by Diane Joy Schmidt With almost 1200 entries, the New Mexico Jewish Journal walked away with two awards for articles at Monday night's American Jewish Press Association banquet in Pittsburgh. These articles were published in NMJJ's first short nine months; we launched in March of 2024,
Restaurant Review
By Judith Fein, photos by Paul Ross When the Manhattan Avenue Jewish deli opened in Santa Fe a few months ago, it brought on an attack of nostalgia for New York childhood ethnic food delights via the shtetls of Eastern Europe: knishes, chicken matzah ball soup, pickled herring, and real
News Analysis
By Ron Duncan Hart Benjamin Netanyahu has long had a close bond with American Evangelicals, who he has repeatedly called Israel’s best friends in the world. Evangelicals tend to share Netanyahu’s political goals and have invited him frequently to speak at their events, and he, in turn, has
Opinion
by Diane Joy Schmidt Perhaps the brain fog is beginning to clear. On Saturday, June 14, while quite a few less than 200,000 turned out to watch Trump's parade in DC, almost 2% of the country, more than 5 million, turned out for "No Kings Day&
Jewish Values
By Rabbi Min Kantrowitz Rodef Shalom – Pursue peace. Jewish Values #4 Each edition of NMJJ highlights one of the many Jewish values that guide our lives. Each of these values underlies our Jewish community, regardless of any individuals’ religious observances or practices. These values form the ethical structure of the
Crypto-Jewish History
By Nan Rubin Courtesy HaLapid, the journal of the Society for Crypto Judaic Studies, April 14, 2021. The radio program "Search for the Buried Past: The Hidden Jews of New Mexico" first aired on National Public Radio in 1988 and I had no idea it would become a
Music Review
By Bonnie Ellinger On June 11, 2025, the Institute for Tolerance Studies organized a celebratory concert of Jewish composers for its 20th anniversary at the CCA Munoz Waxman Gallery in Santa Fe. The Institute was established by Ron Duncan Hart and Gloria Abella Ballen for the purpose of addressing antisemitism,
What to think? We really do need to read from various sources before we can form a balanced opinion and think for ourselves. Scan the headlines, stop at the occasional item. Don’t get overloaded, and take a regular break from a heavy news diet--too much at once really can
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Inviting one and all to attend the 35th annual conference of the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies, August 10-12 in Los Angeles, California. Early registration at $275.00 inclusive (panels, cultural events and kosher meals) ends May 30. Visit our website for the full press release, the Call for Papers and
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By Misha Sauceda, with Samuel A year ago in March, Marty Sherman, from the Burial Committee, asked if the minyanaires could support a bar mitzvah for a young man named Samuel. His mother had died just a few weeks earlier, before he could complete this coming-of-age Jewish ceremony, and because
Review by Anna Redsand In the first weeks of the current US administration, photos of World War II Diné (Navajo) Code Talkers were removed from US military websites. Due to intense protest, the images were later returned. In the meantime, the Poetry Foundation published something extraordinary, which turns out to
by Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet May 20, 2025 This article originally appeared on the Jewish Telegraphic Agency website, here. Jewish texts about the laws of war set parameters on the use of siege, writes a rabbi who has sought to avoid politics. This article originally appeared on the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
by Jim Winnerman At the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, Jewish family loyalties mirrored what occurred throughout the United States where brother fought against brother. Jews also found themselves on opposite sides of the battlefield. Out of 150,000 Jews in the United States at the outbreak of
Welcome to the June Issue of the New Mexico Jewish Journal. Our recent successes include a new summer intern from the NM Local News Fellows and Interns Program and two upcoming Rockower awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism tba next week, after sweeping 6 Society of Professional Journalists and 25
JUNE ISSUE 2025 10 New Stories READ FREE ONLINE - SIGN UP - Free or Paid I Have No Beef With the Manhattan Avenue Deli in Santa Fe by Judith Fein with photos by Paul Ross Netanyahu, American Evangelicals and Israel by Ron Duncan Hart The Method to Their Madness
By Judith Fein Photos by Paul Ross Update: The Jewish community in Bayreuth Germany has chosen to run this article on their website at ikgbayreuth.de About ten years ago, a fellow opera lover gave me a DVD of Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle. I had little interest in the
by Corinne Joy Brown In the rarefied world of Jewish mysticism, the study of Kabbalah and its sacred texts immediately come to mind, unlike methods of secular divination such as astrology, the reading of tea leaves, or the interpretation of Tarot cards. Until now. Thanks to the research of Stav
By Bonnie Ellinger One of the very appealing kibbutz customs is the assigning of a “family” to newcomers. The families are usually long-time kibbutz members who volunteer to be welcoming insiders to facilitate the absorption into the kibbutz of new arrivals. My Zionist youth group friends and I, on a
by Michael Wald Ron Winger is now ten months into a two-year term as president of the Jewish Community Center of Albuquerque, following a long career as a senior health care leader. He has been President/CEO at both profit and nonprofit hospitals/health systems around the country, including St.
By Rabbi Min Kantrowitz Each edition of NMJJ highlights one of the many Jewish values that guide our lives. Each of these values underlies our Jewish community, regardless of any individuals’ religious observances or practices. These values form the ethical structure of the community. They are not presented in order
by Diane Joy Schmidt May 18, 2025 In an open letter that ran as an ad in the New York Times on May 8, 2025 criticizing Trump's crackdown on universities and protestors in the name of fighting antisemitism, former directors and chairs of the American Jewish Committee, the