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Read Hebrew America and Canada

We’re in the midst of signing up locations throughout North America for this fall’s Read Hebrew America and Canada campaign. Stay tuned later this summer for a list of participating locations.

Learn more about this exciting campaign here!

Weekly Wisdom.

Monday, July 15, 2019

Balak 5779-2019

“History Repeats Itself! Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” (Revised and updated from Chukat-Balak 5760-2000) According to tradition, the nations of Moab and Midian were mortal enemies. As usual, as we see once again in... more

Juicy Bits of Judaism.
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Monday, July 15, 2019

Gummi Worms, Gelatin and Jews

Today is Gummi Worm Day, celebrating the popular sweet and sour candy, which was created by the German confectionary company, Trolli. Gummy Bears were created in 1922 by another German candy company, Haribo.

One of the classic... more

The Three Weeks

July 21-August 11, 2019

The Three Weeks, starting on the Seventeenth of Tammuz through Tisha B’Av, are a period of mourning on the Jewish calendar.

Click here to learn more about the customs of this period.