OCTOBER
JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa), launches a visual history project in which former refugees now living on the West Coast can share their stories. Meanwhile, the American Sephardi Foundation is conducting similar interviews of New York-area residents. More...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Elie Wiesel will be teaching at a Southern California university that features a large bronze bust of the Nobel laureate at its library entrance. More...
Now when we were just little kids our weekends were devoted in part to getting together with the other guys on our block and playing games. If we didn’t have a ball or a makeshift bat that was really an old broomstick, we came up with other ideas that did not require anything more than our imagination. More...
Milton Shapiro, 95, long time Atlantic City resident, died on August 25, 2010, at his residence in California. For over 65 years, he owned and managed the Boston Shoe Store until retiring at age 87. More...
The High Holidays are quickly approaching. Jews who are usually invisible during the year, suddenly reappear in the synagogue at this high point in the Jewish calendar. The synagogue is the oldest institution in Jewish life. More...
Sep. 3 — Fri.
Beth Judah, Ventnor –
Devotion By The Ocean at 6:00 p.m., with services on the beach at Newport Avenue, Ventnor, behind the Ventnor Library. Bring your own beach chair. We will provide challah, wine and cake/cookies. For more information, call Beth Judah at 822 7116 Ex. 101. More...
Wiesel to teach at Chapman University