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Sep 24, 2024 | 
clevelandjewishnews.com | Sarah Ogince
For the past year, Rona Passman has thought continuously about someone she cannot see—her uncle Amiram Cooper, whom Hamas terrorists kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz along the border with the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7. “If I ate, I would remember that he was being starved. If I took a shower or brushed my teeth, I knew he was sitting in utter filth lacking any basic hygiene,” the Los Angeles real estate agent told JNS.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
columbusjewishnews.com | Sarah Ogince
When the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization designated the “Saint Catherine Area” as a World Heritage Site in 2002, UNESCO noted that the Greek Orthodox monastery “stands at the foot of Mount Horeb where, the Old Testament records, Moses received the Tablets of the Law.”“The mountain is known and revered by Muslims as Jebel Musa. The entire area is sacred to three world religions: Christianity, Islam and Judaism,” the U.N. agency adds.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
clevelandjewishnews.com | Sarah Ogince
When the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization designated the “Saint Catherine Area” as a World Heritage Site in 2002, UNESCO noted that the Greek Orthodox monastery “stands at the foot of Mount Horeb where, the Old Testament records, Moses received the Tablets of the Law.”“The mountain is known and revered by Muslims as Jebel Musa. The entire area is sacred to three world religions: Christianity, Islam and Judaism,” the U.N. agency adds.
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Jun 2, 2024 | 
lubavitch.com | Sarah Ogince
On American college campuses, on street corners in Israel, and on Instagram, one ritual has emerged as a symbol of Jewish identity and shared experience. I have this chain,” says David Vilensky, pulling a star of David pendant from under his T-shirt.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
jns.org | Sarah Ogince
(April 16, 2024 / JNS)Every Passover, Albert Gabbai smiles when he gets to the part of the Haggadah, towards the end of Magid, stating that each Jew in every generation must “view himself as if he left Egypt.”“It’s very easy for me,” the Egyptian-born rabbi told JNS.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
columbusjewishnews.com | Sarah Ogince
Every Passover, Albert Gabbai smiles when he gets to the part of the Haggadah, towards the end of Magid, stating that each Jew in every generation must “view himself as if he left Egypt.”“It’s very easy for me,” the Egyptian-born rabbi told JNS.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
clevelandjewishnews.com | Sarah Ogince
Every Passover, Albert Gabbai smiles when he gets to the part of the Haggadah, towards the end of Magid, stating that each Jew in every generation must “view himself as if he left Egypt.”“It’s very easy for me,” the Egyptian-born rabbi told JNS.
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Mar 23, 2024 | 
thejewishvoice.com | Sarah Ogince
By Sarah Ogince(JNS) More than 2,000 years ago, when the Jews of Persia triumphed over an existential threat, they celebrated by proclaiming a holiday: They gave charity, the Scroll of Esther recounts, sent each other presents of food, ate, drank and were happy. But as Jews in Israel and the Diaspora prepare to celebrate the raucous festival of Purim this year, many are feeling that the party is premature–the wounds of the horrific Hamas massacres on Oct.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
jns.org | Carin M. Smilk |Sarah Ogince
(March 13, 2024 / JNS)More than 2,000 years ago, when the Jews of Persia triumphed over an existential threat, they celebrated by proclaiming a holiday: They gave charity, the Scroll of Esther recounts, sent each other presents of food, ate, drank and were happy. But as Jews in Israel and the Diaspora prepare to celebrate the raucous festival of Purim this year, many are feeling that the party is premature–the wounds of the horrific Hamas massacres on Oct.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
fjc-fsu.org | Sarah Ogince
Chanukah’s message of religious freedom and the power of youth resonate this year in particular. By: Sarah Ogince | JNSChanukah celebrates light, religious freedom and—a theme less often emphasized—the potential of young people. This year, Jews around the world will take that celebration to the streets more powerfully than ever. Last December, as Kyiv endured rolling blackouts, the city’s Jews kindled their menorahs privately at home, the tiny flames struggling against an omnipresent gloom.
