Jewish Life Around the World

Isaac Hirt Manheimer and wife Ewoenam who founded the UnityEco Village pose among lush greenery with their three young children

A Jewish Ecovillage Founder on Celebrating Earth Day in Ghana

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

April 19, 2021

Isaac Hirt-Manheimer is the founder of Unity Ecovillage in Ghana, constructed according to eco-friendly principles that he learned while attending the Green Apprenticeship training program at Kibbutz Lotan in Israel.

White platter with a stack of matzah and an old Haggadah on top all against a yellow table

Jewish Rituals and Symbols

Lessons from the Crusty Page of an Ancient Haggadah

Rabbi Mark Glickman

March 24, 2021

Sometime during the Middle Ages, a Jew in Cairo acknowledged the fact that joy usually comes with a dose of pain, and pain with joy, so they took a bite of that seder concoction, and left its dribblings for me to see in New York.

Vegan Recipes

Taste Test: 22 Nut-Free Charoset Recipes

Have you tried avocadoes, bananas, ginger, chocolate or cayenne pepper in charoset? How well does traditional apples-nuts-wine charoset stand up to her cousins? Have an international Jewish taste test and discover your favorites

Professional close up portrait of the author and his wife in the 1970s

Jewish Life Around the World

A Jerusalem Love Story

Aron Hirt-Manheimer

February 9, 2021

It has been almost 50 years since I met my wife Judy in Jerusalem. She came into my life like the Sabbath queen about to enter the synagogue, with everyone rising and turning toward the door to welcome her in.

Smiling image of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks wearing a black jacket with a yellow tie

Jewish Life Around the World

A 2010 Conversation About Love and Hope with Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Krista Tippett

November 20, 2020

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, z”l, served as chief rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth for 22 years. This interview with him first aired on the podcast OnBeing in 2010.