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Grover Plants a Tree for Tu B'Shevat

It's the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat, sometimes called the birthday of the trees.

Holy Days (videos)

Shalom Sesame: Avigail Grows a Tree

Avigail plants a small tree in honor of Tu B'Shevat.

Holy Days (videos)

Tu B'Shvat - in Machane Yehuda - In Jerusalem

The vendors in Machane Yehuda market in Jerusalem were ready for Tu B'shvat, the new year for trees in Israel

Holy Days (videos)

Technion Nobel Roots - Tu B'shvat in Israel

Prof. Albert Einstein started a Technion-Nobel tradition in 1923 when he planted a palm tree at Technion's original campus. Since 2007, all visiting Nobel…

Holy Days (videos)

Why in the World do we Celebrate Tu B'Shvat

A crash course in why we celebrate Tu B'Shvat

Holy Days (videos)

10 Facts About Tu B'Shvat

Tu B'Shvat is the birthday of the trees.

Holy Days (articles)

Tu B'shevat

Tu’B Shevat is the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat. Tu’B Shevat is when we…

Gelt

The Jewish Economy Explained

This video explains the Jewish economy in detail.

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Shalom Adventure Survey

We are inviting you to take our survey about improving Shalom Adventure Magazine. Shalom…

Holocaust (Shoah)

Shtetl

The remarkable three-hour documentary tells the homecoming story of two elderly…

Traditions

Jewish Mourning Rituals: An Overview

The death of a loved one is a very disorienting time, and isn’t something many people…

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The Jewish Origin Story: Abraham, Idols, and Sacrifice

The Jewish Story Explained is a “you never got info like this at Hebrew school” trip…

Kol Nidre

Kol Nidre by Keren Tarr.Kol Nidre is a prayer recited in synagogues before the beginning of the evening service on every Yom Kippur.

Holy Days (videos)

Kol Nidre

Tu B'Shvat - in Machane Yehuda - In Jerusalem

The vendors in Machane Yehuda market in Jerusalem were ready for Tu B'shvat, the new year for trees in Israel

Holy Days (videos)

Tu B'Shvat - in Machane Yehuda - In Jerusalem

Get Up for Simchat Torah - Roar Parody

Simchat Torah comes after the conclusion of the Feast of Tabernacles, and references “rejoicing in the Torah,” which is certainly depicted in the lighthearted video below:

Holy Days (videos)

Get Up for Simchat Torah - Roar Parody

Prayer and Teshuvah

GOD WANTS YOUR HEART, AND PRAYER IS THE MEANS by which your heart is offered to Him. "When you pray, rather let thy heart be without words than thy words be without heart" (John Bunyan). Set your…

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Prayer and Teshuvah

Eugene Black - Slave Laborer and Camp Survivor

Eugene was born Jeno Schwartz in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia in 1928. He had a happy family life with 3 sisters and a brother. His mother came from an orthodox Jewish family but his father, who was a…

Holocaust (Shoah)

Eugene Black - Slave Laborer and Camp Survivor

Yom Ha'atzmaut Israel's Independence Day

This music video was put together to celebrate Israeli Independence Day.

Holy Days (videos)

Yom Ha'atzmaut Israel's Independence Day

Eva Kor: The Holocaust Survivor Who Forgave the Nazis

Eva Kor, a survivor of the twin experiments at Auschwitz, shares some of her stories of trauma and forgiveness, and the remarkable ability of human beings by God’s grace to overcome trials and touch…

Holocaust (Shoah)

Eva Kor: The Holocaust Survivor Who Forgave the Nazis

Raoul Wallenberg

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the capture of Raoul Wallenberg by the Russians.

Holocaust (Shoah)

Raoul Wallenberg

Ethiopian Jews of Israel

The amazing story of the Ethiopian Jews of Israel. It's a story about faith, living up dreams and overcoming everything. This is the core of zionism.

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Ethiopian Jews of Israel

Shakin' the Lulav

A lulav is a palm branch, often along with myrtle or willow branches and a citron fruit, combined and collectively waved during different parts of the synagogue services at Sukkot.

Holy Days (videos)

Shakin' the Lulav

Mort Klein Full Testimony at House Hearing on Hate Crimes and the Rise of White Nationalism

President of the Zionists Organization of America Mort Klein recently issued statements at a House Judiciary committee meeting regarding several aspects of white nationalism and hate crimes, ranging…

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Mort Klein Full Testimony at House Hearing on Hate Crimes and the Rise of White Nationalism

The Aircraft Plot

On June 15, 1970, a group of Soviet dissidents gathered at Smolny Airport outside Leningrad. They had bought all the seats on a 12-passenger aircraft headed 240 miles northwest to Priozersk, near the…

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The Aircraft Plot