Passover is synonymous with cleaning, shopping, and cooking. With all of the physical preparations, however, it’s easy to arrive spent and exhausted to the Passover Seder, and lose track of what Passover is really about - the retelling of the miraculous emancipation of our ancestors from Egypt, and the celebration of our transformation from slaves to a self-determining nation of free men and women.

As you may know, France has the largest Jewish population in Europe and the third largest Jewish population in the world. The vast majority are Sephardi and came from North Africa and the Mediterranean region. There has been a Jewish presence in France since the beginning of the Middle Ages. In fact, France was the first country in Europe to emancipate the Jews during the French Revolution.

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David Horovitz is a renowned journalist, award-winning author, and Founding Editor of The Times of Israel. He joins us as featured speaker at the 111th Annual Meeting of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland to discuss, “Behind the Headlines: What the American Media is Not Telling Us.”

Celebrate Israel's Independence Day on April 23 with The Idan Raichel Project in concert!

Renowned Journalists, Political Analysts to Discuss the Impact of Israeli Elections Results

There is a famous Hebrew quote that says: "Not every day is Purim." This is true, not every day is Purim, but Purim is much more than a day.

This morning we were honored to attend the address delivered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the United States Congress.