The top State Department official on antisemitism told American Jewish leaders Wednesday that he is worried about religious sites in Ukraine. “Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion now may include destruction to religious and cultural sites in Ukraine,” said Aaron Keyak, the deputy envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, on a Zoom call hosted by the…
(JTA) — Roman Abramovich, the Russian Jewish billionaire under scrutiny over his ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, announced Wednesday that he is selling the famed Chelsea Football Club he has owned since 2003. Last week, Abramovich, 55, had stepped back from the Premier League club following pressure from members of the British parliament and…
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Park East Synagogue, the Manhattan congregation that made headlines when it fired an assistant rabbi in what was reported as a succession struggle, is looking for a successor for its nonagenarian rabbi, Arthur Schneier. An announcement posted on the Yeshiva University rabbinic jobs site did not…
(Ha’aretz) — U.S. officials are growing increasingly impatient with Israel’s attempts to support Ukraine without alienating Russia, arguing that anything less than full support for the beleaguered nation falls short. Israel’s stance is out of sync with the international community and has provoked rare bipartisan criticism in Washington, as Jerusalem strives to maintain Moscow’s permission…
(JTA) — The morning after Russian forces bombed the site of a 1941 massacre of Ukrainian Jews, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the world’s Jews to speak out about what is happening in his country. Russia’s attack on Babyn Yar, the Kyiv site where Nazis and local collaborators executed tens of thousands of Jews…
(JTA) — Ali Marpet, who won a Super Bowl protecting Tom Brady as an offensive lineman for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, announced his retirement on Sunday via Instagram. Marpet’s announcement was widely received as a shock around the football world. The 28-year-old is coming off his first selection to the Pro Bowl, the NFL’s all-star…
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — The colorful artwork on display at the National Museum of Mathematics is geometric and precise. They’ve been described by Wallpaper magazine as “the work of a Spirograph toy on an acid trip — elegantly swirling, myriad-coloured ink pens driven by gravity and precision mathematics.” The 37…
(JTA) – Jewish communities in Ukraine received a $10 million gift from a perhaps unlikely source Monday: a charitable organization founded by three Russian Jewish oligarchs who are being accused of having supported the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The donation is small for the three billionaires behind Genesis Philanthropy Group — Mikhail Fridman,…
(JTA) – The University of Washington won’t actually have to curb its Israel studies program after giving back a $5 million gift to a donor who was unhappy about the program’s direction. In fact, the university says, rescinding the gift — an unusual move in academia — is actually safeguarding the program’s future. “The university…
This story is developing. A Russian missile Tuesday hit Babyn Yar, one of the most searing symbols of the Holocaust and Europe’s largest mass grave of the era. There, not far from Kyiv, the Nazis shot and killed 33,771 Jews over a 48-hour period in September 1941. At least five people were killed in Tuesday’s…
(JTA) — Jewish actor Henry Winkler will star in a new show on Israeli television in Hebrew and English that is being called a “U.S.-Israel crossover” series. In “Chansi,” the man who brought us beloved characters like Fonzie from “Happy Days” will play the father of a haredi Orthodox woman who leaves her community in…
די ווילנער דאָקטוירים יעקבֿ וויגאָדסקי און צמח שאַבאַד זענען אויך געווען געזעלשאַפֿטלעכע טוער.
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