NEW YORK (JTA) — Relentless campaigns calling for curricula reform in the nation’s yeshivas. Misleading headlines about educational standards at Orthodox schools. Zoning efforts aimed at keeping large Jewish families out of suburban towns. Some see a direct link between such things and the anti-Semitic violence... Continue Reading ⇒
(JNS.org) –There’s no escaping controversy any time that Israel or the Palestinians are mentioned. That’s a lesson the producers, writers and star of the long-running “Jeopardy!” television game show learned to their detriment this past week when a clue involving the location of the Church of the... Continue Reading ⇒
While the sting of an unexpected and season-ending at-home loss still resonates for New Orleans Saints fans, the thrill of an LSU victory in the College Football Playoff national championship seems to have given local fans a remedy to their doldrums.
The Bayou Bengals of LSU soundly trounced Clemson University... Continue Reading ⇒
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (JTA) — The end of 2019 should have been a time of joy for Jewish Americans celebrating Chanukah and ushering in a new decade. Instead, Chanukah was marred by numerous acts of violence and other forms of anti-Semitism, leaving Jews questioning how it’s possible that, in... Continue Reading ⇒
LONDON (JTA) — The last two festivals to be added to the Jewish calendar prior to modern times — Purim and Chanukah — are both about anti-Semitism. There is one obvious difference between them: Haman, of the Purim story, wanted to kill Jews. Antiochus, of the Chanukah story, wanted to... Continue Reading ⇒
MONSEY, N.Y. (JTA) — A short while after the worst anti-Semitic attack ever carried out against haredi Orthodox Jews in New York, those present in the Forshay neighborhood of Monsey witnessed an unbelievable scene.
At Congregation Netzach Yisroel, the synagogue attached to the rabbi’s house in which the... Continue Reading ⇒
(JNS.org) – We’re still more than a month away from the first actual votes being cast in the Democratic presidential race. But an analysis piece published on the influential Politico website last week reminded observers of a possibility that many are ignoring: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders could win and ultimately become... Continue Reading ⇒
Last Sunday, the New Orleans Jewish community had to make a choice in how they ushered in the Chanukah holiday.
No, the tradition of lighting candles and oil-filled holders was still very much intact. The spinning of dreidels and the singing of “Ma’oz Tsur” were, likewise, traditional aspects to celebrating... Continue Reading ⇒
NEW YORK (JTA) — While a shooter was firing rounds of ammunition into two Jews in Jersey City, New Jersey, a kosher market worker and a police officer simply for who they are and where they were, I was halfway around the world, in Paris. More specifically, I... Continue Reading ⇒
