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Jewish Firsts in North Carolina Politics

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By JHNC Historian Leonard Rogoff On election day Nov. 3, Jewish candidates won two of…

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North Carolina’s Jewish Population is Booming!

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The Berman Jewish Data Bank recently released their 2019 US Jewish population report that confirms…

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Confederate memorials, not a Jewish problem?

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As Confederate statues fall in battle, North Carolina Jews may feel that we are watching…

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NC Holocaust Education

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JHNC has contracted with the NC Council on the Holocaust to add a component to…

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Jewish Congregational Histories Online!

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The JHFNC is contributing its resources to an on-line Religion in North Carolina Digital Collection.…

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Down Home: Digital Exhibit

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JHFNC is happy to announce the birth of Down Home: A Virtual Museum on its…

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A Slave Poet, a Jewish Professor at UNC-CH

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And now, from the archives, comes a previously unknown essay by Horton, which sheds oblique…

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Harry Golden Takes On The Seersuckered South

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In this article from Charlotte NPR by Tom Bullock, the digital “Down Home” exhibit is…

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Down Home: Cantata: Listen LIVE on The State of Things

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Professor Eric Meyers, Composer Alejandro Rutty, and Conductress Lorena Guillen will be on The State…

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Down Home: The Cantata is “Memorable, they say”

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Triangle Jewish Chorale Presents a Memorable Panorama of Jewish Life in North Carolina By Ken…

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Summering in the North Carolina Mountains of Yesteryear

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For those of us with memories of heading to upstate New York for summer camps…

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May is Jewish American Heritage Month

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Not widely known perhaps, but May is a time to celebrate our Jewish heritage in…

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A NC Holocaust Victim

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In remembering the Holocaust, North Carolinians may feel a special poignancy in knowing that one…

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NPR Interview on Jewish texts

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NPR, ‘A State of Things’ recently interviewed Rabbi Steve Sager of Sicha. Click here for…

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Read Charlotte Observer Article on Down Home

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Click here to read the review of Down Home at the Levine Museum of the…

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Sources for local challah

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Smelling the fresh challah at the JCC in Durham got me thinking today. Where else…

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Looking for a long weekend trip destination?

Blog, Jewish Culture

Check out the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia-over 25,000 sq. ft. of…

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Food memories from our museum exhibit recipe cards

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My father would make gefilte fish with his brothers. They also made kosher pickles in…

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The Piyyut (Poem) Akdamut Milin: The Enigma and Perseverance of Tradition

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In this article, that originally appeared at http://thetorah.com/akdamut-milin/, Duke Professor Laura Lieber gives a fascinating…

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