(JTA) — The Israeli military hit Hamas sites in Gaza with rockets for the second time this week on Thursday night in retaliation for incendiary balloons sent in to spark fires in southern Israel, raising fears that the recent Israel-Hamas cease-fire could be in jeopardy. The Israel defense forces said it struck Hamas military compounds…
A man was taken into custody Wednesday after allegedly punching a 12-year-old Jewish boy in the Fairfax area of Los Angeles, which is home to many Jewish businesses. Daniel Rankin, 50, was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday on suspicion of alleged battery . The boy was not taken to…
A new app is going the extra mile to get people motivated about exercising: fitness app Rumble actually pays users to get active. Co-founded by three Israeli entrepreneurs – Alon Silberberg, Lior Klibansky and Yaron Levi – the app works by converting steps into coins to be redeemed for purchase or discounts at stores and…
Janet Malcolm, the legendary writer whose seminal books on journalism and psychoanalysis influenced generations of reporters, died Wednesday at the age of 86. Her daughter, Anne Malcolm, told The New York Times that the cause was lung cancer. Malcolm, who began a long career at The New Yorker in 1963 and whose books delved into…
(JTA) — An Orthodox Jewish school in London ended its relationship with an educator following her rabbinical ordination. The London School of Jewish Studies revoked the honorary title of research fellow from Rabbi Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz in connection with her attending and graduating from the Yeshivat Maharat Orthodox egalitarian rabbinical school in New York, an employee…
Legislators in California and Florida have directed major new funding to Jewish organizations and causes in their upcoming budgets. California’s proposed 2021-2022 budget includes $50 million to boost security for non-profit organizations such as synagogues and Jewish schools, while Florida is providing a $1 million dollar grant to the Jewish Federation of Sarasota- Manatee. Also…
American Airlines will begin serving kosher wine in all cabins of their new flights between New York City and Tel Aviv, as well as flights to Tel Aviv from Miami and Dallas. A panel chose six wines for the airline’s new routes, two of which are kosher certified. Both kosher selections are produced by Royal…
(JTA) — Jared Kushner is writing the “definitive” account of the Trump presidency, his publisher says. Broadside Books, a conservative imprint of HarperCollins, said in a release Tuesday that Kushner’s book “will be the definitive, thorough recounting of the administration — and the truth about what happened behind closed doors.” Broadside said the book, to…
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Americans for Peace Now is calling for concrete conditions on defense assistance to Israel, a first for a group that calls itself “pro-Israel” and is a member of the Jewish community’s foreign policy umbrella group, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. “If the U.S. wants to nurture peace and…
Israeli fighter jets struck the Gaza Strip overnight Tuesday, targeting Hamas military positions in Khan Younis, a town in the coastal enclave’s far south, and Gaza City, according to the Israeli military. The airstrikes came in response to incendiary balloons launched on Tuesday from Gaza toward Israel, and were the first since May 21, when…
(JTA) — Three Jewish nonprofit organizations will receive a slice of the latest $2.74 billion in grants handed out by MacKenzie Scott, philanthropist and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Scott and her husband Dan Jewett announced Tuesday that they were distributing new funds to 286 different organizations, bringing Scott’s total charitable giving since July…
