Israeli police evict Palestinian family from Sheikh Jarrah, neighborhood that sparked May 2021 conflict with Hamas
The plot of land on which the Salihya’s home stood has been the subject of a legal battle since 2017.
Pfizer CEO awarded Genesis Prize for developing coronavirus vaccine, will donate winnings to Holocaust education
Bourla plans to donate his prize money to “projects aimed at preserving the memory of the victims of the Holocaust.”
‘English is not her first language’: Joss Whedon claims Gal Gadot’s accusations were a misunderstanding
Gadot said last year that Whedon had threatened her career on the set of “Justice League.”
Ed Schoenfeld, Jewish restaurateur who helped promote Chinese food to New York palates in the 1970s and 80s, is dead at 72
Having grown up on Jewish staples like chicken soup and blintzes, Schoenfeld became an unlikely champion of Chinese cuisine.
‘I am grateful to be alive’: rabbi held hostage in synagogue attack speaks out in Facebook post
— Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, the rabbi who was held hostage at his synagogue Saturday along with three others, spoke out about the experi…
University of Michigan president fired over inappropriate relationship with subordinate, including flirty knish emails
“[I] can lure you to visit with the promise of a knish?” Schlissel wrote to the employee on Oct. 10, 2019.
New Jersey yeshiva principal resigns abruptly amid allegations of past sexual abuse
Rabbi Shlomo Adelman had been placed on leave in September over the allegations, then returned to his position in October.
Israeli government coalition teeters amid conflict over JNF tree-planting in Bedouin villages
The Jewish National Fund has been planting trees in the southern part of Israel on land that Bedouin Arabs claim as theirs.
Stanford to investigate claims that it capped admissions for Jews in the 1950s
The group will investigate a researcher’s claim, published in a blog post, that Stanford imposed a quota on Jewish students in the 1950s.
Poland appointed an envoy to repair relations with Jews. Less than 6 months later, he was fired.
Jaroslaw Marek Nowak had criticized one of Poland’s Holocaust laws in an interview with the London-based Jewish News last week.