Abigael’s on Broadway, a staple of New York City’s kosher dining scene for decades, will close its dining room as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, owner Jeff Nathan announced on Monday. Founded in 1995, Abigael’s, was hardly the city’s oldest kosher eatery. But its spacious dining room and proximity to Broadway theaters made it…
A New York state assemblyman representing a Brooklyn neighborhood with a large Orthodox Jewish population continued to press Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday to encourage local health officials to allow summer camps. Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein of Borough Park noted in a tweet on Sunday that Cuomo had allowed public beaches to be open on Memorial…
Orthodox Jewish business owners have joined in calls for New York to allow small businesses to operate, pushing back against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has repeatedly said he will not risks lives in order to reopen the economy. Orthodox business owners are sharing their personal stories through videos on social media, using the…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s annexation of West Bank settlements should be part of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians as part of the framework of the Trump administration’s peace plan, the State Department said. State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus made the statement during a widely reported conference call with Israeli journalists. “We really think annexation should…
(JTA) — King Abdullah of Jordan said that “if Israel really annexed the West Bank in July, it would lead to a massive conflict” with his country. Abdullah in an interview published Friday in the German Der Spiegel weekly magazine was responding to a question on what would happen should Israel “take advantage of the…
(JTA) – When the coronavirus pandemic first descended on the United States in March, the Orthodox rabbis of Dallas shuttered their synagogues together in a remarkable show of unity. In April, as the governor of Texas began reopening the state, the rabbis banded together again, telling their congregants that they all would keep their synagogues…
The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf (CBTL), a California-based chain of coffee shops known for its certified kosher offerings, is ending its kosher-only status. In a May 12 statement, the company announced that “extensive consumer research” had revealed a desire for “a broader array of food options” among customers. As of June 8, bakery items…
The American Jewish Committee has demanded an apology over an editorial cartoon that depicts a crowded airline flight as a “cattle car.” The artwork, drawn by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Michael Ramirez, depicts a passenger inside a plane/cattle car saying “I can’t understand why people don’t want to fly.” This cartoon is offensive and a…
(JTA) — The Missouri House of Representatives passed a bill that would prevent the state from doing business with some companies that boycott Israel. The Anti-Discrimination Against Israel Act passed Thursday in a 95-40 vote. The state Senate had passed the measure last month in a 29-1 vote. The bill advances to Gov. Mike Parson,…
(JTA) — A video showing a group of Alabama teenagers drawing swastikas on a boy’s back was posted to Snapchat. A group of boys are seen laughing at a shirtless boy, a student at Mountain Brook Schools, after drawing two large black swastikas and the word “heil.” Some of the students attend Mountain Brook, the…
(JTA) — The Conservative Jewish youth group United Synagogue Youth is canceling its summer travel programs for teens, the latest in a string of canceled Jewish summer programs. The announcement, made Thursday, comes as several Conservative Ramah summer camps are set to announce that they are canceling their sessions amid the coronavirus pandemic. Some two…
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