3 Jewish laws of mourning 💔 My father lost his dear brother Michael last week | That Jewish Family

A Jewish community cannot function without a mikvah, which is a small pool of water (and often called a “ritual bath,” even though that’s a horrible translation), and it’s usually the first thing they build. The mikvah has deep, spiritual meaning, and is central to Jewish observance. #Jewish #Mikvah | aish.com

A rare medieval object on display at the Tower of London 🏰 This Mikveh stone on loan from Jewish Museum London is rare surviving evidence of the Medieval Jewish community in London. The Tower of London holds an important place in the complex story of England's Medieval Jewish community and was both a place of imprisonment and of refuge for hundreds of Jews. This stone is currently on display in the Medieval Palace at the fortress. Find out more about this history at the Tower 👉 https://bit.ly/

MIKVEH FOUND NEAR JERUSALEM’S TEMPLE MOUNT MAY HAVE BEEN USED BY PRIESTLY FAMILY https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2022-07-20/ty-article/mikveh-found-near-jerusalems-temple-mount-may-have-been-used-by-priestly-family/00000182-1b31-d3fd-a5ff-7ff55f400000 (The video originally appears on the Associated Press Archive YouTube Channel https://youtu.be/uGhHYvXSpsc) By Sam Sokol An ancient mikveh postulated to have been used by Jerusalem’s elites around 1,900 years ago was revealed on Wednesday by re

The US is rich in Jewish history, and Jews have played a part in the American story in every era. For #JewishAmericanHeritageMonth, our Spokesperson Elad Strohmeyer visited Philadelphia's Congregation Mikveh Israel, the "Synagogue of the American Revolution," opened in 1740. | Israel in the USA