South Dakota used to be the only state in the U.S. without a Chabad center, despite its history of Jews in the region since the 1800s when German and Russian Jews settled in the Black Hills following a gold rush. Then a visiting rabbi from Brooklyn decided to change that.
Read MoreIn a remote part of the Guatemalan highlands, Israeli businesses are creating jobs and wealth for Guatemalan youth. The Israeli-Latino alliance relies on the prominence of evangelical faith in Guatemalan politics and culture that sees Israel as an important ally, even as locals worry whether Israeli backpackers are a bad influence on their kids.
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