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High on isolated Indian cliffs, the Bnei Menashe are almost living Jewish

On a visit to Azerbaijan, the shtetl lives on

 Armed with shovels, grit, and an abiding trust in Tanach, Eilat Mazar unearthed King David’s palace

Island Hospitality By Sandy Eller | February 24, 2021 On the island of Djerba, a chassid from Williamsburg discovered that time and place don’t separate It’s a 198-square-mile island located in the Mediterranean Sea’s Gulf of Gabes, known for its date orchards, white sandy beaches, and sweeping deserts, hardly a likely location for a Satmar chassid in his twenties from Williamsburg to spend Purim. But when Moshe Klein found himself in North Africa in mid-Adar, the idea of spending Purim in Djerba, whose Jewish community is believed to have been e...

Money talks, but what is it saying? "I mean, no one thinks we were created just to shop and have fun, right?” I asked a group I was addressing rhetorically — or so I thought. “Of course we were!” a girl called out. “Hashem created us for pleasure.” “Buying clothing relaxes me and that’s kedushah,” another girl added. “Bishvili nivra ha’olam,” said a third, impressively misapplying the famous quote. Similar ideas chorused from all around the room. These girls had been fed a steady diet on how to elevate the physical world, but were digesting it a little funny.