Judaism

Taiwanese school principal resigns over Nazi-themed parade

After students photographed wearing swastikas, Cheng Hsiao-ming says he’ll leave post early, devote career to educating about important historical events By Stuart Winer High school students in Taiwan dressed as Nazi soldiers during a celebration on December 24, 2016. Pictures from the event were posted online by Facebook user Pixar Lu. (Facebook) The principal of

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International, Jewish History

Jewish trivia quiz: Jewish Christmas songs

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — It’s often said that Christmas music far surpasses the quality of Chanukkah music, thanks to the many Jewish composers who wrote such beautiful songs as White Christmas (Irving Berlin), The Christmas Song/Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (Mel Tormé and Robert Wells), and I’ll Be Home For

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Jewish Religion, Mark D. Zimmerman, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Wishes Christians a Merry Christmas

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the time to wish his “Christian brothers and sisters” a merry Christmas in a video posted to Facebook on Thursday. He addressed Christians from the courtyard of Jerusalem’s International Christian Embassy and expressed a bond between Christianity and Judaism through a “shared heritage.” “It moves us deeply to have

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East

Humoring the Headlines: December 24, 2016

By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO−This year Hanukkah and Christmas conveniently coincide, but Donald Trump worries about the next four years when he knows wishing Ivanka Merry Christmas may offend her husband Jared. Consequently, he has tasked Jared, who is so Jewish and smart he will negotiate peace between Israel and the Palestinians, to create a

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Jewish Religion, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Photos tell of Chanukah’s approach in San Diego

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — With the first night of Chanukah approaching this Dec. 24th, memories of past San Diego Chanukahs are being revived. For example, in Old Town San Diego Historic State Park–where the City of San Diego began–the Robinson-Rose house displays in its window a hannukiah and a Star of David,

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, Shor M. Masori

Charleston, S.C. has a long and rich Jewish history

By Susan L. Rosenbluth TheJewishVoiceAndOpinion.com CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Imagine a magnificently charming city, repeatedly recognized as a top tourist must-visit in the United States, whose cobblestone streets weave between pastel-colored antebellum residences and numerous historic sites, including many of specific Jewish interest. Now imagine this magical city swathed for 17 days in a plethora

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Jewish History, Travel and Food, USA

Classic country fans have lost Gordie Tapp, one of the funniest guys to ever hit the business

You may not know his name, but you’ve probably laughed at his skits on “Hee Haw” over the years. Canadian comedian Gordie Tapp, best known as “Cousin Clem,” passed away Sunday, Dec. 18 in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. He was 94. According to “The Hollywood Reporter,” Tapp conceived the character “Cousin Clem” in the mid-’50s before

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Obituaries & memorials, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Jewish pilgrims attacked at Ukraine tomb of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav

Worshipers at grave of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav in Uman tear gassed by assailants described as neo-Nazis, fake blood and pig’s head left at site By Stuart Winer Jewish worshipers in Ukraine were tear gassed and the grave of Hasidic Rabbi Nachman of Bratlsav was smeared with fake blood and a pigs head in a

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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion

Pollution is destroying probably the oldest Jewish cemetery in the Western Hemisphere

Among the thousands of people buried in a centuries-old Jewish cemetery in the Caribbean are men and women whose relatives would go on to establish some of the first synagogues in the US — in Rhode Island, New York and the US Virgin Islands. But their names may soon be lost to history. Just over

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International, Jewish History

Across North America, seeds of a religious rebound

My grandparents, immigrants from Poland and Romania, were Orthodox Jews and deeply observant. My parents, born here, joined a Conservative shul (mixed seating), and kept a traditionally Jewish home. My husband and I joined a Reconstructionist synagogue (liturgically traditional, theologically agnostic, anchored in Jewish “peoplehood”), and mainly express ourselves Jewishly through community volunteerism and Zionism.

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International, Jewish Religion, USA

British Admiral Rodney’s persecution of St. Eustatius Jews led to America’s victory at Yorktown

By Jerry Klinger The most important synagogue in America is not located in the United States. Thirteen hundred miles, East-South-East from Miami, Honen Dolim (She who is Merciful to the Poor) stands on the tiny former Dutch Caribbean Island of St. Eustatius. Statia (St. Eustatius) is remote, difficult to get to and central to the

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Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, USA