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This N.J. man’s on a crusade against anti-Semitism — and John Bolton might help
John Bolton is perhaps the most in-demand person in Washington, D.C. If he testifies in the impeachment hearing, he could change the course of history. But Bolton may sooner show up in the suburban town of Jackson, N.J., than on the floor of the Senate. That’s because Dr. Richard Roberts — an Orthodox Jewish philanthropist…
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Of Herzl, Einstein, Chagall and George Kennan: Memories of working with YIVO’s librarians
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is the world’s preeminent center for the study of Yiddish language and culture. Founded in Vilna in 1925, YIVO is now based in New York and includes an academic center, an archive with 23 million item, and a library with 400,000 books. On Monday, that YIVO’s board, facing a…
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Letter from Alabama: ‘Rabbi, will you take my dog when the Rapture comes?’
I was blessed to spend the bulk of my rabbinic service in a place I didn’t belong. I am a Yankee, born in New York, who served a synagogue in the Deep South. When I first arrived decades ago, I found myself anxiously striving to keep Judaism — and Jews — from being submerged in…
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On liberation anniversary, Auschwitz survivors in their own words and photos
Angela Orosz Richt is nervous about her upcoming trip to Auschwitz to commemorate the 75th anniversary of its liberation. She was there on that day, although she doesn’t remember it, because she was only about a month old. Richt is one of the very small number of people who were born in a death camp…
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World Zionist Congress election turnout is up — and secured with blockchain
Voting in the World Zionist Congress elections surged on the first day ballots were open, according to the leader of the organization that runs the election process. “More than double the number of people have voted in half a day than voted in the whole first day in 2015,” American Zionist Movement executive director Herbert…
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Exclusive: Trump impeachment lawyer Jay Sekulow says ‘I’ve never felt not Jewish’
Jay Sekulow, the Bar Mitzvah boy who converted to Christianity, became one of the nation’s leading evangelical legal advocates and is now co-leading President Trump’s impeachment-defense team, said in an exclusive interview that he has no idea how he was selected for the role other than by “God’s hand.” Sekulow, who along with the White…
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After new bail reform, New York is scrambling to get enough ankle monitors
This story was originally published on January 17, 2020 by THE CITY When sweeping bail reform was passed last April, state lawmakers allowed for the use of some kind of electronic monitoring for defendants charged with certain felonies. The reforms went into effect at the beginning of the year — and now city criminal justice…
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Fake study program for Israelis in Michigan allegedly defrauded U.S. of $40 million
A Jewish college in Michigan enrolled thousands of fictitious and actual Israeli students in a fake study abroad program as part of a scheme to pocket federal financial aid money, court documents unsealed Tuesday claim. The documents, which include a complaint filed by a former employee and whistleblower, describe in detail how the Michigan Jewish…
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Anti-Vaxxers hijack Orthodox group’s logo to fight HPV vaccination bill
Posters implying that a major Orthodox Jewish political organization is opposed to requiring students to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV) have been exposed as forgeries. The fliers, discovered in the Borough Park and Flatbush neighborhoods of Brooklyn on January 14, use the logo of Agudath Israel of America, a lobbying, charitable and social…
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That ‘Secret Hitler’ board game? Huge holiday hit at Amazon, since 2017
A board game called “Secret Hitler” has been a perennial best seller for the past three holiday seasons at Amazon, and organizations are calling for it to be removed from the e-commerce giant. So far, Amazon has not responded. The game is not new to Amazon, as data shows. Instead, it has been a top-100…
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