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Yiddish Culture
Kamala Harris’ Yiddish Nickname Shows How Close She Is With Her Jewish Family
Gabe Friedman
Yiddish Culture
Kamala Harris’ Yiddish Nickname Shows How Close She Is With Her Jewish Family
Gabe FriedmanAugust 13, 2020“I’ve had a lot of titles over my career…but ‘momala’ will always be the one that means the most,” she said in her first speech.
Fast Forward
Report: Allegations against Jewish Congressional candidate were concocted to benefit opponent
Josefin Dolsten
Fast Forward
Report: Allegations against Jewish Congressional candidate were concocted to benefit opponent
Josefin DolstenAugust 13, 2020A college Democrats group allegedly engineered the plan against the Jewish mayor in his bid to unseat the longtime Democratic incumbent.
Fast Forward
Left-wing activists call for boycott of Anti-Defamation League
David Ian KleinAugust 13, 2020The campaign claims the ADL has a “legacy of supporting racist policing, surveillance, colonialism, and the silencing of social justice activism.”
Fast Forward
NYC approves ambulance permit for Orthodox female EMTs after years-long fight
Aiden Pink
Fast Forward
NYC approves ambulance permit for Orthodox female EMTs after years-long fight
Aiden PinkAugust 13, 2020“We hope this is the end of the long journey,” Leah Freier Levine said. “It’s just so exciting. It’s been so long that we’ve been dreaming of this.”
Opinion
Netanyahu just (accidentally) made his greatest contribution to a Jewish and democratic Israel
Shany Mor
Opinion
Netanyahu just (accidentally) made his greatest contribution to a Jewish and democratic Israel
Shany MorAugust 13, 2020This might end up being Netanyahu’s greatest accidental contribution to the cause of a Jewish and democratic Israel.
Opinion
They told us the sky would fall if Trump stood by Israel. They were wrong.
Norm ColemanAugust 13, 2020When President Donald Trump moved the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, the old-guard Washington foreign policy community said the sky would fall.
Fast Forward
Questions grow over record stock gift to obscure Brooklyn synagogue
David Ian BlackAugust 13, 2020Congregation Chemdas Yisroel received nearly 3 million shares in the Eastman Kodak Company, valued as high as $180 million.
Opinion
Annexation was never a real threat. The UAE-Israel deal proves it.
Abe SilbersteinAugust 13, 2020Thursday’s events are a reminder that surface-level assumptions about Israeli politics often prove to be unreliable.
Fast Forward
In Belarus, Jews picked off street, jailed amid police crackdown on protests
Cnaan Liphshiz
Fast Forward
In Belarus, Jews picked off street, jailed amid police crackdown on protests
Cnaan LiphshizAugust 13, 2020Belarus has about 20,000 Jews.
Opinion
America’s Holocaust museums should mobilize for racial truth and reconciliation
Kiel Majewski
Opinion
America’s Holocaust museums should mobilize for racial truth and reconciliation
Kiel MajewskiAugust 13, 2020Holocaust centers have public trust, moral standing, and resources that should be leveraged in support of Black, Indigenous and people of color.
Scribe: Community voices
A pitch for the High Holy Days season: Follow the lead of Major League Baseball
Jan Zauzmer
Scribe: Community voices
A pitch for the High Holy Days season: Follow the lead of Major League Baseball
Jan ZauzmerAugust 13, 2020Ticket-holders bought cardboard cutouts to prop in their seats during Opening Weekend. Should synagogues do the same for Rosh Hashanah?
News
Female candidate for top job at JDC steps back after public takedown some call sexist
Irene Connelly
News
Female candidate for top job at JDC steps back after public takedown some call sexist
Irene ConnellyAugust 13, 2020The controversy could have a chilling effect on other women who aspire to lead in the Jewish world.
Culture
How BTS and K-pop exploded the world music scene
PJ GrisarAugust 13, 2020“BTS put a voice to Millennial anxieties and Millennial stressors. And they put all these messages to really well-produced music.”
National News
Facebook banned stereotypes of Jewish global domination. Has the move satisfied Jewish groups?
Ari Feldman
National News
Facebook banned stereotypes of Jewish global domination. Has the move satisfied Jewish groups?
Ari FeldmanAugust 13, 2020“It’s distressing that it took this long for the platform to crack down on these particular forms of hate.”
Fast Forward
Seth MacFarlane adapting Herman Wouk WWII novels for miniseries
Curt SchleierAugust 12, 2020“The Winds of War” and its sequel, “War and Remembrance,” established the late Jewish author’s reputation as a master of historical fiction.
Breaking News
Non-Jewish N.Y. assemblywoman targeted in anti-Semitic attack
Shira HanauAugust 12, 2020“We will stand together, speak up and remain vigilant against this violence and anti-Semitism,” Rebecca Seawright said.
National News
The schmaltzy story of how Doug Emhoff wooed Kamala Harris
Avital Chizhik-GoldschmidtAugust 12, 2020The morning after their first date, he wrote her an email: “I’m too old to play games…I really like you, I want to see if we can make this work.”
Culture
They returned to summer camp — and saw the country’s political future
Irene ConnellyAugust 12, 2020By searching for consensus in a polarized summer program, “Boys State” examines the future of consensus in our polarized democracy.
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