JEU MAG

10/04/2017

Chag sameach!
What's it all about? What makes up Seder? Why is Charoset mixed up the way it is?

Here to compliment your Pesach readings » http://jeumag.com/tag:Pesach
Detail from Sarajevo Hagada (1350)

02/04/2017

"The Talmud teaches us not to see our blood as redder than others - perhaps in part because we so often do."
Benji Stanley »

Blood is as much part of Pesach, as it is of life itself. How are we to understand it? How do we relate to it? This reflection by Rabbi Benji Stanley takes a look at the topic from life to Haggadah.

29/03/2017

Companion Voices is a group of singers who can be called to the bedside of people who are dying.

Learn more about this wonderful initiative in our interview with Judith Silver »

Judith Silver, founder of 'Companion Voices' shares her thoughts about what doing service through singing means to her.

22/03/2017

Tatiana Navka's ice-skating performance sparked a lot of outrage - but how is the line drawn between appropriate and inappropriate Holocaust representation?

Alin Constantin offers a thoughtful analysis »

Saul Friedländer’s seminal Reflections on Na**sm: An Essay on Kitsch and Death (1984, initially published in French in 1982) discussed the problematic nature of the moral implications of a range of pieces of cinema or literature dealing with the...

20/03/2017

JEU interview with The Sadeh in Hungarian?

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Sok lehetőség van arra, hogy valaki megélje a zsidóságát, Talia Chain a gazdag és színes hagyományokkal rendelkező zsidó gazdálkodásban találta meg ez...

14/03/2017

Ever feel like you're out of touch with Jewish life and happenings elsewhere? Check out our new news brief »

NEW JEU FEATURE: Rememberance in Poland, Bulgaria, or through an app; new Jewish museums in Portugal; motions against terrorism in…

12/03/2017

Reading the Megillah? Or wondering how it relates to you? Take a look at our guide prepared by Benji Stanley and Purim sameach! »

At Purim we read Megillat Esther. For your reading, or for the week ahead, here is a question for you to consider based on each chapter.

08/03/2017

An original Swedish Jewish children's book? One just came out!

Delve into the story in our interview with its author, Samuel Adler »

An unusual children’s book just got published in Sweden. Samuel Adler, Jewish Studies and English teacher at the Hillel School in Stockholm, is the author of ‘Trappsteg 36’ (‘Step no. 36’), his first publication, a collection of 19 Jewish children’s short stories.

07/03/2017

"Just as when Av begins we decrease happiness so too when Adar begins we increase happiness."

In this personal reflection, Rabbi Benji Stanley tackles loss, joy and life, just as Talmud reads:

02/03/2017

Jewish life in Gomel, Belarus?
Learn more about this growing community in our blitz Q&A with Taras Prakapenka »

How much do you know about Jewish life in Gomel, Belarus?

01/03/2017

Hello March!
Is that Spring in the air? Check out the monthly calendar of European Jewish events »

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This March, around Europe...

24/02/2017

"If we blame our real challenges, personal or political, on wild beasts or insufferable people, we better bring evidence." Benji Stanley »

A short reflection on this week's Torah reading, and the problem of wild beasts from the point of view of our Rabbi-in-Residence, Benji Stanley.