Jewish Life in Israel and Around the World

Learn about different experiences of Jewish life around the world, including culture, cuisine and more.

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Find Jewish Communities All Over the World

Whether you're planning to move or travel abroad, you'll find this tool useful. Search for Progressive and Reform Jewish communities anywhere in the world.

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Cuban American and Jewish: Exploring the History and Intersections of My Communities

I've been reflecting on the story of America's founding - the narrative many of us learn as children in the United States. I've recently learned a different version of that story - one that I now recognize intertwines with my own. My identities as Cuban American and Jewish have been shaped by Indigenous stories in America and in Cuba; particularly the themes of beginnings, loss, transformation, and change.

Keeping Family Close, Regardless of Distance

As I boarded the plane to Israel in the summer of 2002 for my first year of rabbinical school at HUC in Jerusalem, my mother said, "Please, just don't meet an Israeli." As soon as the plane touched down at Ben Gurion airport, I knew that I was home. A few months later, I met that Israeli. From our first conversation, he understood that I was studying to be a rabbi, and I understood that he wanted to live only in Israel.

Jewish Life Around the World

Discovering Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia has much to offer the Jewish traveler. Our weeklong journey began in the port city of Halifax, known as the gateway to Canada—where, from 1928 to 1971, more than one million immigrants entered the country.