TABLE of CONTENTS ~ New Mexico Jewish Journal ~ SUMMER 2024 vol. 1 no. 2. Announcing New Fiscal Sponsor; our Community Supporters; 19 new Articles - view the Table of Contents

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We are excited to announce that as of July 1, 2024 the New Mexico Foundation is now officially the Fiscal Sponsor for the New Mexico Jewish Journal! Donations of any amount are welcomed. Visit our DONATION page for more information.

TO MAKE A DONATION: Make your check out to New Mexico Foundation, on the memo line write: for New Mexico Jewish Journal, and mail to:
New Mexico Jewish Journal
PO Box 1293
Corrales, NM 87048.

Please include a note with your email address and mailing address. Donations automatically include a subscription to the Journal so be sure to let us know your email address if you are not already a subscriber. Donors will be acknowledged here on the website (unless you ask to remain anonymous).

Donations of $250 and more are acknowledged by letter for tax purposes.

Questions? Please email Diane at editor@nmjewishjournal.com

Our Community Supporters (major advertisers) for Vo1. 1 Issue 2 SUMMER:
Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque
Congregation Albert
Shabbat With Friends
Jewish Community Foundation of New Mexico
Institute for Tolerance Studies
Congregation B'nai Israel
Jewish Federation of El Paso and Las Cruces

and single event announcement ads from
Academy of Jewish Learning at Congregation B'nai Israel
New Mexico Jewish Historical Society

If you would like to become a Community Supporter or place an announcement, please contact Diane at editor@nmjewishjournal for more information.

We have a very full issue which we hope you will return to again and again to fully explore all the articles.
Vol.1 Issue 2 Summer:

1. Jews and Christian Nationalism by Ron Duncan Hart
2. Genealogy is so much more than a list of names by Schelly Talalay Dardashti
3. Board of Regents, Protesters and Jewish Students face off  by Diane Joy Schmidt
4. Summer Issue New Fiscal Sponsor, Community Supporters, TABLE OF CONTENTS
5. Culinary Time Travel: Easy, Cheesy Sambusak by Claudette Sutton
6. To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People review by Rabbi Dov Gartenberg
7. Glimmers of Hope: Standing Together by Rabbi Min Kantrowitz
8. “The Power of Hebrew” Reaches England:  Santa Fe artist’s work finds a home at Cambridge University by Norma Libman
9. Basque Country - Spain Discovering a New Mexico Connection and a 500-Year-Old Agreement With the Jews by Carl Montoya
10. Exploring Jewish Rome by Neala McCarten
11. Addressing Anti-Semitism at Las Cruces City Council by Marla Cohen, Executive Director, Jewish Federation of El Paso & Las Cruces
12. Henry Nathan Jaffa, Albuquerque's first mayor honored with plaque at City Hall during Jewish Heritage Month by Diane Joy Schmidt
13. SHAVUOT The holiday, the teachings, the food!  Compiled by Diane Joy Schmidt
14. Recent bomb threats in New Mexico and Colorado with ADL statement and ADL/New Mexico report for 2023. 
15. 2024 Legacy Brunch  by Erika Rimson, Executive Director of Jewish Community Foundation of New Mexico
16. A Friend of New Mexico: The Arava Institute of Israel Has Been Nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Ron Duncan Hart
17. Coyote Tosses the Stars or how AI won’t have the answers we’ll need. Rockower Award for Single Commentary by Diane Joy Schmidt
18. Finding the Jewish Community in Panama: Bagels in the Boondocks by Michael Wald
19. I use Mrs. Brickner’s Recipe from the Fairmount Cookbook by Diane Joy Schmidt with news of Fairmount Temple merger to become Congregation Mishkan Or, meaning "a dwelling place of light."

Lists, resources, organizational messages, Community supporter and event Ads:

1. Standing list of external resources: Reliable, varied sources of news, analysis and opinion about Israel and the US
2. Run for Their Lives: A Global Movement for Hostage Awareness by Lea Koshkin
3. Can Trees Treat Trauma? by Rachel Canar, Executive Director of Nature Israel
4. The Phenomenon of Jewish Success by Mort Gould
5. Don’t Bring Hate To The Protest from the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism
6. AbqJew  Resources and Community Calendar for the most complete Jewish event and class calendar in the Land of Enchantment, with upcoming events and classes.
7. Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque is a Community Supporter!
8. Congregation Albert is a Community Supporter
9. Shabbat with Friends is a Community Supporter!
10. Jewish Community Foundation of New Mexico is a Community Supporter!
11. The Institute for Tolerance Studies is a Communty Supporter!
12. Academy of Jewish Learning at Congregation B’nai Israel Register!
13. Congregation B'nai Israel is a Community Supporter!
14. Save the Date - NM Jewish Historical Society Annual Conference
15. ISSUE ONE - SPRING 2024 See all the articles in our first issue, including The New Mexico Jewish Journal is now live!
16. Jewish Federation of El Paso and Las Cruces is a Community Supporter!

Thank you for your community support!

Diane Joy Schmidt 😸

To see more articles click here, or the HOME button at the top of the page. Also visit the sections Donate, About, Life Cycle Announcements, Mikvah-Refresh Your Creativity, Submit, Advertise, Past Issues. Click the 3 dots or bars to see entire drop-down menu.

Community Supporters of the NM Jewish Journal include these advertisers:
Jewish Community Foundation of New Mexico
Congregation Albert
Jewish Community Center of Greater Albuquerque
The Institute for Tolerance Studies
Shabbat with Friends: Recapturing Together the Joy of Shabbat
Congregation B'nai Israel
Jewish Federation of El Paso and Las Cruces
Temple Beth Shalom

Single Event Announcement advertisers:
Academy of Jewish Learning at Congregation B'nai Israel
New Mexico Jewish Historical Society

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