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Some customs for the holiday of Hanoukah
1)The custom in Egypt was not to say Sidouq HaDin all 8 days of Hanoukah. 2)The custom amongst all Middle Eastern and North African Jewish communities is to only use …
Berbers and the Jews, a Unique Relationship; The Historical Background
JEWS MOVE WEST Blocked from escape to the east, many Jews found refuge to the west. The westward movement of the Jews from Egypt and Cyrenaica to the Barbary states …
Exodus from the Amazon
Hundreds of descendants of Moroccan Jews living along the Amazon are returning to Judaism and making aliyah. Michael Freund traveled to the tropical forests of Peru to find out why. …
When Missionaries Wrote in Yiddish: The Rise and Fall of Missionary Yiddish in America
Residents of and visitors to Jewish immigrant neighborhoods in America at the turn of the twentieth century noticed a phenomenon that at first glance seemed like an oxymoron — Christian …
The Jews of South Carolina
Exhibit Highlights 300 Years of Tradition, Assimilation and Conflict Like much of the southern United States, South Carolina has a long and complex Jewish history — in fact, at one …
Un cuento de Purim – Historia de Leon y Dina
Gran inseguridad reinaba en Bohemia en los tiempos del rey Juan de Luxemburgo, quien solía encontrarse más en los campos de batalla de toda Europa, en busca de hazañas y …
Las Tablas eran de Piedra – Un artículo sobre Shavuot
“Yo había subido al monte a recoger las tablas de piedra, las tablas de la alianza” Deuteronomio 9:9 De piedra eran las tablas. De un material simple y barato. Si …