(JTA) — A doctor, a lawyer, a banker and a therapist set up an office together. It sounds like something out of “Old Jews Telling Jokes.” More like a Pioneering Option for Aging Jews. The shared premises are at the heart of the plan for Covenant Place, a renovated Jewish independent living community for senior…
Joshua Browder is out for revenge. Last week, he learned he was among the more than 100 million people whose Social Security numbers were stolen by hackers targeting the credit reporting firm Equifax. Now, he has created a website that he thinks could ruin the company. Browder is the great-grandson of a legendary American Communist,…
Has President Trump’s effort to reach out to Jewish voters hit a brick wall with everyone but the Orthodox? A new survey commissioned by the American Jewish Committee suggests that Trump is facing overwhelming disapproval among Jewish voters on almost all issues. With a staggering 77% disapproval rate among Jewish voters and only 21% viewing…
Thousands of Jewish seniors in parts of South Florida are still without power due to the after-effects of Hurricane Irma, an issue of growing concern after at least seven people died in a local nursing home. “At the moment, we’re still working on getting people food and water, and we’re waiting on electrical in a…
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author and academic turned diplomat, Samantha Power is best known for her efforts to bring her work highlighting genocide prevention onto the national and global stage. Power is now writing about her experiences from a perch at Harvard University, after concluding in January a tumultuous four years as the United States ambassador…
The Public Religion Research Institute (PPRI) released a report last week on “America’s Changing Religious Identity.” Many of the findings were of particular interest to the Jewish community. Below are the 10 most fascinating things we learned about the changing nature of the American Jewish landscape: 1: Jews Are No Longer The Most Educated Religious…
Five women who have broken with ultra-Orthodox Judaism are accusing a man in the ex-Orthodox community of sexual misconduct, with three alleging that he sexually assaulted them. The allegations surfaced when one of the women posted her story to Facebook, which prompted several women to tell their own stories of alleged mistreatment — from pressuring…
A candidate who blamed the displacement of Harlem’s black and Hispanic residents on “greedy Jewish landlords” is on the ballot in New York City today after his campaign received nearly $100,000 in public funds. Thomas Lopez-Pierre, a candidate for New York City Council in Harlem and upper Manhattan, removed the “greedy Jewish landlords” line from…
For seven decades, the cloistered nuns of the Dominican Order lived a quiet life in the small town of Elmira, New York. The women lived secluded in their monastery, the former clubhouse of a nearby golf club complete with a chapel and a large garden, and were a little-noticed presence in town. In 2014, their…
Hurricane Irma lashed at both coasts of Florida, cutting power to nearly 6 million people and causing widespread damage — even though some experts said the state may have dodged the worst-case scenario. In the Miami area, home to one of the United States’ largest Jewish populations, water began flooding the streets in the morning….
Tour guides leading thousands of visitors to Masada each year follow a similar routine: Where Roman troops breached the walls, they retell Josephus Flavius’s account of how a group of obsessive, fanatical Jewish rebels refused to concede to servitude or slaughter, and committed suicide instead. For decades, archaeology at the site has been calling the…
