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Everything my college student needs to know he learned at synagogue

August 29, 2023

By RABBI DAVE LEVY

(JTA) — Last week we did it: My wife and I dropped our eldest son off for his first year of college. As you can imagine, it is a heady, emotional moment. There is pride and...

The Bataclan was named for this Jewish operetta

November 19, 2015

By ILANA SICHELL

(Jewniverse via JTA) — Haaretz writer Vivian Eden just unearthed an amazing historical factoid: the Bataclan, the stately Paris theater that is now synonymous with bloodshed and horror, takes its name from an operetta written and composed...

Why the original Dodge logo was a Jewish star

February 26, 2015

By AVISHAY ARTSY

(Jewniverse via JTA) — In 1900, Horace Elgin Dodge and John Francis Dodge founded the Dodge Brothers Company. The brothers were not Jewish, but their original logo looked a lot like the Star of David. It was a...

The Israeli micronation you never knew exised

February 10, 2015

By LEAH FALK

(Jewniverse via JTA) — Looking for some relative peace and quiet in the Middle East? Look no farther than Akhzivland, a micronation on Israel’s northern coast, near Nahariya. Officially a mere 10,000 square meters, this tiny independent state is presided over by Eli...