(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his minister of religious affairs have halted a plan to create a permanent egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall due to fears of incitement by right-wing Israelis opposed to the deal and violence between them and proponents of the egalitarian space. The news comes just days…
(JTA) — Max Miller, a 32-year-old former Trump aide running for a congressional seat in Ohio, is finally getting the buzz of media coverage that candidates crave in under-the-radar district races. It’s just not exactly the type of press he would like. Miller, the scion of two well-known Cleveland Jewish families, is running for a…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bill that would create an Islamophobia monitor in much the same cast as the State Department’s antisemitism monitor cleared its first hurdle on Friday, after a House committee debate about antisemitism. The bill, whose lead sponsors were Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., one of three Muslims in Congress, and Rep. Jan Schakowsky,…
The cream-cheese crisis that has deprived bagel eaters and cheesecake bakers during the past week was quickly chalked up to supply-chain issues that have dogged manufacturers across industries. Turns out a cyberattack is also partly to blame for the schmear shortage. One of the country’s largest producers of cream cheese, Schreiber Foods of Wisconsin, was…
(JTA) — In recent years, Yiddish theater has enjoyed a remarkable resurgence, with Yiddish-language performances wowing audiences in New York, online and, last month, Stockholm. But perhaps its biggest audience yet came on Thursday night, when “Jeopardy!” devoted an entire category to it. The iconic quiz show is seen by an estimated 8.7 million people…
This article originally appeared in Haaretz and was republished here with permission. Former U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized Benjamin Netanyahu over the Israeli leader’s congratulations to President Joe Biden after his election, according to an interview published Friday by the Hebrew daily Yedioth Ahronoth. “The first person that congratulated [Biden] was Bibi Netanyahu,”…
(JTA) — Speaking about the state of Israel’s government in an interview with Galatz, the Israel Defense Forces’ radio station, prominent Israeli author David Grossman suggested Israel’s occupation had turned into an “apartheid” regime. “Maybe it should no longer be called an ‘occupation,’ but there are much harsher names, like ‘apartheid,’ for example,” he said…
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Throughout her childhood, filmmaker Bex Schwartz heard stories about Bernstein on Essex, a kosher Chinese eatery on the Lower East Side. “The way my family talked about it, I thought that whatever the ‘Bernstein on Essex Street’ is — [it] was just this glowing utopia in…
(JTA and New York Jewish Week) — The morning after the Centers for Disease Control recommended a COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 and older, the Abraham Joshua Heschel School on Manhattan’s Upper West Side had news for parents. By Feb. 1, 2022, the school announced, all children eligible for the vaccine must be fully vaccinated….
Brad Raffensperger, the Georgia secretary of state attacked by former President Donald Trump and his allies for certifying the election in his state for Joe Biden, still calls himself a proud Republican. But he’s longing for more moderate leadership for his party and the nation. He points to Israel, with its new, diverse governing coalition…
(JTA) — A top official in Philadelphia’s city government resigned Sunday after making antisemitic remarks, including referring to the Holocaust movie “Schindler’s List” as “Jewish propaganda,” and creating a hostile environment for staff, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Michael Rashid had served as director of commerce for the city of Philadelphia since November 2020. “Today…
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