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…
(JTA) — Albert Bourla, the chief executive officer of Pfizer, was named the winner of the 2022 Genesis Prize, the award sometimes called the “Jewish Nobel.” The award, which “honors extraordinary individuals for their outstanding professional achievement, contribution to humanity, and commitment to Jewish values,” was announced early Wednesday morning. The award will be presented…
(JTA) — Jews around the world reacted with horror to last weekend’s hostage situation at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. But Anna Salton Eisen had a deeper connection to it than most. Eisen was a founding member and first president of the congregation, and when her fellow congregants told her what was happening on…
(JTA) — Joss Whedon, the director and showrunner who has been criticized by multiple actresses for his behavior on movie sets, shot back at Gal Gadot in an interview with Vulture published Monday over accusations she made last year that Whedon had made threats about her career. In May 2021, Gadot told Israel’s News12 that…
Deborah E. Lipstadt, President Biden’s nominee to serve as the State Department’s special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, is calling for Jews to attend shul this weekend in light of the Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis. And none shall make YOU afraid-Lev26:6:Jews-Orthodox/Reform/Conservative/Reconstructionist/JCC/Havurah/Atheist/Break-fast/Proud&Not so/LQBTQ/Straight/Unsure/Educated/Don’t know an Alef vs. Bet: SHOW UP IN SHUL THIS SHABBAT/SHOW UP…
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Ed Schoenfeld, a Jewish restaurateur who helped promote an array of Chinese food options in New York City over decades, died Friday at 72. Schoenfeld’s love of cooking first began with Jewish dishes like kreplach and blintzes, which he learned in his grandmother’s kitchen. And yet,…
The FBI released a statement late Sunday night describing the Colleyville hostage synagogue crisis as a “terrorism-related matter, in which the Jewish community was targeted.” The statement is a departure from comments made on Saturday by the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Dallas field office, who said the hostage-taker was focused on an…
(JTA) — A team of researchers said they have identified the person who betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis 80 years ago: a Jewish notary forced to work for the Nazis. The man identified by a cold-case team that has been working for six years to identify the persons responsible for the…
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