Three San Diego authors have new books out this summer: Rabbi-Cantor Cheri Weiss explores Jewish tradition in essay form, Jennifer Coburn delivers a ...
Less than two hours after two powerful earthquakes left hundreds dead and thousands missing in northern Venezuela, including its capital city of Caracas, families whose homes had been rendered unlivable began to make their way to Hebraica, the Jewish community center in Caracas, where they spent the night sleeping on beach chairs and in cars... […]
(JTA) — Texas instituted on Friday the nation’s first-ever statewide K-12 required reading list for public schools. Students in public schools will soon be required to read Anne Frank’s diary and a host of Bible passages, along with other Jewish- and Holocaust-related texts. The decision has drawn vigorous objections from some of the state’s Jews.... […]