DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (JTA) — Last year, Israel and the United Arab Emirates signed a treaty establishing diplomatic relations. But for more than a year earlier, diners in the UAE had already been finding their way to Jewish culture — via the home cooking of a South African expatriate. Elli Kriel, a sociologist by…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — After receiving his first dose of the COVID vaccine in December, Jonathan Livny, 77, assumed life would at last return to normal for Israelis like him. Livny, who lives in Jerusalem, was among the first Israelis to take the shot, and became fully vaccinated in January. He received his “green passport” —…
When Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman debuted at Carnegie Hall in 1963, he performed while seated — a consequence of the polio that left him unable to walk without leg braces or crutches since age 4. “I got a standing ovation, but The New York Times reviewer wasn’t sure if that was because of the way…
(JTA) — Rod Ponton, a small-town attorney from Texas, captured America’s attention this week after he showed up to a virtual courtroom looking like a fluffy white cat, thanks to a Zoom filter he couldn’t figure out how to disable. It wasn’t the first time Ponton has made the national news. In 2014, he drew…
Students at University of Illinois at Chicago are calling for the university’s School of Public Health (SPH) to cut all ties with Israeli academic institutions. A petition drafted and circulated online by UIC’s Students for Justice for Palestine (SJP) has gathered over 200 signatures in under 48 hours. The petition protests an upcoming virtual lecture…
(JTA) — Amar’e Stoudemire is deeply connected to his Jewish faith and likes to travel in style. So it makes sense that the former NBA star brings a token of his spirituality with him on the road. In an interview with Bloomberg published Wednesday, Stoudemire said he brings an “antique gold menorah” with him wherever…
(JTA) — A longtime contributor to The Guardian said the newspaper has stopped publishing his op-eds because of a tweet in which he said Congress is legally obligated to make “buying weapons for Israel” a part of any spending. Nathan Robinson, 30, wrote Wednesday on his website Current Affairs that the editor of the British…
(JTA) — Mayor Bill de Blasio said New York City will initiate an effort to make sure that Holocaust survivors get vaccinated. De Blasio gave few details at a news conference Wednesday, but said the city will partner with a “number of organizations in the Jewish community,” including the Jewish Community Relations Council of New…
(JTA) — The Arizona Jewish Post, a 75-year-old community publication covering the Jewish population of Tucson and southern Arizona, announced it would cease operations effective March 1. The Jewish Community Federation of Southern Arizona, which owns and operates the Post, announced the closure in an email to subscribers this week. The letter cited declines in…
Rep. Thomas Emmer, a Minnesota Republican, was the subject of social media mockery on Wednesday as he got stuck upside down during a virtual House Financial Services meeting on the COVID-19 relief bill. “I don’t know how to fix that,” Emmer said when a colleague informed him his face was seen upside down on the…
Three weeks into the Biden administration, the lack of a phone call between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is gaining attention. Secretary of State Tony Blinken played down the notion that Biden — who has already spoken to 10 heads of state — is snubbing the Israeli premier. In an interview…
שבֿע צוקער פֿירט דעם שמועס מיט וויווי לאַקס און ביידע לייענען פֿאָר עטלעכע פֿעליעטאָנען פֿון יענע צײַטן.
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