Culture

Chicago wants Jussie Smollett to pay for city’s failed bid to have him convicted

Charges were dropped against Jussie Smollett, who had been accused of lying about suffering a hate crime, but the city still wants $130K from him.

Holocaust survivor Vera Schaufeld awarded top British honor

She helped establish The National Holocaust Centre and Museum and worked with the Holocaust Education Trust to help increase awareness of the Holocaust in Britain.

Holocaust survivor Nanette Koning talking to bnei anusim at Yeshiva Camp in Sao Paulo in 2018. (Courtesy of Yeshiva Camp)

In Brazil, a rabbi opens the world’s first summer camp for descendants of forcibly converted Jews

Yeshiva Camp brings youths from some of Brazil’s poorest villages for 2 weeks of cultural and spiritual enrichment in one of Sao Paulo’s most prestigious quarters.