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Filmmakers hope to inspire RBG’s millennial fans

NEW YORK (JTA) – One of the first scenes in a new documentary about Ruth Bader Ginsburg features the Supreme Court associate justice, then 84, vigorously lifting weights, doing leg exercises and holding herself in a plank position. The much buzzed-about workout routine has only added to her status as a cultural icon among young progressives. more

JOSEFIN DOLSTEN | 5/3/18

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

Chef Michael Solomonov goes ‘In Search of Israeli Cuisine’

JTA – “I thought it was just going to be about falafel and hummus.” That was the perception of Israeli cuisine that filmmaker Roger Sherman had when he reluctantly decided to accompany his friend, the acclaimed Jewish cookbook writer Joan Nathan, on a food tour of Israel in 2010. But the reality exceeded his expectations. more

Lucy Cohen Blatter | 3/15/18

First Jewish university to open in Russia

JTA – The Chabad-affiliated Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia is opening what it is calling Russia’s first Jewish university. Modeled after Yeshiva University in … more

3/15/18

Einstein’s violin sells for over $500,000

JTA – The quirky Jewish physicist would have been proud. A violin once owned by Albert Einstein recently sold for $516,500 at the New York-based Bonhams auction house. The … more

3/14/18

In center, with the red beard, Rabbi Shaya Denburg, co-director of CTeen in Coral Springs, Florida, with Rabbi Moshe Klein on his left; Chayale Denburg, co-director of CTeen in Coral Springs, standing second from right; and some survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting. The survivors were in New York this weekend for Chabad’s CTeen conference.

Parkland students begin to heal at Jewish conference in New York

JTA – Seven survivors of the Parkland school shooting were among thousands of Jewish high school students who attended the annual conference of the Chabad movement’s youth … more

Ben Sales | 3/1/18

Hello from Key West, Florida, Calling on southernmost Jews

KEY WEST, FLA. - What, you’re surprised there is Jewish life here? This is the southernmost point in the continental U.S., a city of 27,000, with an artsy-craftsy live-and-let-live vibe. … more

M. CHARLES BAKST | 3/1/18

This 99-year-old is the oldest former member of Congress

MUTTONTOWN, N.Y. (JTA) – Lester Wolff served eight terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, which is slightly above average for lawmakers. But he has a distinction few of his colleagues … more

Ben Sales | 2/15/18

Mike Pence’s faith drives his support for Israel. Does it drive Mideast policy?

WASHINGTON (JTA) – When Mike Pence moved to Washington earlier this year, he and his wife took with them a framed phrase they had for years hung over the fireplace in their Indiana home, and … more

Ron Kampeas | 2/15/18

Israeli soldiers taking positions near the border with Syria, Feb. 10.

Israel, Iran and Syria just traded blows. Does this mean war?

JTA – Israel and Iran have been clashing for years. But on Feb. 10, their war of words briefly became an actual fight. In short succession, Iran sent a drone into Israel, Israel shot it … more

Ben Sales | 2/15/18