Join us – off location – at the Center for Jewish History’s Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute. The CJH team is opening the doors to its research library after hours just for us! It’s a rare opportunity to have some of the world’s most experienced family history researchers and genealogists introduce you to the best […]
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The award-winning documentary “Lea y Mira make their mark” reflects the stories of two friends who, as teenagers, were transferred on death trains to the extermination camp of Auschwitz Lea Zajac and Mira Kniaziew were two teenagers when the world, theirs, and that of the rest of humanity, changed forever. Lea and Mira spent two years Auschwitz, the extermination […]
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The Setai brand of hotels has officially opened its latest property, The Setai Tel Aviv, located on the Mediterranean Sea at the entrance to the ancient city of Jaffa. The 120 guest room & suite urban resort is the second Setai outpost in Israel following the 2017 opening of The Setai–Sea of Galilee, and is the first property in […]
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Hiking and nature enthusiast Erez Speiser has created a website enabling English-speakers to explore off-the-beaten-track nature spots in Israel. Erez Speiser isn’t a tour guide or a techie. He’s a mechanical engineer in the marketing division of the multinational Iscar metal-working company in Tefen, northern Israel. But Speiser wants to share his love of the […]
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Dr. Ari Kelman from Stanford University joins Executive Director Andy Bachman for a special home-hosted Shabbat dinner conversation. Dr. Kelman is a leading demographer and sociologist of American Jewish life, with a focus on ways new communities of young Jews are responding to the challenges of identity in the twenty-first century. Enjoy drinks and appetizers, […]
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The Bayt Al Dakyra (“The House of Memory”) in the port city of Essaouira of Morocco’s Atlantic coast is a symbol of the plurality of Moroccan culture. Today, the research center built from the remains of an old synagogue in the heart of Essaouira, is shared by the city’s Jewish and Muslim population. The project, […]
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In this joyous performance, Daniella Rabbani, star of The National Yiddish Theater, and 12th Night Klezmer will transport you back in time to a Hanukah Celebration in the Shtetel (a traditional Eastern European Jewish village). The evening will include favorite Yiddish and Hanukah songs awakening the sound and spirit of the Festival of Lights. Sun, […]
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Hamburgers are an especially fun way for chefs and diners to express their culinary voice in a casual or bistro-like setting. Lately, hamburger restaurants in the Holy Land are following all the current Israeli food trends – “Just because it’s kosher doesn’t mean it can’t be delicious,” “Kosher, but looking and tasting like something very […]
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How a ninth-generation Jerusalemite became the ruler of the Tel Aviv casual restaurant scene, and a global Israeli food ambassador. With his wild gray curls going every which way, and eyebrows spewing over his thick black-rimmed glasses, Eyal Shani looks more like a classic novelist, or mad composer, than a chef. When he opens his […]
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Dom Bruno joined the resistance and at great risk to his life established a network of hiding places for Jewish children. Born into an upper middle class, pious Catholic family in Brussels, it was not unusual for Henri Reynders to choose the life of a monk. But in many other respects Reynders proved to be […]
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