Alex Weisler

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Sep 27, 2024, 4:49 PM

The Jewish world in despair needs the High Holiday prayers

The traditional exhortations for prayer, repentance, and charity felt hollow after this year, until I realized that we need to embrace them together, for a better future

Apr 23, 2022, 1:08 AM

Among Ukraine’s refugees, I found new meaning in Passover’s open door

Kyiv residents Galina Chornobyl, left, and her daughter Olga Goriachko found shelter in Romania with the help of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and the Federation of Romanian Jewish Communities, March 2022. (Arik Shraga)

Wherever Jews live, whether in large communities with robust infrastructure or small villages with none, we belong to each other in unshakable, ineffable ways

Aug 9, 2016, 2:12 PM

Ukraine contains multitudes

Where personal heritage and professional responsibilities merge: the Jews of Kiev, who are living on love and courage

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About Me

Alex Weisler, a former journalist, is the digital content guru at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC).