After connecting with Sephardic Jews online, Portuguese lawmaker Jose Ribeiro e Castro spearheaded the adoption of the world’s first Jewish law of return outside Israel. The initiative could provide a tourism benefit, too.
At 18 months old, Levi Davishoff first communicated with baby sign language as his mother read to him from “Joseph Had a Little Overcoat,” by Simms Taback. More than a decade later, the book played a central role in his bar mitzvah ceremony.