Jews in Far-Flung Places

• A Jew spends time in Earth orbit. He took a mezuzah along, but on Passover, no Matzah. (San Diego Jewish Journal)
• A San Diego Jew visits the struggling Jewish community of Wellington, New Zealand. (San Diego Jewish Journal)
• The eclectic Jewish community of Taiwan, such as it is, centers on the efforts of the island’s sole rabbi, age 89. (The Jerusalem Post)

EUROPE:

• Although “many Jews harbor a seething, deep-seated hostility toward Polandâ€?, there are many positive signs in Poland, including “Poland’s vibrant and emerging Jewish lifeâ€?, new permission to submit claims for lost communal property, a pro-Israel stance by the government, and full Jewish studies programs at three universities. (J)
• Yitzhak Szyf helps revive Jewish life in Transylvania. (Combined Jewish Philanthropies)
• Dov Hikind, having toured in England, France, Belgium and Germany, reports that local leaders are quite gloomy about the future. (The Jewish Week)

SOUTH OF THE BORDER:

• Nathan Englander, who has no connection to Argentina “but has dedicated most of his adult life to writing a novel set there,â€? gives us a tour of Jewish Argentina and the Dirty War, which is the focus of his book. (Nextbook)
• A photoessay of the Jewish cowboys (gauchos) of Argentina. (BBC)