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Orthodox Jewish leaders are telling their followers to vaccinate for COVID-19. Will they listen?

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — At the beginning of his weekly video Torah lesson, Rabbi Asher Weiss let his viewers know he was about to broach a contentious topic.

“I know that not everybody will like what I say,” said...

Palestinians urge Biden and Israel to return to the negotiating table

(JTA) — In a stark contrast from the last few years of the Trump administration, the Palestinian foreign minister said Saturday that the Palestinian Authority is ready to restart the process of negotiating a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict...

From Dubai to hospitals to, yes, Zoom, here are 12 snapshots of how Jews around the world celebrated Chanukah this year

(JTA) — What would Chanukah be without parties? That’s the question Jews around the world faced this winter, with the coronavirus pandemic making gatherings of any size unsafe. But as with the other holidays that have taken place since the...

Online anti-Semitism peaks during moments of national tension. And it’s being partly driven by Russian trolls.

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — Soon after the 2017 far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, a Twitter user going by the name “jojoh888” knew who was to blame for the clashes between neo-Nazis and the antifa activists who opposed them: George...

Chabad, JCC hold distanced Chanukah events

If ever there was incontrovertible evidence that the secular year of 2020 was anything but normal, this year’s celebration for Chanukah proves it.

The Chabad-Lubavitch Chanukah at the Riverwalk celebration was a socially-distanced live event with several hundred people attending...

Israel and Morocco to establish diplomatic ties

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — Israel will establish diplomatic relations with Morocco, which becomes the fourth Arab country to announce it will recognize Israel in the last year.

President Donald Trump announced the development Thursday on Twitter. He also said...

New York Jews were ready to unite against anti-Semitism after 2 deadly attacks. Then COVID happened.

By BEN SALES

NEW YORK (JTA) — When 25,000 Jews marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Jan. 5, Evan Bernstein felt something he hadn’t experienced in weeks: optimism.

Not even a month earlier, he had prayed with the small Orthodox...

Acclaimed playwright, pianist Israela Margalit presents emotional ‘Crossroads’

By ALAN SMASON, Exclusive to the CCJN

As an acclaimed pianist born in Haifa, Israela Margalit first achieved fame in concert tours as a soloist across Europe and the Americas playing with the biggest 50 philharmonic orchestras in the world...

The real story behind ‘Mank,’ the new movie about the Jewish screenwriter who brought us ‘Citizen Kane’

By GABE FRIEDMAN

(JTA) — Acclaimed director David Fincher’s highly anticipated film “Mank,” on the Jewish screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz and the story behind his writing of the classic film “Citizen Kane,” hits Netflix on Friday following a short theater-only run....

Supreme Court strikes down New York’s COVID restrictions on synagogues

By SHIRA HANAU

(JTA) — The Supreme Court blocked government restrictions on houses of worship imposed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in a late-night ruling Wednesday.

Deciding two cases at once — one brought by Agudath Israel, an umbrella...