Exploring Japan’s Jewish history
Sandy Bornstein chronicles her recent travels through Kobe, Japan.
Beyond balls and slop piles: A brave new world of Jewish dining
This summer, I was thrown into entirely new roads in Jewish dining, bearing culinary witness to new twists on European and middle eastern delicacies. Including, yes, gefilte shrimp.
YOUR DAILY SPIEL FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2
Today’s spiel: Israel rocked by another terrorist attack, all-Yiddish movie debuts in U.S. theatres and the fistfight that nearly was between a Jordanian and an Israeli politician.
How my grandmother’s chutzpah helped save 6,000 Jews from the Nazis
My late grandmother, Peppy Sternheim Lewin, is the recipient of the first Curacao visa, and the “missing link” in the story of his heroism
Following earthquakes, IsraAID sends relief teams to Japan, Ecuador
In addition to distributing food, the IsraAID volunteers are offering medical and psychological assistance to the affected communities
Japanese man joins IDF to honour his grandparents
“My parents married and moved to Japan, but at home they kept talking about Israel,” says Daniel Tomohiro
