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As pickles conquer the mainstream, are they still a Jewish food?
By STEPHEN SILVER PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — When many folks of a certain age and demographic think of pickles, their thoughts...
About People: In the Sept. 21 Jewish World
In this week's edition of the AJW, "About People" has the boldface names: Halie Soifer, Beth Kieffer Leonard, Dean Phillips,...
Barry ZeVan: His life among the giants
by MAX SPARBER Community News Editor The Twin Cities share a legacy of unaccountably famous television weather forecasters. There was...
Prague and Budapest: Some highlights and oddities
Photos and story by MORDECAI SPECKTOR Tourists throng to the Charles Bridge, which spans the Vltava River in Prague, uniting...
Beth El visits South Carolina
By ALEXANDER DAVIS Tradition teaches that when we enter a synagogue, we are to recite words of prayer: “Ma Tovu...
In Budapest, a resurgence of Jewish life
The sanctuary of the Dohány Street Synagogue, which was built in the mid-19th century, was partly designed by Hungarian architect...
Visiting the Tunisian island of Djerba
By SAMIA HATHROUBI DJERBA, Tunisia (JTA) — El Ghriba, the venerable synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba, is traditionally...
In the footsteps of Franz Kafka: exploring Czech Jewish life
The esteemed 20th century author Franz Kafka, a Jewish native of Prague, was honored with an outdoors sculpture, on a...
A visit to Jewish Prague and Budapest
Tourists flock to the Klausen Synagogue, one of the popular attractions that make up the Jewish Museum in Prague. Rather...
Abeles & Heymann hot dogs are kosher l’Pesach
AJW Staff Report Oscar Abeles & Leopold Heymann, an uncle and nephew who opened a butcher store in Washington Heights,...
