This Election and the Jews of America

November 5, 2018 By PJV Contributor

Dayeinu! (Enough) At the mid-term elections many Jews voted for candidates who are committed to the premise that the undercurrent of hate and overt violence must… and can be stopped!

News & Opinion

Sen. John Sidney McCain III (1936-2018)

August 26, 2018 By PJV Contributor

The Last Stop on the Maverick Express

The Kosher Table

Tabouli Cuisines: Philly’s Israeli Druze Outpost

June 12, 2018 By Ronit Treatman

Mohammed’s father served in the Druze Battalion of the Israeli Defense Forces, and was killed in combat in the Yom Kippur War.

Community

Melrose B'Nai Israel Emanu-El Broadway cabaret. Singers standing in a row on a stage.

Melrose B’Nai Israel Emanu-El Anniversary Gala

November 11, 2018 By MBIEE

Melrose B’Nai Israel Emanu-El Celebrated its 62nd anniversary with a Broadway cabaret.

Israel

IsraAID’s Work in Puerto Rico

November 8, 2018 By PJV Contributor

IsraAID’s emergency response team touched down in Puerto Rico in September 2017, only a few days after Hurricane Maria made landfall.

Living Judaism

A Granddaughter’s Holocaust Remembrance

October 8, 2018 By PJV Contributor

I am now about the same age she was when she was taken away from her home.

Arts & Culture

"Not Our Kind" book cover showing a woman with her back to us.

The title of the novel “Not Our Kind,” refers to the deeply ingrained cultural anti-Semitism of 1947, exemplified by the lengths to which the main character, Eleanor, went to gain employment among “their kind.”

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