This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission.Sign up here to get Haaretz’s free Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Friday that the assailant who had carried out Thursday’s terror attack in Tel Aviv had accomplices, and pledged that they would “pay a heavy…
(JTA) — In January, Michigan’s 11th district was redrawn as part of statewide congressional map changes. Two incumbent Democratic House representatives first elected in 2018, Haley Stevens and Andy Levin, soon went from cordial allies to primary opponents, each hoping to win the Detroit-area seat come November. Not long after, an email sent by Daniel…
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Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple, the largest Conservative congregation in Los Angeles, announced Thursday that he will step down from his position in June 2023. Wolpe has been with the congregation for nearly a quarter century. “They have been wonderful years, filled with joys and sadnesses, with debate and discovery, but mostly with learning…
(JTA) — This is a developing story. (JTA) — At least one gunman shot people at different locations along a downtown Tel Aviv street on Thursday night, leaving what Israeli emergency responders said were at least six people injured in serious condition. One was said to be in critical condition, according to the Magen David…
President Joe Biden is closely watching the volatile political situation in Israel as the government led by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lost its majority in the Knesset on Wednesday. “We are certainly watching that very, very closely,” Yael Lempert, acting assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs, said in a pre-Passover Zoom call…
(JTA) — After two pandemic-altered seasons, a three-month lockout and a truncated free agent frenzy, the 2022 Major League Baseball season has finally arrived. For Jewish fans of America’s Pastime, there is plenty to look forward to this season, from Atlanta Braves ace Max Fried starting on Opening Day to the fashionable Joc Pederson playing…
(JTA) – In the wake of last year’s round of deadly fighting in Gaza, a group of prominent rabbis in the New York area came to believe that a major American Jewish charity had indirectly fueled the violence. In a letter to the charity, the 19 rabbis, including ones with national renown such as Angela Buchdahl, Sharon…
(JTA) – Rabbi Jonathan Blake has fond memories of his time at Hebrew Union College’s Cincinnati campus. Not only was Cincinnati where he was ordained, but it was also where he met his wife, actress and singer Kelly McCormick — who converted to Judaism after spending time in the community’s Shabbat musical ensemble. Today, Blake…
(New York Jewish Week) — Joshua Kushner, younger brother to Jared Kushner, the advisor to former President Donald Trump, has made it onto Forbes’ annual World’s Billionaires List. Josh Kushner is the first member of the Kushner family land a spot on Forbes’ list of the richest people in the world. Neither his more famous…
(JTA) — It’s Jew vs. Santa Claus — and 48 others — in Alaska’s carnivalesque special House election. Al Gross, a physician who was raised in the Last Frontier’s close-knit Jewish community, is one of 50 candidates who will be vying for the state’s lone House seat in a special election to replace Don Young,…
