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Gates of Prayer cantorial soloist Jordan Lawrence now starring in ‘Nunsense’

By ALAN SMASON, Exclusive to the CCJN

For Congregation Gates of Prayer cantorial soloist Jordan Lawrence, her love of music and of Jewish liturgical music has had to an unexpected and strange nexus. Tonight she will skip her usual Friday...

Prince Philip, who opposed Nazis and was first British royal to visit Israel, dies at 99

By CNAAN LIPSHIZ and RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — Prince Philip, perhaps the closest member of the British royal family to Jews and Jewish causes, has died at 99.

Buckingham Palace announced his death on Friday. Philip, who had been married...

Yom Ha’Shoah virtual event airs tonight; registration required

The Greater New Orleans Jewish community is invited to join tonight, April 8, in a virtual memorial to Yom Ha’Shoah, also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, at 6:30 p.m.

The centerpiece of the program administered by the New Orleans Holocaust...

JCRS virtual gala on April 11 to spotlight Marlene Trestman, new book

By BARRI BRONSTON

When the fundraising committee of the Jewish Children’s Regional Service (JCRS) was brainstorming ideas for its 2021 virtual gala, it didn’t take long for the group to look to one of its own.

 

Lawyer and author...

Rabbi Peter Hyman receives world’s highest Scouting award

By ALAN SMASON, Exclusive to the CCJN

Rabbi Peter Hyman, a highly-regarded American Jewish Scouting leader, was announced as the sole recipient for the Bronze Wolf Award, the highest Scouting award in the world and the only award given by...

Vaccine passports are being compared to yellow Stars of David from the Holocaust

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — Political activists, including Rep. Madison Cawthorn and a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, are comparing the idea of “vaccine passports” to Nazi Germany, with many invoking the yellow Stars of David that Nazis...

Jews in the former Soviet Union eat pounds of matzah per person — the most in the world — every year. Here’s why.

By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ

(JTA) — When it comes to consuming matzah, the Jews of the former Soviet Union are in a league of their own.

At the top of the chart are Azerbaijan’s 8,000 Jews, who this year are expected...

Updated ‘God of Vengeance’ casts light on Jewish double standard of the past

By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“)

The story of “God of Vengeance” (“Got auf Nekome”), the three-act drama in Yiddish by Sholem Asch was famously recounted in 2017 with Paula Vogel’s Indecent. That remarkable Tony Award-winning work spoke about...

Initial Israeli exit polls shows Netanyahu has path to sixth term as prime minister

(JNS.org) – Initial exit polls from Israel’s national election on Tuesday indicate that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, along with support from his right-wing bloc—if the Yamina Party is included—would have a narrow Knesset majority, giving the Israeli leader an...

JEWZY.TV exec expanding global Jewish streaming service reach

By ALAN SMASON

If JOTT TV CEO Jeremy Wootliff has his way about it, JEWZY.TV, his Jewish streaming service with high end movies, news and other features, will be a part of every Jewish home worldwide. 

His vision has taken...