The New Mexico Jewish Journal is now publishing monthly with news articles and current event flyers. This issue, published on Apr. 22nd, features a special report on antisemitism by Ellen Marks. Note also, there is a Yom HaShoah observance this evening in Albuquerque at Congregation Albert, 6 p.m. Apr.
Commentary
by Diane Joy Schmidt Tisha B’av, the commemoration of disasters in Jewish history, begins the evening of Saturday, August 2nd, 2025. In 2013, twelve years ago, a paragraph in an essay I wrote for Tisha B’av as correspondent for the former NM Jewish Link was censored by the
Past Issues
We have a full range of articles - explore! Be sure to return to keep reading! Rabbi Celia Surget Finds a Home at Congregation AlbertBy Norma Libman It seems an unusual path, but when you look at it closely it all makes sense. Born and raised in Geneva, Switzerland, to
Community News
by Norma Libman It seems an unusual path, but when you look at it closely it all makes sense. Born and raised in Geneva, Switzerland, to a Jewish American mother and a Catholic French father, how did Celia Surget find her way to the rabbinate and Congregation Albert in Albuquerque,
Community News
March 28, 2025 I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Juan Dircie recently, the new Director of the Jewish Community Relations Coalition of New Mexico and quickly realized that he brings a rich background of experience in Jewish community non-profit work. His engaging personality and quick smile immediately puts one
News Analysis
By Judith Fein Photos by Paul Ross It started a few weeks ago in Santa Fe. The passport line snaked out the door of the post office and almost everyone on it was Latino or Hispanic and was accompanied by children. The people didn’t necessarily know each other but
by Diane Joy Schmidt March 28, 2025 With our Spring 2025 issue, the independent, state-wide New Mexico Jewish Journal marks its one-year anniversary. We have made remarkable strides. Since our first Spring Issue published online March 18th, 2024 we have been warmly embraced by the Jewish community and the larger
Jewish Values
by Rabbi Min Kantrowitz 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. They are not presented in order
News
By Dan Pava, Santa Fe March 28, 2025 Readers of the New Mexico Jewish Journal may not be aware of an important election that affects Israel and Judaism and is happening now. While New Mexican Jews are preparing for Passover, the holiday celebrating our redemption and freedom, there is a
Commentary
From Gershon the Winkler I have some free time coming up next weekend. And in all honesty, I have been feeling quite guilty not having participated in any demonstrations over the years on behalf of human rights and the such, being too busy studying Talmud and watching Netflix. So, I
Antisemitism
Joshua Shanes, College of Charleston As part of Harvard University’s agreement in response to two federal lawsuits filed by Jewish students alleging antisemitic discrimination, it will adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, or IHRA, “working definition” of antisemitism. This is a definition favored by many Jewish community leaders and
Community News
by Jim Winnerman March 28, 2025 When Rabbi Shavit-Lonstein was a first-year student at Washington University in 1984, he never expected he would be a rabbi conducting Bar and Bat mitzvah ceremonies for a congregation of 340 families with no building, and which only practices Judaism outdoors. “It was Rabbi