you by the hand and delivers a Jewish heart.” (HaLapid Magazine)...
Jewish Historian Irene Shaland
Irene Shaland is an internationally published art and travel writer, Jewish historian, and...
Italian Jewish Roots in Squillace
Exploring Italian Jewish Roots in Squillace “Searching for the remnants of the historical...
Olive Oil Beaten For The Light
The Torah commands an ancient practice that lives today in Italyby Rabbi Barbara Aiello It is May...
At the Ferramonti Concentration Camp -Three Synagogues, High Holy Days and Bed Sheet Brides
A wedding gown fashioned from a bed sheet and a veil crafted from mosquito netting - these were...
Discovering Hidden Jewish Identity – Becca’s Wooden Box
She arrived on Sunday morning, having received an...
Italian Jewish Singers
Dalida` an Italian Jewish Singer - As a “Bat Anousim” she was “I nostri” - “one of us.” Although...
Ferramonti
Ferramonti Internment Camp The story of the Ferramonti Internment Camp is a story of Jewish...
Back to School in Italy
It’s back to school in Bella Italia with school bells ringing (literally) in Serrastretta, my tiny...
Jewish Treasure
Rabbi Barbara Finds a hidden Jewish Treasure in Rome This coming September 10 Patrizia and Alberto...
Italian Graduation Day
Even by American standards Antonio Talarico is tall. Standing at well over six feet, Italian-born...
Jewish Ritual Rescue
Jewish Ritual Rescue What Happens to Judaica When Our Kids Don’t Want It? Last year in a local...
Conversion to Judaism
Jewish Conversion In A Modern Age
I’m about to marry “Jewish” – should I convert? Not long ago, in 2003 to be exact, a Sex and the...
Conversion in English & Italian
Jewish Conversion Program Combines Technology and Tradition to Bring B’nei Anusim Back Home “I...
Jewish Conversion Italy
It was Mazel Tov all around as eight conversion candidates assembled in southern Italy for Darshan...
Antisemitism
The Swastika Tattoo
By Rabbi Barbara Aiello “It’s always a good day when my grandson comes to visit!” Lillian’s smile...
Board Member Does Mitzvot
Felicia Capozzoli – Sinagoga Board Member and Advisor for Tikkun Olam and Youth Activities put...
TorahNator
Thanks to the "TorahNator" Seniors Access Shabbat Services “I’m calling it the...
Traveling Torahs
An Update on Italy’s Traveling Torahs Torah on a Train… Torah on a Plane… Torah on a Boat… Torah...
Calabria Welcomes Rabbi Barbara Aiello Home
Calabria Welcomes Rabbi Barbara Aiello Home on May 12 2016 marks our tenth year since the...
Get Out of Shul Free Card
“Get Out of Shul Free” Card - A Shabbat Idea Whose Time Has Come: Almost all of us have played...
Kipah-Minded
It is springtime now and summer is coming. Vacations are on our minds and these are the days for...
Italian Religious Diversity
A Large Catholic Parish and a Tiny Synagogue Build Bridges Upon Italian Religious Diversity of...
Jews Around the World
The Holocaust’s Official Beginning Compels the Story of an Extraordinary Man
It was November 9 and 10, 1938 when the streets of major German cities were covered with sparkling...
Pinocchio’s Jewish Roots
It was Mamodines, the Rambam, who said, ”Nothing can stand in the way of teshuvah.” Our sages...
Jews of the Emerald Isle
Does Your Bubbe Come From Ireland? By Rabbi Barbara Aiello Characters: Narrator - “Lepra-Cohen”...
Elvis Presley Was Jewish
He passed away on August 16, 1977. On the Hebrew calendar the date was the second day in the...
Betty Boop Jewish Roots
Today when grandparents share a video moment with grandchildren, it’s likely that the image on the...
The Tiny Torah Travels to Jamaica
Bat Mitzvah of Chloe A. Montego Bay, Jamaica June 9, 2010 The Travelling Torah from which Chloe...
Lost Sicilian Jews
A Story of Lost Sicilian Jews She arrived on Sunday morning, having received an announcement of...
Alaskan Jews Frozen Chosen
They live five thousand miles from New York City and they call themselves the “Frozen Chosen.”...
