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JFamily Challah Train Nominations 2025-2026

🚂Choo Choo! All Aboard the JFamily Challah Train! Do you know a family who could use a little extra love this week? Maybe they just welcomed a new baby, moved into a new home, are navigating a tough time—or maybe they’ve just been doing something wonderful and deserve to be celebrated. Whatever the reason, the ...

Scholars in Session: Advice Columns and the American Press with Ayelet Brinn, UofM Frankel Fellow

The J - Detroit 6600 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield

At the turn of the twentieth century, American Yiddish advice columns were more than entertainment—they became vital guides that helped new immigrants navigate personal struggles, American politics, and Jewish communal life while forging deep, trust-based relationships between newspapers and readers. Brinn delves into how these columns transformed the Yiddish press into a central institution of ...