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Kehillat Beijing

02/2016
I came to Beijing in 1979 (the early days of China’s commercial opening to the West) to explore business opportunities. Little did I know, at the time, that I’d meet my business partner there and together, we’d not only build...

Mayyim Hayim

01/2016
A mikveh is a place of ritual, a place of purity, a place of tradition, a place of transformation. Mayyim Hayyim makes mikveh accessible and meaningful to the full spectrum of our people for the first time in Jewish history....

Shira and Rashi

01/2016
Below is a candid conversation between two business consultants who focus on their partnership rather than the differences between them. Rashi is traditional and Shira is Orthodox. Shira: Somehow, we work it out, you know? It’s just what we do....

Norma and Eli

12/2015
We met in college at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. We were both studying classical music and it’s the kind of subject that requires such devotion, such total focus and dedication that it becomes all-encompassing. It has its own language, culture...

We’re best friends.

12/2015
We both value the simple things and small town living.  We both work from home and put our lives into our kids. We like good bagels and we make our own challah.  We both loathe hypocrisy. We both raise our...

Tekoa

12/2015
One of my first recollections championing the cause of Jewish unity came my way as a fifteen year old in my Jewish High School in London. It was a Religious Studies class and the Rabbi was warning us about other...