JANUARY ISSUE 2026 ~ NEW MEXICO JEWISH JOURNAL ~ Tevet, 5786 ~ view in browser

In our January issue, we have brand-new articles from writers both new and familiar, alongside features from December you might have missed during our campaign's peripatetic postings. Scroll down to see all the event flyers from our dedicated Community Supporter advertisers - please do click on them so they know you care too! You can also click on their square icons at the top of the page.

We are sailing into 2026 debt-free! Thanks to 75 individuals and a grant from NM Local News Fund, we raised more than $18,000 in our December campaign,. We would like to cover our $900 in admin fees and are now looking to close that gap here. We doubled our total fund-raising compared to our 2024 inaugural year, while increasing participation 50%.

A quick look at our growth in 2025:

• High Engagement: Our 70% open rate (you opened the newsletter email!) is double the industry average for similar publications.
• Audience Growth: Total newsletter subscribers grew by 50%
• Record Traffic: In December we had 3,500 unique visitors to the website - triple last December's, and now close to 30,000 individual visits total to date.

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No One Came to Taos to Be Jewish or The book you weren’t looking for but are glad you found

By Corinne Joy Brown No One Came to Taos to Be Jewish By Bruce Grossman Nighthawk Press 2022 Amazon.com Op Cit Bookstore Taos Softcover $14.95 For those of us who came of age in the sixties and seventies, you might remember that an entire population known as the

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Roberta Grossman: Making Sense of the Moment, Ruffling Feathers, Creating Conversations

by Colette Freedman It is a complicated time to be a Jewish woman right now. There is so much contemporary anti-Jewish rhetoric both from the left and from the right that it is hard to know where to feel safe. Last month, I was wearing my Star of David necklace

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Lost in a Labyrinth of Confusion: Where the North Ends — At Last

by Carl Montoya I approached Where the North Ends with much anticipation. The premise — a time-traveling narrative Where The North Ends A Novel by Hugo Moreno Foreword by Franciso A. Lomelí Querencias Series UNM Press October, 2025 I approached Where the North Ends with much anticipation. The premise — a time-traveling

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TOP 101 Most Read Articles in 2025!

Compiled by Diane Joy Schmidt, Publisher and Editor MOST READ ARTICLES IN 2025 *asterisk indicates published in 2024. To read an article, click on the title if active or copy the title to Search magnifying glass icon, upper left on top of page. Search also by author name for all

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Jewish Values: Tikkun Olam

By Rabbi Min Kantrowitz - Jewish Values #8: Tikkun Olam Each edition of NMJJ highlights one of the many Jewish values that guide our lives. Each of these values underlies our Jewish community, regardless of any individuals’ religious observances or practices. These values form the ethical structure of the community.

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A Jewish Community is Thriving in the “Land of Fire and Ice” and celebrating Chanukah

Story and photos by Jim Winnerman Is there a Jewish presence in the remote country of Iceland? For most people, the answer will invariably be that they have no idea, and then are surprised to learn that the island nation is in fact home to a small but thriving Jewish

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The Eighth Night

By Diane Joy Schmidt In December, she flew again from Albuquerque to Chicago. It was the first night of Chanukah. Joy and her sisters lit the candles every night at the hospital bedside and sang the songs, tuneless and off-key, something they hadn’t done together since they were children.

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Chanukah Children’s Art from 4 of our Synagogues: Temple Beth Shalom, Congregation B’nai Israel, Nahalat Shalom, and Congregation Albert

CHANUKAH CHILDREN’S ART 2025 Next holiday we hope to include even more! Thank you to Jessica Corley for volunteering to engage our synagogues in sharing all this wonderful artwork: from Temple Beth Shalom in Santa Fe, and in Albuquerque from Nahalat Shalom, Congregation B’nai Israel and Congregation Albert. CONGREGATION BETH

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! We MET OUR MATCH! We Raised $6,000, unlocked our $12,000 donor matches, and reached $18,000! WE will still TRIPLE Matches for another $900 in January.

We are thrilled to report that our readers came through! On New Year’s Eve, we officially reached and surpassed our $6,000 goal, unlocking $12,000 in matching funds. Thanks to the generosity of 76 community members, we raised a grand total of $18,384. These critical funds mean we

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NEW MEXICO JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY

FEB. 4 JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY Rotunda Program 1:30-3:30

BOOKFEST! Author Rachel Cockerell 2 PM Feb. 8th JCC

The Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for the Promised Land by Rachel Cockerell ~ Ten Best Books, The Washington Post; Best Books of 2025, The New Yorker: "Magnificent… chilling and exhilarating, like wading into the river of time. Collectively, these voices are coaxed by Cockerell into becoming some of recent literature's most compelling narrators"

Melting Point: Family, Memory and the Search for the Promised Land

CONGREGATION B'NAI ISRAEL THE BIG EVENT SALSA NIGHT!

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TEMPLE BETH SHALOM SANTA FE 
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JEWISH FEDERATION OF EL PASO & LAS CRUCES &

JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2026

Your Guide to Jewish Life in Albuquerque and BEYOND. Resources and Community Calendar. Where to Pray, Where to Eat, Where to Learn.

Welcome to Congregation Albert, your center for Jewish life in Albuquerque!

Welcome to Congregation B'nai Israel

Here you will find the many events, services and activities of our 100+ year old community.
(505) 266-0155 / 4401 Indian School Rd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87110

Pre-order: https://www.unmpress.com/where-the-north-ends/ VISIT Hugo Moreno here: https://www.hugos.site

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Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque
The Institute for Tolerance Studies
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Congregation B'nai Israel
Shabbat with Friends: Recapturing Together the Joy of Shabbat
New Mexico Jewish Historical Society
Where the North Ends, A Novel by Hugo Moreno 

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