The Weekly News Nosh – April, 5 2026

This Jewish heritage news digest is this week’s NewsNosh (The Weekly News Nosh) from L’Dor V’Dor Foundation—a curated set of links for anyone interested in Jewish family history, Jewish history, and Jewish heritage. This week’s NewsNosh Jewish heritage news digest includes JDays events calendar, MyHeritage DNA $19.90 + Traits video, women’s genealogy tips, Passover stories, archaeology, kosher MLB guide, and more.

Editor: Phil Goldfarb, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

This week’s news links:

1. Starting today…Do Not Pass-Over one of the most comprehensive and top web sites for discovering interesting, thought-provoking, and educational Jewish events and programs to attend live or virtual. The Worldwide Jewish Event Calendar called JDays offered by the L’Dor V’Dor Foundation is THE PLACE to go to view and to post upcoming events…all for free! Not only Jewish Genealogy Society programs, but Jewish Museums, Jewish Historical Societies, Holocaust Museums, Universities with Judaic Studies Programs, Jewish Book Clubs (check out Qesher’s programs, my personal favorite), Jewish Research Divisions and Jewish Special Interest Groups. To view what is coming up anytime 24/7/365 go to: JDays. To post your organizations events/programs go to: User Submitted Events You can even have the calendar sent to you free every month via e-mail: Subscribe – L’Dor V’Dor Foundation (LDVDF)
2. MyHeritage DNA Test for $19.90. The lowest price that they have ever offered in the United States (excluding CA, WA, and MD). Go to: DNA Test – Uncover Your Ethnic Origins & Ancestry – MyHeritage

3. Star in Your Own Traits Video From MyHeritage! Now you can create a fun, free, personalized Traits Video that highlights some of your most prominent traits! The video is created with AI and showcases your strongest traits with a witty, playful twist — like steam coming out of your ears because you’re sensitive to chili peppers. Go to your personal traits: Introducing MyHeritage DNA Traits: Discover How Your DNA Influences Who You Are – MyHeritage Blog, then make your own video. You can see an example of the MyHeritage Genealogist Expert Daniel Horowitz trait video here: MyHeritage Traits Video | HubSpot Video
4. The Genealogical Research Assistant (GRA): Free for Every AI Platform. A GPS-aligned prompt and skill for ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Claude Cowork, Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, LM Studio and other local models — one document, six ways. Read the latest from the AI Genealogy Guru-Steve Little: The Genealogical Research Assistant (GRA): Free for Every AI Platform
5. Let My People Code. Every wave of new technology produces the same response from experts: this will destroy quality. They’re partly right. And partly protecting something else entirely. Read more from Aish: Let My People Code | Aish
6. How to Find Your Female Ancestors. Have you had trouble finding information about your female ancestors during your genealogy research? In this post, find tips and tricks for locating the women in your family tree. From Who You Are Made Of: How to Find Your Female Ancestors – Who are You Made Of?
7. The elderly were among the most vulnerable in the Holocaust – and the most overlooked. ‘Eldercide,’ on display at London’s Wiener Holocaust Library, explores how older Jews were especially unlikely to survive the Nazis, while those who did faced enormous challenges. Read the story from The Times of Israel: The elderly were among the most vulnerable in the Holocaust – and the most overlooked | The Times of Israel
8. The Powerful Passover Prayer from Bergen-Belsen. In the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during Passover 1944, the Jewish prisoners faced an impossible situation. There was no matzah. There was only chametz—and to refuse it meant starvation, or worse. The rabbis in the camp ruled that the Jews must eat to survive. Jewish law is unambiguous: pikuach nefesh, the preservation of life, overrides virtually every commandment. Read the story and prayer from Aish: The Powerful Passover Prayer from Bergen-Belsen | Aish
9. Scallion fights, soft matzo and other Passover traditions live on around the world. From India’s animal blood on doorposts to Ethiopia’s all-chickpea pre-Seder diets, the Jewish diaspora has developed distinctive traditions that endure. Read the story from The Forward: Passover traditions from around the world – The Forward
10. How your matzah gets made: A peek inside the Streit’s factory. Born on the Lower East Side, the Jewish family-run business celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Read the story from JTA: How your matzah gets made: A peek inside the Streit’s factory – New York Jewish Week
11. New Archeological Finds Israel-Haters Don’t Want You to Discover. An anti-Israel channel claimed Israel is digging under the Al-Aqsa mosque, threatening its foundations — and that archaeologists have found nothing to prove Jews ever lived here. We took a tour to find out for ourselves. See the video from Aish: New Archeological Finds Israel-Haters Don’t Want You to Discover | Aish
12. 10 Witty Jewish Responses to Antisemitism. From Groucho Marx to Albert Einstein to Alex Edelman, sometimes the best weapon against Jew hatred is a great punchline. Read these great responses from history from Aish: 10 Witty Jewish Responses to Antisemitism | Aish
13. Ancient taunt uncovered near Sea of Galilee as archaeologists find rare, inscribed sling bullet. 2,000-year-old projectile discovered near Hippos carries sarcastic Greek message aimed at besieging enemies. The one-word message to the enemy: “Learn”. Read the story from Jewish News UK: Ancient taunt uncovered near Sea of Galilee as archaeologists find rare inscribed sling bullet – Jewish News
14. Stitched in faith, woven in memory, these precious artifacts bind Jews to their history. An exhibit of Torah binders shows the symbolic and functional aspect of Jewish ritual objects. Read the story from The Forward: In an exhibit of Torah binders, ritual objects bind Jews to history – The Forward
15. America’s oldest synagogue closed. Then an unlikely group tended its cemetery. For decades after its congregation faded, one of America’s oldest Jewish cemeteries endured — preserved by both Christians and Jews. Read the story from The Forward: Who maintained Jewish cemetery when Touro Synagogue closed? – The Forward
16. An €85,000 ($97,400 USD) grant for conservation work at the Old Jewish Cemetery in Mainz, Germany one of the oldest in Europe. The Old Jewish Cemetery, which has gravestones dating from the 11th century to the late 19th century. Stones are still being recovered — in 2021, 18 medieval Jewish gravestones were discovered during construction. They were built into a wall  along the Rhine river following 15th century pogroms that saw the expulsion of Jews from the city and destruction of the Jewish cemetery. Read the story from Jewish Heritage Europe: https://jewish-heritage-europe.eu/2026/03/30/germany-mainz-cemetery/
17. Kosher Food at MLB Stadiums: The Complete 2026 Guide. Today, 13 MLB stadiums across the United States and Canada operate dedicated kosher concession stands for home games. Read more from Yeah Thats Kosher: Kosher Food at MLB Stadiums: The Complete 2026 Guide • YeahThatsKosher
18. Tel Aviv startup creates ‘lifesaver’ AI heart scanner. The innovation detects heart failure from a single video clip produced by a hand-held ultrasound. Read the story from the JC: Tel Aviv startup creates ‘life-saver’ AI heart scanner – The Jewish Chronicle – The Jewish Chronicle

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