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Jun 2, 2026, 3:13 PM

An interview with Philathropist Chagit Leviev Sofiev

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This past Sunday at the Jerusalem Conference in NYC, I had the opportunity to speak with Chagit Leviev Sofiev, a remarkable woman who is on a mission to make a change for our children's future. Chagit is an Israeli-American...

May 22, 2026, 5:39 PM

Treasure Trove: The Original Selfie Machine Turns 100

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photo taken in a photo both at Montreal's Expo 67.

The original selfie machine turns 100 this year. The photo booth made its first appearance in September 1926 on Broadway in New York City. It was the invention of Anatol Josepho (1894-1980, born Josephewitz), and first called the Photomaton. Siberian born,...

May 19, 2026, 3:28 PM

Art Collecting As Humanistic Duty

THE ART OF SURVIVING & SURVIVING OF ART Part II. Art Collecting as a Humanistic Duty Part I can be read here. In mid-March 2026, at the annual TEFAF Maastricht art fair of the best fine art on the market, a very...

Eugene J. Levin

May 19, 2026, 11:06 AM

Are the People Around Us Better Because We Were Here?

Growing up in the Soviet Union, I never needed a rabbi to tell me I was Jewish. The state took care of that. It was stamped in your passport, whispered by neighbors, broadcast in the way certain doors closed...

Rachel Horowitz

May 15, 2026, 10:37 PM

Jewish Teen Travel and the Power of Diaspora Journeys

One of the effects of the massacre on Israel by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023 and the war with Iran in 2025, has been the cancellation of trips to Israel, leading American Jewish youth to pivot to what are...

May 10, 2026, 6:04 PM

Meet Dr. Miriam Adelson, a Physician, Philanthropist and Defender of Israel

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I recently had the honor of meeting Dr. Miriam Adelson at the first annual "Israel Hayom Summit' in NYC a few months ago. Miriam is an Israeli-American physician, businesswoman, philanthropist, multibillionaire and a prominent conservative political mega donor. Just...

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi

May 5, 2026, 12:34 AM

Glancz Family Shows How to Be Immortal through Tzedek DC

Margie Glancz (center) surrounded by her brother, Tzedek's Ariel Levinson-Waldman, Vivian Bass and numerous Ronald R. Glancz Avodah Jewish Service Corps Fellows who together have enabled real justice to happen. Photo by and courtesy of JLM.

In the Silicon Valley there are people who are searching to literally live forever. But the Glancz family and Tzedek DC have shown us real success – the way to make VALUES into a life that never really ends. In...

Reuven Chaim Klein

May 4, 2026, 12:08 AM

Show Me the Money – mammon, damim, maot, zuzim

Even though back in ancient times, they may not have had all the complex financial instruments that we use nowadays, people were certainly well-aware of the concept of “money,” and its use as legal tender. In this essay, we...

May 4, 2026, 12:06 AM

Trouble in Paradise

The message gladdened my heart. “Can you help us?” it began. “We received an email regarding San Benito, and would like to know more…” The sender was the press officer at the Israeli embassy in Manila, a Filipina named Rose, who–as...

Silas Anastacio

Apr 22, 2026, 3:34 AM

Charity Preview of Dibuk, the Musical Supports CIP Social Projects

The Congregação Israelita Paulista (CIP) announces that charity tickets are now available for the preview of Dibuk, the Musical, which will take place on April 23 at 8:00 PM at Teatro Sérgio Cardoso. Sales are exclusive to the VIP Section,...

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