Jenna Gottlieb
By Jenna Gottlieb
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Fast Forward In Reykjavik, Hanukkah offers a chance for Iceland’s tiny, isolated Jewish community to come together
Jews living in Iceland say politics over Israel and the local approach to religion often leave them feeling alone at the edge of the world
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News Iceland’s Handful of Jews Keep Faith Alive
Iceland has no synagogue, no rabbis, no Jewish community center or organized structure. In fact, Judaism is not even one of Iceland’s state-recognized religions. Still, Iceland has about 100 Jews who call this North Atlantic island home. And last year, roughly 50 of them gathered in a hall downtown on Erev Rosh Hashanah for services…
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