Jewish Sexuality: Balance and Passion

Jewish Sexuality: Balance and Passion

In an upscale jewelry store nestled in the prestigious quarters of northern Tel Aviv, the proprietor was taken aback by an unusual request. It came from a religious woman in Jerusalem, the wife of a highly respected figure in the ultra-Orthodox community. Adorned in traditional attire, she sought a bespoke creation: a golden ankle bracelet adorned with platinum touches and twelve diamond-studded charms. Despite the substantial nature of the order, the owner’s curiosity got the…

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Is sexual activity permissible on the Sabbath?

Is sexual activity permissible on the Sabbath?

The laws outlined in the Torah encompass 39 categories of activities that are prohibited during this sacred day. Broadly speaking, these restrictions include refraining from heating food over a flame (cooking or reheating), refraining from operating electronic devices, including phones, abstaining from using transportation, refraining from taking items outside the home – even small ones tucked in pockets – unless there’s an eruv in place, which is a symbolic enclosure that demarcates an area where…

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The village of Ksaveriv and Its Jewish Past

The village of Ksaveriv and Its Jewish Past

The village of Ksaveriv, located in the Polissia region, has a rich history. An important aspect of its past was the Jewish community that lived here for many centuries. Memories of this community have almost vanished, remaining only in the recollections of a few long-time residents and archival documents, but researchers and local historians continue to uncover the village’s history. Nestled among the forests of Zhytomyr Polissia, far from major roads, was the small village…

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What Will Make You a Better Trader?

If you’ve decided to start your own business and become a trader, you’ve probably looked on the Internet for useful tips. Fortunately, trading in various fields is becoming a more and more studied way of making money today, thanks to which you can find hundreds of guides that will promise you success. However, all of these guides and articles have one thing in common — the basic information in them is virtually the same. Of course, no…

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In Evidence. Ukrainian neighbors of the Jews speak about their dreadful memoirs

In Evidence. Ukrainian neighbors of the Jews speak about their dreadful memoirs

80 years on from the Final Solution in Eastern Europe, Ukrainian eyewitnesses relate for the first time what they saw, and will never forget: The Jewish children, teachers, neighbors, doctors murdered in front of them and buried in pits in villages, forests, and even in schoolyards, for all to see.  The testimonies presented here were taken two years ago and are revealed here for the first time  As a young child, Raisa saw thousands upon…

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The Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial presented plans for 2022

The Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial presented plans for 2022

The BYHMC presented work plans for 2022, as well as reported on the activities conducted in 2021. The presentation for the Supervisory Board of the Memorial Center took place on December 21, and on December 22 – it was presented to the Public Council.  In 2022, the Memorial Center will open the first museum space on the territory of Babyn Yar – Kurgan. The object was designed by the architectural studio SUB (Berlin). “This project…

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80 years on: The true faces of the Babyn Yar Murders are being revealed

80 years on: The true faces of the Babyn Yar Murders are being revealed

    Between 29-30 September, 1941, the Nazis murdered 33,771 Jewish Ukrainians in the Babyn Yar Ravine on the outskirts of Kyiv. –       Perpetrators have never been convicted – despite extensive testimonies gathered after the War, now revealed by the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center. –       Having already uncovered new information about the victims and the Massacre, the Memorial Center has begun compiling evidence and testimonies shedding light on the perpetrators…

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