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• Hebrew School Kids Show Their Smarts at International Torah Competition - JewQ brings together students who learn about Judaism after their regular school day March 6, 2019
  Certainly you could understand if Leah Ada Klein, 9, was a little nervous as she prepared to step onto the stage at the New Heights Middle School in Brooklyn, N.Y. Not only was she about to participate with dozens of kids in a competition testing her Jewish knowledge, she was doing so in front of […]
• Korea’s First Mikvah Combines Jewish Values and Asian Aesthetics - Business and tourism make for a growing Jewish presence in Seoul February 14, 2019
  Binah Messinger was faced with a unique challenge when her husband, Capt. Joseph Messinger, a U.S. Army chaplain, was stationed in South Korea. With no ritual bath or mikvah on the Korean peninsula, observing the laws of taharat hamishpachah, or Jewish family purity, required some time, expense, and, when necessary, a little maneuvering. “You could […]
• Teen Wins Table Tennis Gold While Observing Jewish Fast Day - Estee Ackerman’s success while fasting on 10 Tevet precedes singles’ victory over No. 1 Olympic seed December 31, 2018
  That a Shabbat-observant teen on her way to the 2020 Olympics took home the gold for the Under-20 Girls’ Doubles with her partner, Linda Shu, from Texas is an impressive feat. But what made the victory truly extraordinary is that she was competing in the high-energy, high-stress match on Asarah B’Tevet, a Jewish fast day. […]