Philadelphia
After scandal, can the Philadelphia Federation’s new CEO turn it around?
Michael Balaban has his work cut out for him.
Local Georgia race draws Philadelphia cops, Soros and a whiff of antisemitism
Billboards aimed at defeating Cook Jones went up, proclaiming she “is funded by George Soros.” Mailers reached voters with the same message.
Long live Zayde Wisdom, the NHL’s new most Yiddishkeit player
A lot of our zaydes are right-wingers. Many are wise. But not like this.
Philadelphia Jewish Federation: We won’t work with local NAACP because of ‘anti-Jewish’ posts
Rodney Muhammad “still has yet to fully apologize for his most recent actions,” the federation said.
Philadelphia NAACP head apologizes for anti-Semitic image, not his mosque’s anti-Semitic Facebook page
Philadelphia NAACP head Rodney Muhammad apologizes for anti-Semitic image but won’t resign
Outcry after Philadelphia NAACP head posts anti-Semitic meme on Facebook
Rodney Muhammad is a civil rights figure and local Nation of Islam leader who often praises the work of Louis Farrakhan.
A Jewish day school turns its art center into a medical face shield factory
Kohelet Yeshiva High in suburban Philly is using its high-tech “fab lab” to make lifesaving supplies for doctors and nurses.
Sign of what’s to come? This JCC laid off 176 people because of coronavirus
The Kaiserman JCC outside Philadelphia has laid off nearly all its staff. That could be repeated at Jewish community centers across the country.
Man shouts anti-Semitic epithets in Philadelphia kosher market
The incident comes less than two months after a shooting at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City that killed three and a policeman earlier by the
Anti-Semitic, Racist Pamphlets Distributed In South Philadelphia
The page-long flier makes several false claims about the Jewish community and African Americans, according to local media.