Chana and Rabbi Levi Banon have served the Jewish community in Casablanca for a decade. When Rabbi Levi and Chana Banon decided to move to Casablanca, Morocco, in 2008, they were hardly the first shluchim (emissaries) to do so. Chabad has had an active presence in the North African kingdom since 1950, when the local […]
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Vilna, a new play by Ira Fuchs directed by Joseph Discher, will begin its limited Off-Broadway World Premiere engagement at the Theatre at St. Clement’s (423 West 46th Street, between Ninth & Tenth Avenues) on Monday March 11th. Opening Night is set for Wednesday March 20th (7pm). This limited Off-Broadway engagement continues through Sunday April […]
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You are invited to join us for the second year of “Cooking In Hebrew” for English speakers. This unique workshop, sponsored by the World Zionist Organization, will be led by Hadas Toren. Hadas Toren is a personal trainer, health coach and nutrition specialist who loves cooking, baking, entertaining and the Jewish holidays. Hadas Believes in […]
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Arnold Rothstein, Meir Lansky and Bugsy Siegel were all notorious gangsters whose criminal activities extended to Atlantic City, Miami, Cuba and Las Vegas, but their stories began on the Lower East Side of New York. We will examine where these leaders of the Jewish underworld began their nefarious activities. Along the way we will analyze […]
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Jews in Jamaica have a long and colorful history, but not enough people know about it. As the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) recently reported in an article by Paul Foer, many of the Jews who live in Jamaica may be descendants of Sephardic Jews who escaped Europe in the wake of the Spanish Inquisition. The […]
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Israel’s Arkia Airlines will introduce direct flights to two Indian cities—Goa and Kochi, considered “dream destinations” by many Jews in this country, tapping the huge tourism potential between India and Israel. Arkia will operate the new flights from September 2019, company officials said. “Arkia will operate the new flights from September 2019 onward using recently […]
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Serving visitors and the local community in the central part of the state New Yorkers Laurie Tobias-Cohen and her husband, Yosef Cohen, fondly recall a memorable vacation weekend in Bangor, Maine. Thanks to Chabad of Bangor, established two years ago by Rabbi Chaim and Esther Wilansky, they didn’t have to rush home for Shabbat during their week-long trip, which also took them to […]
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One of Tel Aviv’s hippest nightlife spots has evolved in the shadows of the Great Synagogue, mixing divine and delicious in the most Israeli of ways. In true Tel Avivian style, the city’s Great Synagogue is not only a place of worship but also the nucleus of one of the hippest nightlife areas around. The […]
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Jamaica’s singer, Anthony B took Israel by storm when he and a host of other musicians recently celebrated the life of reggae icon Bob Marley! He wore a necklace bearing the Hebrew word “chai,” which means life. Keith Blair, better known by the stage name Anthony B, is a Jamaican deejay and member of the Rastafari movement. […]
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Commenting on the trip, Ms. Tali Yativ, the organizer and team leader of the group said that this was a first of a kind tour for the group. The Uganda Tourism Board has today received a group of 230 Israeli nationals who are in the country for a 3 day tour of Uganda. The tourists […]
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