Editorial: In solidarity with Ukraine
Like many American Jews, I’m here because Cossack militia men wanted to kill my grandparents. They fled to the United ...
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In Ukraine, aid for needy Jews comes with a catch
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ ODESSA, Ukraine (JTA) — Alina Feoktistova always knew she was Jewish, but the first time she sought ...
Hungary, the Jews and the ‘Viktator’
After Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party won Hungary’s 2014 parliamentary elections, they erected a “Memorial to the Victims of ...
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 ...
Coping with war in Ukraine
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Although most Americans are unaware of the fact, there is a war raging in Ukraine. In early ...
When there is no miracle
Eli Morgenstern, of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, visited Minneapolis recently to speak about his program that helps Israel’s ...
Doing good around the Jewish world
AJW Staff Report A "Global Symposium" hosted by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and Jewish Federations from around ...
Symposium will discuss Jewish future
Joint Distribution Committee, Midwest Federations will co-host July 21 event at Hyatt Regency AJW Staff Report The American Jewish Joint ...
Event celebrates Minnesota ties to rescue of Ethiopian Jewry
AJW Staff Report Minnesotans who played a role is the mass aliya (emigration to Israel) of Ethiopian Jews were remembered ...
Minneapolis Jewish Federation CEO will take position with ‘the Joint’
Joshua Fogelson discusses the challenges facing Jewish philanthropy amid the economic crisis and after Madoff By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Joshua Fogelson, ...
