Mom secures invite to stranger’s wedding to set her daughters up with his ‘handsome Jewish cousins’
60-year-old mother Leala Hewak flew her daughters six hours to crash a stranger's wedding — all with the goal of finding them ...
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THE WANDERERS at Jewish Rep Explores Marriage and Identity Through Parallel Jewish Lives. Direction and Cast Superb.
THE WANDERERS, by Anna Ziegler, directed by Steve Vaughan, starring Arin Lee Dandes, Jordan Levin, Aleks Malejs, Alex Watts, ...
Ice harvest at pond fills Jewish ritual bath in Waterville
On his family's frozen pond Sunday morning, Austin Thorndike revved up his chain saw and made the first cut. The water sprayed over his head, but Thorndike did not flinch as he made three more deep ...
The Times of Israel1d
Jewish Valentine: Holy Matrimony and Spiritual Sexuality
Most Jews know that sexual activities between a husband and wife are a Mitsvah. Many Jews know that lovemaking on Shabbat is a double Mitsvah. Some Jews know that the Kabbalah (the Jewish mystical ...
Mom Flies Daughters to Stranger’s Wedding to Find Them Dates Because the Groom ‘Has a Lot of Handsome Jewish Cousins’
Leala Hewak flew her daughters, Estée and Sophia Katz, six hours to a stranger's wedding in January in Mexico City in hopes ...
Birthright instills long-term connections to Jewish life, study finds
The study assessed that due to Birthright participants having an increased chance of having a Jewish spouse, there were ...
Cleveland Jewish News3d
Peter Beinart goes down a rabbit hole
Since Beinart sees quoting rabbis as proper, he should know that Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, in his Kol Dodi Dofek, Chapter 10, explained regarding the commandment to destroy Amalek that he agreed ...
Neos Kosmos3d
Celebrating a great big fat Kazzi mixed wedding
My cousin’s eldest son fell in love with a childhood sweetheart whose family is part-Greek. It was a match made in the ...
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Tale of Jewish war brides explored at Pitt
Following World War II, Jewish survivors — mostly women, but some men — married members of the Allied forces. Speaking with ...
Belgrade News6d
Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor leaders face human trafficking charges after arrests for alleged arranged marriages involving underage girls
Police and prosecutors in Guatemala have arrested two leaders of Lev Tahor Orthodox Jewish sect accusing them of human ...
The Forward6d
How one Jewish geneticist turned a family tragedy into a lifesaving mission.
February is American Heart Month, which is an appropriate time to learn how genetic testing can protect your family.
Rejected elsewhere, these LGBTQ Jews find love and acceptance in the Connecticut woods
In large cities with sizable Jewish populations, queer Orthodox Jews can find one or two affirming congregations. Those who ...