Archives for June 2014

The holiday of Shavuot was celebrated June 3 to 5, but its spirit of faith and nationhood echoes in this issue of Hadassah Magazine. On

Jews fought on both sides, but their experiences were worlds apart. Military service solidified Jews' loyalty to America, while German Jews were accused of shirking.

The guns began firing 100 years ago this summer. World War I not only changed the global political landscape—and set the stage for World War

We all know that Father’s Day is a secular American holiday, invented as a way of honoring fathers as a complement to Mother’s Day. Sometimes

One of Israel’s leading scholars, educators and philosophers, Rabbi Adin (Even-Israel) Steinsaltz, 77, has authored 60 books, the latest entitled My Rebbe (Shefa Foundation/Maggid Books), detailing

The new e-brochure Germany for the Jewish Traveler from the German National Tourist Board is packed with details about the life of the country’s 200,000

A new smartphone application will soon join some 25,000 already out there, and it just may save your life. Called Dario, this new generation in

Famous actor Michael J. Fox is well known both for living with Parkinson’s disease as well as for spearheading the search for a cure. The