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Boston’s 118-year-old Jewish Advocate ceases publication

(JTA) — The Jewish Advocate, a 118-year-old newspaper in Boston founded by Theodor Herzl, is the latest victim of the coronavirus crisis.The weekly announced Wednesday that it will suspend … more

Marcy Oster | 9/23/20

Singer Foundation gives $1M for security

JTA – The Paul E. Singer Foundation said it will give at least $1 million to help secure Jewish institutions around New York in response to the shooting attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue that … more

11/8/18

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s personal trainer shares secrets of a healthy Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (JTA) – Bryant Johnson says pressure creates diamonds, and I think I just upped the carat level. Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s personal trainer did not know that his … more

RON KAMPEAS | 1/10/19

#WeAreAllJews: The Jewish media stand with Pittsburgh

JTA – Earlier this year, our colleagues at the three leading Jewish newspapers in the United Kingdom published the same front-page headline and joint editorial voicing concern over … more

11/8/18

Ex-Marine receives AJC Moral Courage Award 25 years later

JTA – The American Jewish Committee presented its Moral Courage Award to B.G. Willison, an American citizen who rescued Lea Kovensky, a survivor of the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in … more

6/9/17

The rabbi logged on to Zoom: A bride and groom were waiting

BY BEN HARRIS (JTA) – Before everything changed, Jalna Silverstein and Asael Papour were planning a wedding much like many other Jewish nuptials on the Upper West Side of … more

BEN HARRIS | 4/5/20

House establishes bipartisan task force to combat anti-Semitism

WASHINGTON (JTA) – A bipartisan task force to combat anti-Semitism around the world was established by the U.S. House of Representatives. The task force launched March 24 is designed to educate Congress about anti-Semitism, which its members … more

3/26/15

Kirk Douglas, on his 100th birthday, looks back – and ahead

BY TOM TUGEND LOS ANGELES (JTA) – Kirk Douglas – actor, director, producer, author, philanthropist and Torah student – is celebrating his 100th birthday on Dec. 9, and … more

TOM TUGEND | 12/9/16

Judge rules Touro Synagogue belongs to current worshipers

JTA — A federal judge on May 16 granted control of the country’s oldest synagogue to the Rhode Island congregation that worships there and not the building’s New York-based founding … more

5/27/16

Rome road race to commemorate the Holocaust

ROME (JTA) – A road race passing sites of Holocaust and Jewish remembrance in Rome will highlight events in Italy marking International Holocaust Memorial Day. The “Run for … more

1/20/17