Gloria Abella Ballen

A good reminder for the New Year

"Rosh Hashanah," painting © Gloria Abella Ballen, from The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet by Gloria Abella Ballen. www.abellaballen.com/

"Rosh Hashanah" from The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet

The Power of the Hebrew Alphabet by Gloria Abella Ballen. www.abellaballen.com/

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Cambridge: Where Erasmus Once Tread

by Ron Duncan Hart February 4, 2025 Over the last twenty years my wife Gloria Abella Ballen and I have spent months on end at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in conversations with faculty members and doing research in their vast libraries. The Bodleian Library at Oxford has an

A Jewish and Navajo marriage at the New Year of the Trees

By Diane Joy Schmidt February 4, 2025 In 2025 Tu B'Shvat begins on the full moon, Feb. 12th. On Tu B'Shvat, some years ago... A marriage ceremony took place between a Navajo groom and a Jewish bride on Friday evening. It was not only Valentine’s

Jewish Values: Love your neighbor as yourself

by Rabbi Min Kantrowitz February, 2025 Starting with this issue, each new edition of NMJJ will highlight 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

Some personal thoughts on broader effects of the U.S. election

by Diane Joy Schmidt November 16, 2024 What resonates across the United States of America and Europe now, bringing a rightward swing and authoritarian governments to the ascendancy, is immigration. As used against the Other, a technique Jews are unfortunately very familiar with, the issue of immigration was employed very

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Cambridge: Where Erasmus Once Tread

A Jewish and Navajo marriage at the New Year of the Trees

Jewish Values: Love your neighbor as yourself

Some personal thoughts on broader effects of the U.S. election