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Chief rabbi of Buenos Aires brutally beaten in home attack

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) – The chief rabbi of Buenos Aires was brutally assaulted by a gang of people who entered his home before dawn on Monday.

The attackers broke into the apartment in the Jewish neighborhood in Once in...

Israeli director Guy Nattiv picks up live action short film Oscar

With a shout out to his fellow Israelis, filmmaker and director Guy Nattiv accepted the Academy Award on Sunday night for his short film “Skin.” “Oh my God, I moved here five years ago from Israel,” Nattiv said as he accepted...

OP-ED: Shame on Jussie

By ALAN SMASON

At the time of the first reports of what was initially termed a “hate crime,” much of the nation focused its attention on the attack that landed actor Jussie Smollett in the hospital. The hospital room image...

Off the Pulpit: Beyond the Fire

By DAVID WOLPE

“When God saw that Moses turned aside to look, God called out of the bush (Exodus 3:4)” Why? What was so special about Moses turning aside to look that only then did God call out? The rabbis...

The Robert Kraft prostitute scandal is another PR headache for the ‘Jewish Nobel’ prize

By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN

(JTA) — With the announcement last month that it had picked Robert Kraft as its 2019 laureate, the Genesis Prize seemed poised for a calmer year.

Last year the foundation that awards the “Jewish Nobel,” as it’s...

NCJW announces workshop for Legislature agenda on Mon. night

The Greater New Orleans Section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) will be holding a workshop to discuss issues regarding the well-being of women and children being considered by the Louisiana Legislature. 

A workshop will be held...

Israeli moon lander launches successfully from Cape Canaveral

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — An Israeli spacecraft is officially on its way to the moon.

The lunar lander built by SpaceIL successfully launched aboard a SpaceX rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida Thursday night. If it reaches the moon and lands...

Israel launches lunar spacecraft from Cape Canaveral

(JNS)– Israel became the first to launch a privately funded mission to the moon, in addition to becoming the fourth country to launch a lunar spacecraft, on Thursday night.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force...

Will Israel be the fourth country to land on the moon?

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — He’s spent eight years trying to land a spacecraft on the moon, but when Yonatan Winetraub stood on the launchpad this month at Florida’s Cape Canaveral, he was still in shock. “I stood right next...

Jussie Smollett arrested, charged with falsely reporting hate crime

(JTA) — Jussie Smollett was charged with a felony for making a false police report in which the “Empire” actor said he was the victim of a hate attack last month in Chicago.

Smollett, who is black, Jewish and gay,...