Whoever Saves a Life
Posted by Anna Burnstein Gilette on 1/26/2021 to
Holocaust
International Holocaust Remembrance Day is January 27.
National Jewish Book Award finalist, The
Whispering Town is the perfect read for our time.
The history books tend to focus on the “big stuff,” the
events that turn our lives upside
The Most Famous Jewish Philanthropist You Never Heard Of
Posted by Anna Burnstein Gilette on 1/14/2021 to
Jewish Values
Does the name Judah Touro sound familiar? If your answer is
no, you are in good company. Judah Touro was the greatest Jewish-American
philanthropist of the 1800s, having donated huge sums of money to hospitals,
orphanages, schools, churches and
Putting Down Roots on Tu B'Shevat
Posted by Anna Burnstein Gilette on 1/7/2021 to
“Putting down roots” can mean one of two things, depending
on whether you are a plant or a person: to take nourishment from the soil
through roots, or to settle down in a particular place...