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PROVIDENCE, RI—Tuesday, October 24, 2023—Pro Israel Rally at the State House. Howard Brown introducing Sam Foer, right. Glenn Osmundson/Jewish Rhode Island

Dozens gather for pro-Israel rally at Statehouse

PROVIDENCE – Demonstrators stretched a long banner across the Rhode Island Statehouse steps on the evening of Oct. 24, which said in giant block letters: STOP ANTISEMITISM. Many of the … more

JEWISH RHODE ISLAND STAFF | 10/26/23

Adidas and its checkered past

(JTA) – As rap star Kanye West continually refuses to back down from his antisemitic rants, some of the many institutions he has ties with have begun to jump ship. The fashion tastemakers Balenciaga and Vogue have announced they will no longer be working with him. Hollywood talent giant CAA has dropped him, and a planned documentary about him has been scrapped. more

ANDREW LAPIN | 10/25/22

Carl Reiner, 95, dishes his secrets to longevity

(JTA) — The first thing Carl Reiner does every morning is pick up the paper and read the obituary section to check if he’s named there. “If I’m not, … more

Curt Schleier | 6/9/17

Election workers sort vote-by-mail ballots for the presidential primary at King County Elections in Renton, Washington on March 10, 2020.

Wish you were voting

WASHINGTON ( JTA ) — Old-fashioned postcards remain one of the best ways to get out the vote in underserved communities. Who knew? I picked up this nugget while reporting a story this week … more

Ron Kampeas | 7/24/20

StopAntisemitism.org was one of dozens of accounts to call attention to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's labeling of tefillin in its collection, July 25, 2020. (Twitter via JTA)

Twitter debate ensues after Metropolitan Museum of Art labels tefillin as Egyptian amulet

(JTA) — The first time the Metropolitan Museum of Art tweeted a picture that appeared unmistakably to Jewish followers to be a ritual object used in Jewish prayer with the label … more

Marcy Oster | 7/27/20

Jewish groups call for civil discussion on race following Ferguson decision

JTA – Jewish groups called for civil and serious discussion about race, democracy and justice in the wake of a Missouri grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officer who shot and killed an unarmed African-American teen in Ferguson. … more

12/4/14

Kids at the march against anti-Semitism in New York, Jan. 5, 2020.

25,000 march against anti-Semitism in New York City

NEW YORK (JTA) – An estimated 25,000 people marched across the Brooklyn Bridge and held a rally on Jan. 5 to protest rising anti-Semitism in and around New York City. The rally … more

BEN SALES | 1/8/20

Israel at 70: Holocaust survivor recalls fighting in Israel’s War of Independence

TEANECK, N.J. (JTA) – Mordechai Schachter didn’t know he would soon be a soldier when he traveled from his native Romania to prestate Israel in 1948. He was a 17-year-old with a passion … more

JOSEFIN DOLSTEN | 4/19/18

Rabbi Danny Burkeman has seen a big turnout at virtual services, which he leads from home.

With services online, many synagogues are seeing greater attendance

(JTA) – Mike Finesilver started attending daily services for the first time since his bar mitzvah shortly after joining Congregation Beth El in 2012. Praying every day with the same small … more

JOSEFIN DOLSTEN | 4/20/20

Jonathan Pollard released after 30 years in prison.

5776: A review of the major events in the Jewish world

(Part one of two) JTA – A stabbing and car-ramming epidemic in Israel that some called a third intifada was among the most dominant Jewish stories … more

Ben Harris | 9/15/16