I am excited to write about a movie I loved watching this year and listening to the soundtrack of it as I type. The movie received 8 Academy Award Nominations! BEST DIRECTOR - James Mangold, BEST ...

Hadith number 6985 of the 41 st book from the Hadith collection known as Sahih Muslim, compiled by Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj native of Nishapur in modern-day eastern Iran, reads as follows: Abu Huraira ...

Let’s start with the Jewish History Institute. Can you explain the goal in founding the institute and some of its projects? The Jewish History Institute goes back 70 years ago. It was founded in 1947.

The guests who met in the extraordinarily beautiful atmosphere of Haydarpaşa Hemdat Israel Synagogue, on the eve of October 24th, got to witness a concert full of meaning and emotion. Also present in ...

How long have you been living in Dubai? What influenced you in deciding to live here? I moved to Dubai in 2016, before I had been living in London. My customer base at that time was in Kazakhstan and ...

Located in Istanbul's Üsküdar district, the neighborhood of Kuzguncuk has long been populated by the city's Jewish community, though shrinking in number in recent years. The neighborhood is literally ...

What got you interested in history, Jewish history particularly? As a child growing up in New Jersey, I was always intrigued by the family photos depicting ancestors dressed in Ottoman garb: my great ...

I have always been interested in the history of my hometown of Antalya. In particular, elements of the city's cosmopolitan past have always deeply intrigued me. At the start of the 20th century, the ...

Could you tell us a little about ‘Jews of Tire Project’? How did it start? I am the director of external relations and social projects at the Municipality of Tire, Izmir Province in western Turkey. In ...

Known for his contributions to the community in almost every field, Rafael Torel, Honorary Advisor to Chief Rabbinate, a philanthropist who not only had an open mind, but also an open heart, passed ...

Izmir Alsancak Şaar Aşamayim Synagogue which was rebuilt and turned into a ´Jewish Community Center´ has opened its doors with a ceremony on December 1st. Alsancak Şaar Aşamayim Synagogue which was ...

Jak Eskinazi was elected as the Chairman of Aegean Textile and Raw Materials Exporters Association (ETHIB). Jak Eskinazi, as the only candidate, got all 39 votes and became the new Chairman of the ...