For a Broader Understanding
Click here to read a fascinating thought from Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald about parashat Korach.
Terumah 5777-2017
“ זִיכּוּי הָרַבִּים - Meriting the Broader Jewish Community” by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald In this week’s parasha, parashat Terumah, we read of the commandment to build a Tabernacle, a…
The Jewish Community of Vegas, Stays in Vegas! Jews of Nevada
When the territory now known as Nevada was acquired in 1848 after the Mexican War, “Forty-Niners”, headed west to mine for gold. By the late 1870s, there were about 1,000 Jews in Nevada,…
Worldwide Jewish Community
When traveling, explore the Jewish institutions in the particular locale and develop an appreciation for those Jews who distinguished themselves and left an indelible impression upon the…
Worldwide Jewish Community
When traveling, explore the Jewish institutions in the particular locale and develop an appreciation for those Jews who distinguished themselves and left an indelible impression upon the…
International Jewish Community
Learn about the local Jewish history of areas to which you plan to travel.
Community Ties
Recently, several news outlets have made human interest stories out of the growing trend of E-Worship--online religious communities. With video services and active chat rooms, these…
Community Ties
It is a commonly stated idea that, with the expansion of the world of social media, the idea of community has changed. Where once people turned to communal organizations for drawing them…
A Community Revealed
In 1492, four families in Belmonte, Portugal began to live secret lives that would last for generations. Like many Jews on the Iberian Peninsula, in response to the Inquisition, which…
An Island Community
As the chill of winter settles in, Jewish Treats brings you warm thoughts of the Caribbean - of Barbados to be exact. The first known Jews to arrive on Barbados were refugees from the…