Parshat Shemot: Exodus 1:1-6:1; Isaiah 27:6-28:13; 29:22-23.
We spent the past holiday season drawn in by an array of different lights and stories.
Chanukah candles...
The 100-year history of B. Siegel’s is another great saga of Jewish immigrant success in Detroit.
I recently wrote about the famous Himelhoch’s clothing store in...
Parshat Vayegash: Genesis 44:18-47:27; Ezekiel 37:15-28.
In this week’s portion, we have a big reveal.
Joseph, moved by his brother Judah’s desire to serve as Joseph’s slave...
Beginning in 1919, many issues of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle and the JN have something in common: advertisements for Himelhoch's.
I recently read about the passing...
Looking through the William Davidson Digital Archive of Jewish Detroit History to see how the JN covered two historic events.
The historic “Abraham Accords” were...
Parshat Mikketz: Genesis 41:1-44:17; I Kings 3:15-4:1.
Friday evening Shabbat dinners overflow with blessings. It’s a wonderful once-a-week opportunity to step back from our busy...
The video has been watched nearly 100,000 times.
Rabbi Yoni Dahlen of Congregation Shaarey Zedek has gone viral on social media platform TikTok, for a...
Parshat Vayeshev: Genesis 37:1-40:23; Zacharia 2:14-4:7.
At this time each year, at the holiday of Chanukah, we read Parshat Vayeshev. The rabbis of old found...
