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Apr 18, 2017

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More Life, More Love, More Pride: European Teens Meet Holocaust Survivors

Before she joined the Intergeneration program in Budapest, 80-year-old Mariann rarely told people she had survived the Holocaust—or even that she was Jewish.

“For 70 years, we were afraid to tell our stories. But because of this program, I got the courage to tell my friends and neighbor…

Apr 13, 2017

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A Brewing Revolution

Bryan had it made. With help from The Jewish Agency for Israel, he fulfilled his dream of trading LA smog for clean Galilee air. Every day, he returned from work to greet his wife and children, and grab a cold brew from a stocked fridge. Life was ideal.

Then it happened. Celiac disease, whi…

Apr 6, 2017

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Passover: Letting Light Break Through

“Vayehi b’chatzi halayla…And so it happened in the middle of the night…” 

This piyut (liturgical poem), recited near the end of the Passover Seder, recounts the myriad events and wondrous feats accomplished on this night throughout our history. It is no coincidence that the Maste…

Apr 4, 2017

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A More Colorful Education in Israel

Edan Tigabo only wanted to learn. But it sometimes felt like there was no place in Israel for a girl who could barely fill her stomach to also fill her mind.

Out of place at her public school, she transferred to the Hodayot religious youth village in the lower Galilee. The school community…

Mar 14, 2017

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From Our Leadership: Standing Again As One

There is a midrash that, when standing at Sinai to receive the Torah, each person received their own personal revelation but responded in one voice, saying, “Na’aseh v’nishma” — “We will do and we will hear.” It is in that exquisite moment that we became one People. Each of us …