Jew In The City – Project Makom

Tehillim for Fallen Soldiers Brings Haredi and Secular Jews Together

April 15, 2021Posted by Jew In The CityCharedi, Fallen Soldiers, Haredi, Haredi vs. Secular Israelis, IDF, Israel, Military, orthodox jews in the news, prayer, Profiles, Tehillim, Uncategorized, Yom Hazikaron

An initiative for Yom Hazikaron has brought secular and religious Jews together in Israel, as Haredi Jews signed up to read Tehillim for fallen Israeli soldiers. With increased tension between the populations due to COVID-19, this timely partnership has helped many Israelis make sense of this difficult time. The “For […]

Covid Shifted Their Priorities And Showed Them They Could Work From Anywhere, So They Made Aliyah

April 15, 2021Posted by Jew In The CityAliyah, Corona, Coronavirus, Covid, COVID-19, covid19, Israel, Making Aliyah, Moving Out of Town, Moving to Israel, Pandemic, Profiles, returning, Stories of Return, Uncategorized, yom ha'atzma'ut

While this year of the world battling Covid-19 has kept many people in their homes, some people have questioned where they want their home to be. On Yom Ha’Atzmaut, we celebrate aliyah stories, and this year, the challenges posed by the pandemic made making the leap to a life in […]

An Interview With Nahal Haredi CEO Yossi Levy

April 14, 2021Posted by Jew In The CityArmy, Army Service, Careers, Charedi, Chareidi, haredi jews, haredim, Israel, Israeli Army, jew in the city speaks, Jews in the Military, Military, Nahal Haredi, Orthodox Jews in the Military, Popular videos, soldiers, Uncategorized, Videos

Major Res., Yossi Levy is the CEO of Nahal Haredi. Born in Jerusalem, educated in ultra-Orthodox institutions, he served in the Netzach Yehuda Battalion as a soldier, commander and infantry officer, was released after serving as an officer in the operations division of the Netzach Yehuda Battalion. He founded the […]

What Does Sense of Smell Mean in Judaism (and What Happens if You Lost it Due to Covid?)

April 13, 2021Posted by Jew In The CityArba Minim, Ask the Rabbi, Congestion, Corona, Coronavirus, Covid, COVID-19, covid19, Four Species, Havdallah, Nose, Q&A, Rabbi Jack Abramowitz, Scent, Sense of Smell, Smell, Uncategorized

Dear Jew in the City- Covid has a weird symptom of removing people’s senses of smell and taste. What do smell and taste represent in Judaism? Also, my whole family lost our sense of smell from Covid. How do we handle the besamim part of havdalah? Sincerely, Jody Dear Jody- […]

Hasidic Jews Helped Build Duolingo’s New Yiddish Course

April 9, 2021Posted by Jew In The CityApps, Duolingo, Language, Learning, Orthodox Jews in Tech, orthodox jews in the news, Profiles, Uncategorized, Yiddish, Yiddish-Speakers

When a scion from a famous family of Yiddish scholars came on board to help Duolingo with its first Yiddish course, she realized that the academic version with which she grew up was not the same language used by 500,000 speakers worldwide today. That led to a collaboration with Hasidic […]

New Proof Found That Jews in Medieval England Kept Kosher

April 9, 2021Posted by Jew In The CityArchaeology, England, History, Kosher, Kosher Laws, Medieval Era, orthodox jews in the news, Oxford, Profiles, UK, Uncategorized, United Kingdom

With their research into a trash dump that is over 800-years-old, English Archaeologists have discovered evidence that Jews in the medieval era strictly adhered to kosher laws. Biomolecular archaeologist Julie Dunne of the University of Bristol was blown away by the discovery of a massive amount of chicken and goose […]

A Secular Mother’s Journey Towards Religious Empathy

April 9, 2021Posted by Jew In The CityAliyah, ba'al teshuva, Baalei Teshuva, BT, Family Members with Different Religious Levels, Israel, orthodox jews in the news, parenting, Parents and Children, Parents of Baalei Teshuva, Profiles, Religiously Transitioning, Uncategorized

American-Israeli Judith Colp Rubin has had ups and down with accepting her 21-year-old son’s decision to become a baal teshuva seven years ago. In the wake of her husband’s illness and death, her son began to find meaning, purpose and community in Judaism. While she has come to terms with […]

How Does Jewish Wisdom Direct Us to Work Through Trauma?

April 9, 2021Posted by Jew In The CityAsk the Rabbi, Makom, OTD, project makom, Q&A, Rabbi Jack Abramowitz, trauma, Uncategorized

Dear Jew in the City- How does Jewish wisdom direct us to work through trauma? Thanks, Shua Dear Shua- Thanks very much for your question. I don’t want to answer it. That’s not to say that it isn’t important. It’s very important. I just don’t think that it’s for me […]

This 93-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Will Inspire You With Her Faith

April 7, 2021Posted by Jew In The CityDolly Rabinovich, History, Holocaust, Holocaust Rememberance Day, Holocaust Survivors, Orthodox Jewish Holocaust Survivors, Profiles, The Shoah, Uncategorized, yom hashoah

Dolly Rabinovich survived Auschwitz and the Death March, but lost both of her parents and several siblings in the Holocaust. After the war, she moved to the States, got married and raised a Torah observant family. Her advice to our generation is simple. “Love your mother and your father, your […]

Shtisel Season 3 Episode 1 Took My Breath Away And Is Good For The Jews

April 6, 2021Posted by Jew In The CityAbuse, Antisemitism, episode 1, Haredi, haredim, Media Commentary, Netflix, Opinion, season 3, shtisel, ultra-Orthodox, Uncategorized

Netflix brought Israeli hit TV show Shtisel back for a third season, but inconveniently released it right before Pesach, so my Shtisel season 3 watching has only just begun. I watched the first episode Monday night, and I was blown away on many levels. Twitter users have told me it […]

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