Buy Israel Week February 2013

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INSIDE Buy Israel Week February 2013

Appealing To American Consumers

By Anna Harwood and Tami Benmayer International Media Placement and Maayan Jaffe Baltimore Jewish Times

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U.S. Cities Join Israel To Promote Business

By Elyse Glickman Philadelphia Jewish Exponent

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Not Your Grandfather’s Israeli Wine

Abigail Klein Leichman

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Israel’s Sweetest Side

Gabriella Jaffee Jewish News of Greater Phoenix

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An Israeli Flair For Fashion

Pauline Dubkin Yearwood Chicago Jewish News

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Israeli Pharma And Bio-tech Making Us All Feel Better

By Canadian Jewish News

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Israeli Culture Comes To Life In Artwork

By Phyllis Steinberg Florida Jewish Journal

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By Lisa Alcalay Klug j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California

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A procession of Torahs at Temple Emanu-El. Photos courtesy of Temple Emanu-El

72 Torah Scrolls Rescued During Shoah On Display In NYC In Largest Reunion To Date

By Sandee Brawarsky

The exhibition at Temple Emanu-El is the first display in the U.S. of these scrolls saved from long-gone synagogues in what is now the Czech Republic.

The cast of "Soon By You." The second season will debut at the Marlene Meyerson JCC in Manhattan on February 17. Courtesy

How ‘Soon By You’ Became Now By Them

By Alan Zeitlin

Offscreen love: The stars of the popular web-series about Modern Orthodox dating, on how they found real-life love.

Bernie Sanders speaking at J Street’s conference in Washington D,C., April 16, 2018. J Street

Bernie Sanders Launches 2020 Presidential Run

The Shalva Band. Facebook/ShalvaNationalCenter

Op-Ed

Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz

And On The Seventh Day, The Band Rested

Shabbat and Shalva assert that each human being has infinite value.

Person in a wheelchair. Courtesy of JTA

The New Normal

8 Jews With Disabilities Explain How Our Communities Fall Short On Inclusion

By JTA

Dr. Frances Victory. Courtesy

The New Normal‘Understanding The IEP’ Comes To Touro Law

By Dr. Frances Victory

Write On For Israel 2019

Live From Write On For Israel, Day One

By Write On For Israel Students

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein

In Memoriam

Rabbi Yitz Greenberg

Remembering Yechiel Eckstein

The reluctant revolutionary who became a champion of loving kindness.

Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein at a Passover food distribution site in Lod, Israel, as part of his work with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. IFCJ

The Jewish Bridge To Evangelicals

By Steve Lipman

In Memoriam

Al Vorspan, Jewish Social Justice Leader For The Reform Movement, Dies At 95

Al Vorspan (URG/Twitter/via JTA)

From Our ArchivesFreedom Summer Memories

By Jonathan Mark

Protests along the Israel-Gaza border on June 8, 2018 near Nahal Oz, Israel. Getty Images

Israeli Soldier From Los Angeles Injured During Gaza Border Clashes

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Getty Images

NYC Mayor Says Brooklyn Synagogues Will Receive Additional Security After Attack

Capping off a career: A run for the top.
Photo illustration by Chuck Rosenthal/JW

Editor's Desk

Gary Rosenblatt

Why I’m Running For President

I pledge to “Make America Pretty Good Again.”

Rep. David Kustoff speaking in Congress on anti-Semitism, Feb. 13, 2019. (Screenshot from C-Span/via JTA)

Why Did Republicans Vote Against Their Own Bill On Anti-Semitism?

Yeshivat Maharat grad Marianne Novak’s work as a rabbinic intern at Teaneck synagogue lands rabbi in hot water. Yeshivat Maharat

Fresh Controversy Erupts After Teaneck Shul Receives Slap Over Female Clergy

By Hannah Dreyfus

The flare-up exposes a fresh rift between modern orthodox and centrist camps.

Editorials

Omar’s Misinformed Tweet

By Jewish Week Editors

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar: Democrat recycles Jews and money trope.
Getty Images

Ilhan Omar speaks at a Hillary Clinton event at the University of Minnesota, October 2016. JTA

Ilhan Omar Apologizes For Tweets Saying AIPAC Buys Politicians’ To Back Israel

Ilhan Omar speaks at an election night results party in Minneapolis, Nov. 6, 2018. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar Says AIPAC Pays Politicians To Be Pro-Israel

Benny Gantz.

Will Smaller Parties Swing The Vote?

By Joshua Mitnick

Those on the Knesset ‘bubble’ span left, right and center and could determine eventual ruling coalition.

A well-wisher hugs the father of slain Israel Arab woman before her funeral in Baqa al-Gharbiyye. Nathan Jeffay/JW

Letter From Israel

When Pain Crosses Borders

By Nathan Jeffay

Lessons from the murder of Israeli Arab student Aiia Maasarwe.

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“Mass incarceration is our generation’s Civil Rights Movement,” said Marc Howard, founder of the Georgetown University Prisons & Justice Initiative at a panel on criminal justice at the JCPA conference in Washington D.C. this week. Twitter/JCPA

JCPA Makes Expansion Push Amid Increasingly Treacherous Politics

Call to double budget, personnel for vital coalition-building and community relations work.

Wikimedia

Fresh Ink for Teens

A Zionist Fighting For Racial Equality

By Liora Reiken

The complication tension between liberalism and Zionism.

Daniel Gwirtzman’s company celebrates 20 years at 92Y. irtzmandance.org

NYC Jewish-y Events, February 15-24

Your weekly guide to educational, cultural and quirky events in New York City, with a Jewish bent.

Tevye’s daughters sing “Matchmaker” in the Yiddish “Fiddler.”
Courtesy of Victor Nechay/ProperPix

NYC Jewish-y Events, February 7-17

Scott Shay, left, with Rabbis Elliot Cosgrove, Angela Buchdahl and Chaim Steinmetz last week at HUC. Thea Wieseltier/JW

A Chance To Ask Rabbis Tough Questions

By Gary Rosenblatt

Marjory Stoneman High School student Cameron Kasky addresses area students at a rally at the school after participating in a countywide school walkout in Parkland, Fla., Feb. 21, 2018. (Rhona Wise/AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)

Parkland Survivors Spent The Year Advocating Change, But Also Coping With Trauma

People leaving Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., after a shooting there on Feb. 14, 2018. Getty Images

Mom Of Alyssa Alhadef, Killed In Parkland Shooting, Pens Letter To Daughter

By Josefin Dolsten

Lenny Pozner with his son Noah. (Courtesy/Via Times of Israel)

Family That Lost A Son At Sandy Hook Fights Against Vicious Conspiracy Theorists

By Cathryn J. Prince, The Times of Israel

Photos

Paradise Lost: Chasidim Return To Polish Graves

By Jonathan Mark

Krakow photographer looks for Jews, finds herself.

Zechariah and Leeann were married on October 16, 2018 at the Art Factory in Paterson, New Jersey. Courtesy of Gisele & George

Matchmaker

How Zechariah Met Leeann

By Leah Hakimian

His band was performing in Florida. She bought a ticket.

Aerial View of Old Town Warsaw, Poland

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The Workmen’s Circle Invites You on a Jewish Journey to Poland and Lithuania, May 25–June 4, 2019

Make this the year that you take your roots trip!

Sen. Robert Menendez speaks at the AIPAC conference at the Washington Convention Center, March 6, 2018. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images/via JTA)

Here’s How AIPAC Actually Works

Illustrative photo of one of the summer camps in the NJY Camps network. Via NJYcamps.org

NJY Camps Board Disbands, Settles With At Least One Victim

By Hannah Dreyfus

Move follows resignation of chair after report detailed new allegations against Len Robinson.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, at podium, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, third from left, with Jewish communal officials at last week’s event here. Courtesy of Carolyn Maloney

New Push For Holocaust Education In The House

By Steve Lipman

Turin at night. WikimediaCommons/Hpnx9420

Jewish Discoveries

Watch: Keeping Jewish History Alive In Turin

By Harry D. Wall

Naomi's bunk before Shabbat. Courtesy of Naomi Hess

The New Normal

What I Learned From My Summers At Camp Simcha Special

A place to be embraced and understood: The author shares about an amazing experience for campers with chronic illnesses and physical disabilities.

Shachar and Kuti. Courtesy of Harry Karten

The New NormalShachar And Kuti: A Book About Love And Acceptance

By Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Rabbi Michael Levy

The New NormalEnriching Modern Disability Awareness With An Ancient Jewish Value

By Rabbi Michael Levy

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36 Under 36

Who Are the Next 36 Young Jewish Change-makers?

By Jewish Week staff

David Markus

Opinion

Jewish Ethics Demands Independent Path Forward

By David Markus

Ari Gordon

Opinion

Why The Attempted Attack On Islamberg Should Alarm Jews, Too

Billy Crystal as a rabbi in “Untogether.”
Freestyle Digital Media

Billy Crystal Takes The Bima

By Stephen Silver

Plays rabbi for the first time in indie drama, ‘Untogether’.

Promoted Content

5 Tiny Technologies with Life-saving Impact

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JICNY Shabbat Across America

February 19 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Women Artists

February 19 , 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Tue 19

Alex Trebek: Celebrating 35 Seasons of Jeopardy!

February 19 , 8:00 pm

Jewish Discoveries

Get to know Jewish communities around the world. Explore their history and current makeup.

Jewish Discoveries
Watch: Keeping Jewish History Alive In Turin

By Harry D. Wall
Jewish Discoveries
Teaching The Holocaust In The Land Of Truffles

By Harry D. Wall
Shalom Havana!
Watch: In Cuba, A Small But Vibrant Jewish Community

By Harry D. Wall
Jewish Discoveries
In Miami, A Window Into 250 Years Of Jewish Heritage, Diversity

By Harry D. Wall
Jewish Discoveries
Polands New Jewish Museum Changes The Narrative From Holocaust To Life

By Harry D. Wall
Jewish Discoveries
In Greece, A Cultural Gem Showcases Europe’s Oldest Community

By Harry D. Wall
Photos
New Lisbon Museum Tells Story Of Portuguese Jews

By Harry D. Wall
Buyukada, Once The ‘Jewish Island’ Of Turkey, Still Keeps Its Traditions

By Harry D. Wall
Watch: Morocco Welcomes Jewish Travelers Seeking Heritage, Community

By Harry D. Wall
PHOTOS
In Savannah, A Congregation From Colonial Times Showcases Its History

By Harry D. Wall
Watch
Celebrating Greek Jewish Culture In The Lower East Side

By Harry D. Wall
A Video Tour Of New York’s Jewish Lower East Side

By Harry D. Wall
PHOTOS
In Amsterdam, Holocaust Memorials Put New Emphasis On Dutch Narrative

By Harry D. Wall