While planning our itinerary to the jungles of Papua New Guinea to meet tribesmen who claimed a Jewish link, we learned that right across the border in Indonesia, there were also emerging communities desperate for Jewish contact. In Jaypura, we discovered a group whose ancestors fled their European tormentors, knowing they’d be safe once the “Blue Mountain” was in sight.
Along the way, people figured out how to keep their homes at least somewhat warm, employing simple methods that we too can use in a stubbornly drafty room or to lower the heating bill.
Blogs are increasingly a way to earn a substantial living. Successful bloggers and marketing experts share the secrets of how to make real money from blogging.
The discovery of a temporary passport issued in Vilna for Rav Elchonon Wasserman Hy”d 77 years ago triggers a wave of recollections,
Esther Gutwein started her career as graduate student doing psychological evaluations. Today she manages education supervisors. Throughout it all, she’s strived to help every child succeed E very Jewish parent wants his child to succeed in school. With some kids that’s a no-sweat proposition; they take to school with the ease of birds
Rivie Schwebel is an acclaimed singer, but he’s also a businessman and an askan who cares deeply for the Jewish people.
