(JTA) — A rally is set to take place at George Washington University Monday after a fraternity on campus said a small Torah used in its initiation process was damaged during a vandalism spree.
(JTA) — Occult practices and totems are a mainstay of Halloween season, and sage bundles, altars and crystals are an increasingly trendy way to dabble in divination and witchcraft. But the spooky supernatural world also has a...
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“)
The macabre characters created by cartoonist Charles Addams were anything but Jewish, which is why it may be interesting to musical theatre lovers that the creative team behind “The Addams Family” is...
(THE WHITE HOUSE) – President Joe Biden delivered a statement today regarding the third anniversary of the Tree of Life Synagogue shootings in Pittsburgh tomorrow, October 28. Here is the statement:
(JTA) — Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced that Israel’s government will consider six leading Palestinian rights organizations operating in the West Bank as terrorist groups, prompting its first public spat with the Biden administration.
(JTA) — Failing to pay membership dues, wedding a Jew to a non-Jew and sexually abusing a congregant — these are among the violations that have long served as grounds for the expulsion of rabbis from the...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Washington D.C. branch of a national climate action group turned down a role at a voting rights rally because a “number of Zionist organizations” will be taking part.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Colin Powell will be remembered in history as the first Black U.S. national security advisor, the first Black military chief of staff and the first Black secretary of state.
(JTA) — When a school administrator in Texas was caught on tape saying that a new law forces teachers to offer an “opposing” view on the Holocaust, the raft of state laws aiming to prohibit the teaching...
By ALAN SMASON, WYES-TV Theatre Critic (“Steppin’ Out“)
In one of the pivotal scenes of “Dear Mr. Williams” in which Bryan Batt discusses his journey towards becoming a noted performer on Broadway, he imitates the voice and persona of Kitty...
