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Miami Jewish Federation CEO on condo collapse: ‘it’s a communal wound’
Jacob Solomon has responded to hurricanes, terror attacks and Israeli wars — but nothing prepared him for the Champlain Towers South collapse. The president and chief executive officer of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation was awakened early Thursday morning with news that huge swaths of a condominium just north of Miami Beach had fallen. He…
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The Senate’s Black-Jewish caucus is growing
The caucus was created to raise awareness of the challenges facing the Jewish and Black communities
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Forward wins unprecedented 34 Rockower awards
The Forward received 34 Rockower awards from the American Jewish Press Association for work published in 2020, including 16 first prizes in categories including investigations, commentary, news, arts, sports, photography, multimedia and obituaries. The awards were announced in a virtual ceremony last night. The full listed of recognized Forward stories is below: First-place awards: Award…
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This Orthodox sports writer can’t write on Shabbat — so she covers the NFL
(JTA) — As NFL beat writers go, Jori Epstein is likely among the more unique: Start with being a woman, she doesn’t work on Shabbat and she has penned a Holocaust survivor’s biography. The Dallas resident, who attended Jewish day schools and camps, is only 26, too. Epstein, who attended Jewish day schools and camps,…
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The face behind the ‘Old Jewish Men’ internet craze is not in fact an old Jewish man
Old Jewish men are a unique species all their own. Few depict the phenomenon better than the Instagram and TikTok accounts ‘Old Jewish Men’ with more than 50,000 followers between them. The posts range from an old Jewish man kvetching about lox prices with a DIY cardboard sign reading, “MAKE LOX $2.99 PER POUND AGAIN”…
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Encyclopedia of Jewish women expands and diversifies
More women of color. More LGBTQ women. More Sephardic and Mizrahi women. More women with disabilities. The Jewish Women’s Archive on Thursday published a new edition of its encyclopedia that will add over 180 new entries to the 2,020 existing ones, an effort its editors hope will introduce readers to a greater diversity of Jewish…
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‘They need a miracle’— aid pours in for Jewish victims of Surfside, Florida building collapse
Jewish organizations are urging people around the world to pray for all the victims of the catastrophic residential tower collapse near Miami, including some 20 Jewish people estimated to be among the 99 missing in the tragedy. A section of a 12-story condominium tower in Surfside, Fla., collapsed late Wednesday night, flattening more than 50…
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‘Tevye in New York’ imagines the famous ‘Fiddler’ hero’s life beyond Anatevka
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — The last time we saw Tevye the Milkman on Broadway in “Fiddler on the Roof” was in 2016, escaping Anatevka as a pogrom swept the shtetl. Now, almost five years later, he is resurfacing in a one-man play titled “Tevye in New York,” opening in its world premiere — in Beverly…
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Books She followed rookie doctors through the very worst of COVID
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — For most New Yorkers, the early days of COVID-19 were synonymous with eerily empty streets, the constant wail of sirens, and the clapping and cheering for health care workers. But what was it really like for the doctors and other health care professionals who found themselves…
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The Democratic primary for NYC mayor is over. Meet the Republican challenger.
The votes are still being counted to determine the winner of Tuesday’s Democratic primary for mayor of New York City, with Eric Adams enjoying a lead in the first round of the ranked-choice race. But the Republican primary is decided. Meet Curtis Sliwa, the brash founder of the Guardian Angels, a citizen group that has…
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How are Jewish summer camps talking about Israel? It’s complicated.
The Chalutzim program at Wisconsin’s Olin-Sang-Ruby Union Institute, the Reform summer camp known as OSRUI, is famous for its Israeli counselors, two hours of daily Hebrew class, and a “British Haganah” reenactment of emigrating to the land of Israel. This summer, Chalutzim will do Israeli dancing on Friday nights as always, but other aspects of…
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