A Tisha B’Av Story

A Tisha B’Av Story

Tisha B’Av – A Jewish Memorial Day to Honor the Memory of the Jews of the Inquisition Tisha B’Av is a day of Jewish mourning. It falls on the 9th day in the Hebrew month of Av which, this year begins at sundown on Monday, August 12 and continues through...
Holocaust Memorial Day in Italy

Holocaust Memorial Day in Italy

Zachor!  Memories of my firstHolocaust Memorial Day in Italy   January 27, 1945 marks the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp where one million Jews were tortured, starved and murdered.. Sixty years later, in November 2005 the United Nations General Assembly...
Sephardic Passover Traditions

Sephardic Passover Traditions

Sephardic Traditions at the Passover Seder Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jews – What’s the Difference? There is a division within the Jewish community that began thousands of years ago and continues to this day.  It is not a division between religious denominations such as...
Chanukah lights

Chanukah lights

Our Chanukah lights are now a sweet memory but thanks to Rabbi Chaim (Brothers for Life- Achim L’Chaim), sends a historic Chanukah photo and shares its special message.  Rabbi Chaim writes: At first glance the photograph below looks almost quaint, an old black...