What Americans Had To Say About Jewish Refugees Fleeing the Nazis
They were called “so-called” refugees, told they were alien to American culture and warned against as potential enemies of the United States.
Donald Trump Doubles Down on ‘America First’ Slogan — Whether Jews Like It or Not
Donald Trump is doubling down on his America First policy.
Battle of the Wannabe White House Jewish Son-in-Laws
(JTA) – Somebody better put up a mezuzah outside the Lincoln bedroom.
Siege Mentality Grows in Hasidic Kiryas Joel as Corruption and Sex Probes Loom
Even before FBI investigators descended last week on the Satmar Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel, there was a growing sense in this insular community that it and its unique way of life were under attack.
Jonathan Sarna Overcomes Health Scares To Maintain Perch as Rock Star Jewish Historian
When Jonathan Sarna was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 1999 at the age of 44, it changed his life.
Kathryn Hahn’s No Rabbi But She Plays One on ‘Transparent’
Kathryn Hahn’s no rabbi, but this nice Catholic girl from Cleveland plays one on TV. As Rabbi Raquel Fein on “Transparent,” the groundbreaking Amazon series about a dysfunctional Jewish family with a transgender parent (Jeffrey Tambor), Hahn has spent a lot of time thinking about what it means to be Jewish
New Video Shows Second Boy Fondled by Hasidic Principal
NEW YORK (JTA) – A second hidden video from inside the largest yeshiva in the Satmar Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel shows a principal holding a school-age boy between his legs while kissing him in what sex-abuse watchdogs are describing as another case of abuse. The video follows the release of another hidden-camera recording that seems…
Democrats and Young Americans More Sympathetic to Palestinians: Survey
NEW YORK (JTA) – Democrats are more than four times as likely as Republicans to say they sympathize more with the Palestinians than with Israel, according to a new survey, and sympathy for the Palestinians among Americans overall is growing. While self-identified Democrats are more likely to favor Israel over the Palestinians (43 percent for…
WATCH: Does Secret 11-Minute Video Reveal Abuse of Boy by Hasidic School Principal?
The story is an all-too-familiar horror tale: An adult in a position of power – in this case a Hasidic school principal – is accused of sexually abusing a child in his care.
Mystery Pre-Holocaust Photo Trove Depicts Family of Yiddish Scholar Ruth Wisse
When documentary photographer Richard Schofield stumbled upon a trove of unidentified prewar photographs in September 2013 in the storage room of the Sugihara House museum in Kaunas, Lithuania, he knew he had found something special.
