(JTA) — U.S. Jewish groups slammed a top Presbyterian Church official for Martin Luther King Day remarks that equated Israel’s West Bank occupation with slavery and implied that American Jews have the influence to get the U.S. government to end it. “The continued occupation in Palestine/Israel is 21st-century slavery and should be abolished immediately,” Rev….
(JTA) — Rep. Lauren Boebert asked a group of kippah-wearing Jewish visitors in a U.S. Capitol building elevator on Thursday if they were there to do “reconnaissance,” Buzzfeed News reported. The outspoken Colorado Republican claimed the comment was a joke tied to criticism she has received over Capitol tours she reportedly gave in the days…
(JTA) — Jon Stewart will be awarded this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in recognition of his political satire and activism. The award will be presented in April. Past recipients of the award, which is given to comedians who have “had an impact on American society…
(JTA) – Dvora Hacohen’s biography of Hadassah founder Henriette Szold won two honors, including Jewish Book of the Year, from the Jewish Book Council in their annual awards list. “To Repair a Broken World: The Life of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah,” which includes a forward by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, also was named best biography….
(JTA) — As she began to think about what she would tell her congregants on the Shabbat after the hostage crisis at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, Rabbi Jennifer Lader of Temple Israel in suburban Detroit realized she had already prepared. Grotesquely, Colleyville was far from the first time she would face concerned congregants after…
A new congressional caucus named the “caucus for the advancement of Torah values” and co-chaired by two non-Jews drew mockery and cynicism on social media on Wednesday. But the Orthodox group behind the creation of this group defended it as a move aimed to demonstrate solidarity with the Jewish community during a challenging time and…
(JTA) – Fans (and critics) of Jared Leto’s Italian accent in “House of Gucci” have new material to work with in his portrayal of Adam Neumann, the Israeli founder of WeWork, in the soon-to-be-released Apple TV+ series “WeCrashed.” An official teaser video released on Wednesday shows a first glimpse into Leto’s interpretation of the native…
It was only this week that progressive activist Russell Miller heard about New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer’s accusation in December, about a group of protestors from the Working Families Party yelling “Jew” at him. Gottheimer described himself as the victim of antisemitism. But Miller, who was at the protest, and like Gottheimer is Jewish, said…
(JTA) — Antisemitic incidents accounted for 27% of all religious hate crimes in 2020 in Sweden, where Jews make up 0.1% of the population. Hate crimes against Muslims, who make up at least 8% of the population, accounted for 51% of the hate crimes against religious groups documented by police in 2020, according to a…
(JTA) — (J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — Clean lines, a four-story building arranged around an open courtyard, and parking spaces for 50 bicycles are all part of the recently completed design for Berkeley Moshav, an intentional Jewish co-housing community planned for a 2024 opening in Berkeley, California. The community submitted…
(JTA) — Israeli police evicted a Palestinian family early Wednesday morning from their home in Sheikh Jarrah, the East Jerusalem neighborhood where conflicts over eviction of Palestinian families helped set off a war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza in May 2021. The family was evicted to make way for a school to serve Palestinian…
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