Flamenco’s Outsider Roots, and How to Watch It Like an Insider

Story & Photos by Paul Ross In Mel Brooks’ remake of legendary director Ernst Lubitsch’s classic WWII dark comedy “To Be Or Not To Be,” a struggling Polish theatrical company learns that their Nazi occupier’s latest ban prohibits “Jews, Gypsies, and Homosexuals” from the theater. Upon hearing this,

Simchat Torah, everything seems to loosen.

By Misha Sauceda We come in everyday clothes—worn jeans, scuffed sneakers, T-shirts, warm hoodies. Children play in the Social hall. We talk and laugh. The atmosphere feels charged, different from an ordinary Shabbat morning. Then all the Torahs come out. Usually, opening the ark is a special moment.

Learn the meaning of loss ratio

By Merilee Dannemann | Triple Spaced Again If you have never heard of the term “loss ratio,” consider yourself lucky. That means you have never had to learn a certain unpleasant truth.  “Loss ratio” means how much insurance companies have to pay for losses and other expenses compared to how much

Pay our legislators and demand ethical behavior: Support Constitutional Amendment 4

By Sherry Robinson | All She Wrote After years of debate, voters will have the chance to weigh in on a paid Legislature in Constitutional Amendment 4. In all the pros and cons so far, however, nobody has raised the big question: Who benefits by having volunteer legislators? Supporters (mostly Democrats)

It's Time to Really Raise The Roof!

RSVP BY OCT. 7th: RAISE THE ROOF on Oct. 11 Congregation B'nai Israel invites the community to RAISE THE ROOF, a good old-fashioned HOEDOWN on Sunday, October 11, 2026.  The lively community-oriented event, featuring square dancing and a barbecue, is a fund-raiser for B’nai

OCTOBER 7th Commemoration ALBUQUERQUE & SANTA FE

Gatherings of remembrance Wednesday, Oct. 7, at 6:30 p.m. in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Free; registration required, and locations are shared upon registration. REGISTER HEREREGISTER HERETIP JARRETURN TO HOME HERE FOR MORE STORIES Community Supporters of the NM Jewish Journal include: Jewish Community Foundation of New Mexico Congregation

OCT. 22 Thurs. 6:30-8:30 "SHINE" SISTERHOOD CELEBRATION An evening of friendship, connection and a little sparkle

RSVP: SHINE A Sisterhood Celebration - free

Chavurat HaMidbar Fellowship of the Desert

chavurahabq.org Chavurat Hamidbar Fellowship of the Desert The Chavurah is an egalitarian, eclectic-traditional community without a building or paid professional functionary. Our prayer leaders and Torah readers are both men and women. Our prayer books and bibles (Sim Shalom, Revised Plaut, New Machzor) are issued by various movements,

Jonah, The “Whale,” and What Causes, Prolongs, and May Ease Depression

By Judith Fein  “Oh Jonah he lived in a whale. He made his home in that fish’s abdomen,” sings Spo’tin’ Life in the song “It Ain’t Necessarily So” from George Gershwin’s opera “Porgy & Bess.” In familiar adaptations of the Pinocchio story, the wooden puppet and

Jewish Values: Talmud Torah

By Rabbi Min Kantrowitz - Jewish Values #9: Talmud Torah 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

Temple Beth Shalom sees bright future as congregation marks 70th anniversary

By Carina Julig This article was originally published in the Santa Fe New Mexican on September 12, 2026, and is republished here with permission. The folks who established Santa Fe’s first Jewish temple might be called pragmatists: The modest synagogue they built on East Barcelona Road in 1956 was

What Congress Could Learn From Ancient Rome

By Merilee Dannemann  General election season is now in full swing, and without doubt the hottest contest in New Mexico this year is the race for Congressional District 2 between Democratic incumbent Gabe Vasquez and businessman Greg Cunningham. While only voters in that district can vote for that member of