JTA
By JTA
-
Fast Forward Petition to Put ‘British Schindler’ on Stamp Gets Over 80,000 Signatures
A campaign to immortalize on a stamp Sir Nicholas Winton, known as the “British Schindler,” has garnered nearly 84,000 signatures in an online petition. The campaign was launched a week ago by the British jewishnews.co.uk website, and is backed by the Holocaust Educational Trust, the Association of Jewish Refugees and Sir Mick Davis, who chaired…
-
The Schmooze The Onion Launches VICE Parody With Israel-Palestine Video
Satirical news source The Onion has selected a new target for mockery: the documentary journalism of boundary-pusher VICE News. And its first installment of the “EDGE” web series is centered on the Palestinian territories. “Beyond The Brink: How The Israeli Occupation Has Made It Impossible For Palestinians To Score Drugs” opens with an exaggerated take…
-
Fast Forward American Jewish Committee Opposes Iran Nuclear Deal
The American Jewish Committee has come out against the Iran nuclear deal. Among mainstream national organizations, AJC joins the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and the Orthodox Union in opposing the deal. A broad range of mainstream groups, including the Anti-Defamation League and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, have yet to…
-
Fast Forward Former Settler Leader Appointed Israel’s Envoy to Brazil
The former leader of a settlers’ council was appointed Israel’s ambassador to Brazil. Dani Dayan, 59, was tapped for the post by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is also the acting foreign minister. Netanyahu made the announcement of the appointment on Wednesday in a statement issued from his office and also on his Twitter account….
-
Fast Forward Boston College Buying 24-Acre Conservative Synagogue
Congregation Mishkan Tefila, whose 24-acre property in suburban Boston is one of the largest synagogue sites in Massachusetts, is selling its land and building to Boston College. The Conservative synagogue in Newton had fallen into dire straits in recent years as its membership dwindled to about 300 members, and the congregation was forced to merge…
-
Fast Forward Jewish Home Files Complaint Over Threatening Posts to Party Chairman
The Jewish Home party has filed a police complaint over threatening comments posted to chairman Naftali Bennett’s Facebook page. The posts call for violence against Bennett, Israel’s education minister, and other politicians with the right-wing, pro-settler party, accusing them of being murderers. The comments amount to incitement, the complaint said, according to reports Wednesday. They…
-
Fast Forward Chief Rabbi of Budapest, Robert Deutsch, Dies at 59
Rabbi Robert Deutsch, the chief rabbi of Budapest, following a long illness. He was 59. Deutsch died Wednesday, the Mazsihisz Federation of Jewish Communities said in a statement that spoke of the community’s “shock and deep sorrow” over his death. He served as the rabbi of the Bethlen Square Synagogue from 1988 until his passing,…
-
Fast Forward Second Temple-Era Mikveh Covered in Ancient Script Discovered in Jerusalem
An ancient mikvah covered in paintings and inscriptions was discovered in Jerusalem at the construction site of a nursery school. The school was being built in the upscale Arnona neighborhood of southern Jerusalem when the ritual bath dating to the Second Temple period was discovered two months ago during a routine archaeological inspection, the Israel…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News ‘He was a mensch’: Slain Messianic Jew remembered as bridge-builder
- 2
Fast Forward Ye debuts ‘Heil Hitler’ music video that includes a sample of a Hitler speech
- 3
Culture Ye’s antisemitism is old news, but it’s time to pay attention again
- 4
Opinion How anti-Israel rhetoric led to the killing of 2 in Washington, DC
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion De Gaulle would weep at the soullessness of Netanyahu and Trump
-
Opinion How a righteous Joe Biden honored my Holocaust survivor parents
-
Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian TikToker with 3.4 million followers endorses Capital Jewish Museum murders
-
Culture The Jewish artist who almost died exploring the Wild West
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
