Israel’s team was first sent abroad in 1985, when a magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck Mexico City. Since then, 21 delegations have traveled to 15 countries.

Museo del Holocausto opened with the temporary exhibit that explores the mass shootings of Russian Jews and Roma by Nazi Germany from 1942 to 1944.

There is a pleasing economy to this type of cooking that goes beyond the financial. Shopping, planning and, of course, cooking become less overwhelming experiences.

Visitors will be amazed by the hundreds of new residents who arrive each month and the institutions that hum with Jewish cultural life in our capital city.

In the United States, mussar is being taught in synagogues across the Jewish spectrum as well as at nontraditional settings, like a women’s prison and a yoga studio.

"It is critically important for Israel to educate young generations of Israelis to believe in the ongoing dream of peace," Gordis relates.

In his masterful work, Gordis sought to honor “Israel’s extraordinary accomplishments” while being honest about “many of its failings."

“I have stuck to facts except when facts refused to conform with memory, narrative purpose or the truth as I prefer to understand it,” Chabon says.