(JTA) — Serafim Sabaranskiy was a proud Jew and son of Ukraine. The 29-year-old, an active member of the Hillel chapter in his hometown of Kharkiv, saw the war coming early. He bought combat gear on Feb. 23, a day before the Russian invasion began, and as soon as the fighting started, he enlisted with…
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week) — Uptown bagel and bag lovers rejoice! The Zabar’s x Coach collaboration has arrived and it’s the ultimate mashup of nosh meets posh. As part of their Spring/Summer 2022 line, luxury fashion brand Coach is drawing inspiration from the iconic Upper West Side gourmet grocery. Specifically, Coach has placed the…
(New York Jewish Week) — Latke sandwiches stuffed with smoked brisket. Barbecue served on challah buns. Eli Goldman is putting a Jewish spin on his fledgling pop-up barbecue business, but nowhere as loudly, and proudly, as in its name: Tikkun BBQ. In addition to serving up his food at restaurants and breweries in the area,…
After a season leading the nation in scoring and his Yeshiva University team into the record books, Ryan Turell declared for the NBA Draft Tuesday, formalizing his intent to become the first Orthodox Jewish player in the history of the league and one of the few Division III stars to make the leap. Turell, a…
(JTA) — Israel announced plans to set up a field hospital in western Ukraine as the Russian war against the country shows no sign of abating. Israeli leaders on Monday approved NIS 21 million, or $6.4 million, to build the hospital, according to an announcement from the office of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. It will…
BERLIN (JTA) — Inge Deutschkron, a Holocaust survivor who hid in Berlin during the Nazi era and went on to become a prominent voice for remembrance, died Mach 9 at the age of 99. In her 1978 autobiography, “I Wore the Yellow Star,” Deutschkron — who moved back to Berlin in 2002 after living in…
(New York Jewish Week) — “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” aired its fourth season finale on Friday, but if you’re not quite ready to say goodbye to Midge and the rest of the very Jewish gang, the show’s real-life locations across Manhattan are just a vintage car ride away. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Sites Tour from…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will speak remotely to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday. But he will not speak or hold a mass rally at Israel’s Yad Vashem, as Ukrainian officials had requested, the Israeli news outlet Walla reported on Sunday. According to Walla, Yad Vashem Chairman Dani Dayan turned the Ukrainian request down…
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Major U.S. Jewish establishment organizations urged U.S. President Joe Biden to rescue and welcome, at a minimum, Ukrainian refugees with close family ties in the United States without further delay. In a letter sent Friday spearheaded by the Conference of Presidents of Major…
(JTA) – Russia’s war on Ukraine was only a week old when Rabbi Jeremy Borovitz tweeted a bold suggestion: He called for a Jewish fast day dedicated to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Now, Borovitz is among a growing number of Jews who are planning to dedicate a traditional fast this week to Ukraine, in hopes…
(JTA) — Dave Reilly is a longtime far-right activist with an extensive record of antisemitic, racist and misogynistic statements. So it would be hard to imagine him as a Democratic Party leader. But that’s exactly what a Republican Party leader in Western Idaho tried to make happen in a scheme first reported Thursday by the…
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