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New rivals, same storyline: What to know about Israel’s 4th election in 2 years

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — For the fourth time in two years, Israel is holding an election. 

And for the fourth time in two years, no one knows who will win or what will happen next. In many ways, the...

ADL report: Despite pandemic, white supremacist propaganda surged

By ALAN SMASON

Despite a new normal that kept most people locked down during 2020, the all-too familiar  threat of white supremacist propaganda distribution surged across the United States, according to a report compiled by the Anti-Defamation League...

NCJW, Hadassah & JEF host March 17 program

The Greater New Orleans Chapter of Hadassah, the Jewish Endowment Foundation of Louisiana (JEF) and the New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) will sponsor the first of a three-part virtual series on Wednesday,...

Limmudfest NOLA 2021 rolls after 2020 cancellation

LimmudFest NOLA, cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, finally rolled on Sunday, March 14, 2021 as a virtual event composed of four segments held over a five-hour period. The schedule of speakers and topics under the “big tent...

Local actor Dave Davis scores major film role in ‘The Vigil’

By ALAN SMASON, Exclusive to the CCJN

Dave Davis vividly remembers the period of isolation and loneliness he felt during the filming of “The Vigil,” the supernatural horror film in which he currently stars. It was the fall of 2018...

For Jake Tapper, being the rabbi of TV news comes easy

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — Jake Tapper wants to make something clear, but the more he explains, the harder it is. That’s unusual for Tapper, an explainer par excellence.

The CNN anchorman is explaining a tweet because who isn’t these...

Evangelicals’ rabid support of Israel chronicled in ”Til Kingdom Come’

By JACK LYONS, Special to the CCJN

How does one cover the 2000 years of religious history between the Jewish people and Gentiles in the Common Era (CE)?   Perhaps, a good start would be seeing life through the...

Star chef Alon Shaya helped a Holocaust survivor re-create recipes from his prewar youth

By MARGARET LITTMAN

(JTA) — Visiting Yad Vashem a decade ago, Alon Shaya got to see some of the Jerusalem Holocaust museum’s culinary-related artifacts that aren’t always on display to the public.

It was the James Beard Award-winning chef’s...

Andréa Burns stars in ‘Bad Dates’ as a woman in love…with shoes

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

Anyone who knows Theresa Rebeck’s writing knows she has a devilish sense of humor that has an odd way of popping up at the most opportune, yet unexpected moments. Her writing style...

Mazzik, not dybbuk: Horror film ‘The Vigil’ brings Jewish demonology to the big screen

By GABE FRIEDMAN

(JTA) — When Keith Thomas set out to write and direct a Jewish horror movie, he knew he wanted to go beyond the two most well known Jewish monsters.

Golems, creepy creatures usually formed out of mud...