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Silas Anastacio

Aug 18, 2026, 3:04 AM

Jewish Society of Ceará Inaugurates Library Honoring David Rosenthal

Last Friday (14), the Jewish Society of Ceará (SIC) in Brazil, celebrated a special moment of memory, culture, and knowledge with the inauguration of its new library, named in honor of David Rosenthal — a tribute to a life...

Aug 17, 2026, 12:02 AM

Hiding Behind ‘As a Jew’ Will Not Save You

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On Friday evening, August 14, 2026, a man disrupted Shabbat services at Central Synagogue in Manhattan. Police said he struck a 63-year-old congregant, leaving her with a cut lip and an injury to her forearm. He spat at and...

Chaim Y. Botwinick

Aug 16, 2026, 5:02 PM

Unique Characteristics of Exemplary Jewish Day School/Yeshiva Leadership

In my former capacity as head of school, principal and now executive coach and day school consultant, I am often asked to describe the characteristics of an outstanding or exemplary head of school or day school principal. Although there are...

Aug 16, 2026, 12:39 AM

AI and Teaching Jewish Civilization: Is an Enemy Needed?

Teaching Jewish Civilization

The Argument That Needs an Enemy: What happens when you forbid a machine to mention our enemies by Joe Nalven, with Claude Dara Horn reports that most American students, if they learn about Jews at all, learn only that Jews were...

Silas Anastacio

Aug 14, 2026, 12:36 AM

Beyond Silence: Women Who Raised Voices for Israel Applauded at Hebraica SP

A panel moderated by journalist Benjamin Back brought together Ana Beatriz Prudente Alckmin, Cris Monteiro, Fernanda Scarambone, Juliana Leite (Julie Milk), and Ale Chianelli to discuss antisemitism, the war of narratives, and the attacks faced by those who chose...

Aug 12, 2026, 8:23 PM

Four Languages, One Bunk and the Power of Jewish Experiences

As philanthropists, grant-makers, and communal leaders, we are deeply trained in the language of logic. We live by quarterly reports, analyze financial statements, assess key performance indicators (KPIs), and evaluate organizational capacity. We look at our funding through a...

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Aug 10, 2026, 3:38 PM

Israel inherited an extraordinary archive of names it did not produce. Marx, Freud, Benjamin, Arendt, Rosenzweig, Buber and Levinas emerged elsewhere, often before Israel itself, within European and American constellations of Jewish life. Yet after 1948 something peculiar became...

Paul Mendlowitz

Aug 9, 2026, 5:43 PM

From Survival to Strength: The Day School Revolution

Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz deserves to be remembered as more than a founder. He was a man of vision, impatience, and moral clarity. He understood that the Jewish people cannot survive by nostalgia. They survive by disciplined transmission. He...

Silas Anastacio

Aug 7, 2026, 12:08 AM

9th International Congress on Biblical Archaeology Brings Experts to São Paulo

From August 27 to 29, São Paulo will host the 9th edition of the largest international congress on biblical archaeology in Latin America. Organized by the Moriah International Center, with support from the Israeli Ministry of Tourism, the event...

Aug 6, 2026, 6:21 PM

Book review – Foundations and Concepts in Lomdus

For many students of Gemara, there comes a moment when the discussion on the page begins to reveal something deeper. The give-and-take of the Talmudic sugya, the unit of discussion, yields an underlying conceptual architecture in which legal principles,...

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