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Jewish National Fund manifestoºÚÁÏÉç All ArchivesIsraeli Broadside Collection A century ago, in the fall of 1918, the Jewish National Fund (JNF, Keren Kayemet L’Yisrael), issued a manifesto from its headquarters in The Hague. The organization, founded in 1901, was assessing its mission and…

Mr. Leonard Grunstein by: Mr. Leonard Grunstein for Times of Israel It was nonstop partying, day and night, for days on end. There was pageantry, with musicians playing countless musical instruments. The greatest rabbis danced before the assembled crowds of men, women, and children. They also ...

Professor Alan Broder has taught Computer Science at Stern College for Women since 2013, and is chair of the department. In 2017 he was awarded the Dean Karen Bacon award for teaching excellence. Professor Broder is an expert Computer Scientist, with decades of experience in supercomputing and ...

Academic Prize For Scholarly Form Of Blood Libel: Scholar maintains IDF seeks to maim Palestinians to exploit them more easily. by David Berger for the Jewish Week At a week-long conference on anti-Semitism held in Vienna in February, I presented a paper addressing responses to the blood libel ...

By Mr. Leonard Grunstein All you need in life is balance; haven’t we all received this advice, at one time or another? But, is this sentiment anything more than an endearing platitude? When I was younger, hearing this guidance sympathetically expressed was often annoying. We had little time for…

By Mr. Leonard Grunstein for Times of Israel Wake up! Don’t just stand there. The crying sounds of the Shofar shake our complacency. It’s a call to action during the ten-day period, beginning with Rosh Hashanah and ending on Yom Kippur, known as the Days of Awe or the Ten Days of Repentance. Rosh…

Welcome back to our campuses—with good wishes to all for a productive year in 5779 from the University Libraries. Watch this Office Hours video, produced by Marketing & Communications and featuring librarians Wendy Kosakoff and Rina Krautwirth. New! Online group study room bookings for Hedi ...

by MICHAEL BETTENCOURT on SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 · LEAVE A COMMENT Dr. Ronnie Perelis is the Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Abraham and Jelena (Rachel) Alcalay Associate Professor of Sephardic Studies and director of The Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International Affairs. This past August, he presented at…

A century ago, Rosh Hashanah in 1918 for Jews in the United States was different than any prior ones during the First World War. Until April 1917, American Jews had only been involved in the war as onlookers who worried about their fellow Jews suffering in the midst of the war in Eastern Europe ...

Geri Mansdorf grew up in Brooklyn and attended ºÚÁÏÉç All High School for girls there. She has a masters degree in education and administration from the Azrieli Graduate School, and taught in the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach before coming to ºÚÁÏÉç All. Geri's husband Asher is a ...