Op-ed
by Diane Joy Schmidt April 13, 2024 The dangers of a conflagration engulfing the Middle East are high. A thoughtful approach to the annual Passover Seder is critical now. The first night of Passover this year is April 22nd, when the first Seder is held. The Passover Seder retells the
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Over a year ago New Mexico’s Jewish community lost its sole statewide Jewish paper, the New Mexico Jewish Link. In our rural state, which now has an estimated 24,000 Jewish people, the loss of the paper was keenly felt, especially during these fraught times when we need connection
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Norma Libman
by Norma Libman Judith Fein has been traveling since she was a child. Guided and encouraged by her parents, she learned to travel differently than most people do. She learned to look for what is unusual, for the other. And that approach has shaped her life and her career as
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Compiled by New Mexico Jewish Journal contributors Sources of information/news/advocacy about Israel/Palestine * J Street organizes and mobilizes pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans who want Israel to be secure, democratic and the national home of the Jewish people. * New Israel Fund The New Israel Fund (NIF) helps Israel live up
News Analysis
Ron Duncan Hart As an American, I am proud of our tradition of freedom of speech, but I am concerned that hate speech is eroding respect for the Other which is a necessary ingredient to the freedom of speech. I am an anthropologist, and I have done research, observing life
Food
By Claudette Sutton Passover’s coming. In this chapter of my life, without parents or grandparents, I often feel intimidated by the challenge of sustaining the traditions I’ve inherited and hope to pass them down to my son’s family. Which do I keep? Which adapt? Which jettison as
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Compiled by New Mexico Jewish Journal contributors and readers Bring Them Home Now The Hostage and Missing Families Forum was formed by the families of the abductees less than 24 hours after the horrific attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7th, in which more than 1300 innocent civilians were
Las Cruces
By Nan Rubin During the summer of 2023, we were flooded with promotions about two box office blockbuster movies—“Barbie” and “Oppenheimer”. Yes, the relentless yammer about “Barbenheimer” was inescapable. At first glance, these films would appear to have nothing in common. But in fact, both of these films have
JCRC
Meeting with New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham in mid-January at the beginning of the 2024 Legislative Session, to talk about security issues affecting the Jewish community are coalition members of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New Mexico. The JCRC-NM was formed by Co-Chairs Jane Wishner and Alonet Zarum
Holidays
by Rabbi Min Kantrowitz The “Tu” in Tu BiShvat is not a Hebrew word! Tu BiShvat (ט״ו בִּשְׁבָט) is a Jewish holiday occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat. Since every Hebrew letter has a numerical equivalent (aleph equals one, bet is