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The plan underway to reopen Eretz Yisrael in the aftermath of the omicron variant is no simple feat.

YU Hosts Book Launch of ‘The Rabbi of Buchenwald’ By Pearl Markovitz | May 06, 2021 Praising the new publication of “The Rabbi of Buchenwald: The Life and Times of Rabbi Herschel Schacter,” Yeshiva University President Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman described the new volume as not only a history of American Jewry during the last seven decades of the 20th century, but a book of inspiration for future generations.” The work was published with the support of the Mich...

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Contrary to a commonly held belief, Jews living in Iran find it easier to practice their religion today than they did prior to the Islamic Revolution of 1979, according to a longtime leader of the Jewish community in Tehran. Speaking live via Zoom on Sunday — Shushan Purim — from the land of Queen Esther and the Megillah, Arash Abaie, a civil engineer and prominent Jewish educator, cantor, Torah reader and scholar, explained why he believes Jews l...

March 5, 2021 10:59 am Arash Abaie, top right, a leader of the Tehran Jewish community, is interviewed via Zoom by Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter, a professor of Jewish history at Yeshiva University, top left, Feb. 28, 2021. Rabbi Yaakov Glasser, dean of the universitys Center for the Jewish Future, which sponsored the program, is below. (Screenshot) Advertisement (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Contrary to a commonly held belief, Jews living in Iran find it easier to pra...