A year after Russia invaded Ukraine, Helen Chervitz, the Forward’s correspondent in Kyiv, talked with Rabbi Yaakov Bleich, 58, one of two men who claim to be chief rabbi of the country. He leads the ...
Some objects look like they have stories to tell, but the grogger never seemed as though it was one of them. A single photograph convinced me I was wrong, though. You’ll be forgiven if you think it is ...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — On Purim, can we really blot out the memory of an evil like Haman, who threatened our very existence, with a noisemaker? When in a popular Purim song we sing “Hava narishah-rash, ...
Looking at blogs and news sites across the web, it’s clear that many have robust communities with eager, intelligent people looking to contribute. But up until recently, the only way most sites ...
Kiryat Arba regional council head and students with the groggerThe mission-based seed of Kiryat Arba Kiryat Arba, located adjacent to Hevron in Judea, held its Purim carnival on Friday ahead of the ...
The grogger belonged to the late Marcel Micenmacher, who survived the Holocaust with few other objects to serve as mementos from his parents, who were murdered at Auschwitz in 1942. With the holiday ...