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NY congregation can evict tenants of historic Touro Synagogue

A Rhode Island judge has ruled in favor of a historic New York City synagogue that is seeking to remove the leadership of the congregation that meets at another historic synagogue building – … more

ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL with local reports (JTA) | 9/3/23

Israel wins gold at rhythmic gymnastics world championships

(JTA) – Israel won its first-ever gold medals at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Valencia, Spain, last weekend, improving on last year’s silver medal and solidifying its … more

9/3/23

American Jewish groups react to Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s sentence

American Jewish organizations reacted to the news that Robert Bowers, the man who murdered 11 Jews at prayer in 2018, has been sentenced to death. Groups stressed in their comments that the … more

JTA STAFF | 8/4/23

Why I don’t love ‘Jew hate’ as a substitute for ‘antisemitism’

(JTA) – I read a lot about antisemitism – as a professor researching prejudice, as a former fellow at a Holocaust memorial center, as a blogger for The Times of Israel, as the son of a … more

TODD L. PITTINSKY | 7/7/23

Brandeis U president apologizes for ad

(JTA) – Brandeis University’s president has apologized to the school’s Orthodox Jewish student group for a university ad that called the school “anything but Orthodox.” … more

BEN SALES | 7/7/23

Orthodox rabbis call for release of Gershkovich

(JTA) – An umbrella association of American Orthodox rabbis is calling on the Russian government to release Evan Gershkovich, the imprisoned Jewish reporter for the Wall Street Journal. … more

6/1/23

Conservative movement OKs vegetarian, vegan restaurants without kosher supervision

(JTA) – For years, a subset of Jews who eat only at kosher-certified restaurants have bent the rules by taking advantage of a growing trend: fully vegan eateries. … more

JACKIE HAJDENBERG | 6/1/23

Rabbi Michael Wolk stands in his rabbi-character costume outside the production trailers for “Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret,” which filmed in his synagogue, Temple Israel of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Meet the real-life rabbi in the synagogue scene of ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’

Rabbi Michael Wolk was nervous when he stepped foot onto his synagogue’s bimah in May 2021 – but not because his congregation was returning to in-person prayer after a pandemic … more

JACKIE HAJDENBERG | 5/4/23

Jewish groups mobilize to fight climate change

PROVIDENCE – On Feb. 7, some 40 people gathered to learn about the Jewish climate movement’s efforts to fight climate change both locally and nationally. Jakir Manela, CEO of the … more

FRAN OSTENDORF | 2/16/23

What American Jews fight about when they fight about Israel

(JTA) – Eric Alterman, born in 1960, says the view of Israel he absorbed growing up in a Jewish family in suburban Scarsdale, New York, was decidedly … more

ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL | 2/3/23