How first-generation Jewish Americans created children’s favorite toys — and childhood itself From a Brooklyn candy store to the teddy bear, one family story opens onto how immigrant Jews built the modern toy industry.
A week of gratitude and tzedakah: Thanksgiving and Giving Tuesday through a Jewish lens Jewish Americans have celebrated Thanksgiving since Washington’s first proclamation, blending hakarat hatov, hospitality, and tradition.
Jewish organizations step up to aid Texas communities devastated by floods “We have a sacred responsibility to make sure the Jewish community is doing everything it can to help other human beings,” Rabbi Yossi Marrus said.
Who is Evan Gershkovich, the recently freed Jewish-American journalist who was wrongly imprisoned by Russia? Gershkovich explored his Soviet Jewish roots while in Russia. “He cares a lot about his identity as a Jew, and especially his identity as the son of Soviet Jewish immigrants.”
