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Israeli poet Rachel Korazim has been surprised by the popularity of her online classes during the pandemic.
An enduring feature of the pandemic so far: Jews are flocking to online classes
(JTA) — Israeli poetry scholar Rachel Korazim had been thinking about cutting back on travel when the coronavirus pandemic made the decision for her. “I said I really want to shift my … more
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Ukraine bans annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Uman
JERUSALEM (JTA) – The tens of thousands of Jewish pilgrims who travel each year to Ukraine for a Rosh Hashanah rite will have to make different plans for September. more
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Rows of bottles sitting on shelf in a bar.
The forgotten history of Jews in the alcohol industry
This story originally appeared on The Nosher. This may be surprising, but Jews have a long and very influential history in the alcohol industry spanning Europe, Israel and North America. For … more
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies at a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., on April 10, 2018. Later that year, the Anti-Defamation League would start to pivot from collaborating with Facebook to pressuring it on its hate speech policies.
How the ADL went from working with Facebook to leading a boycott against it
(JTA) — It was when Mark Zuckerberg said he would allow Holocaust denial on his platform that the Anti-Defamation League realized its partnership with Facebook wasn’t working. The … more
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The Alexander family's 110-year-old mural has been exposed on Bochumer Str. 165 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
When this German city tore down a building, it revealed a 110-year-old mural for a Jewish business
BERLIN (JTA) — In May, a demolition crew tore down a building in the western German city of Gelsenkirchen. As the walls fell, a 110-year-old advertising mural on the adjacent brick wall was … more
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks to Orthodox Union students and representatives urging state legislative members to consider non-public school STEM funding at the state Capitol on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Albany, N.Y.
Allen Fagin, head of the Orthodox Union, reflects on how the pandemic has changed Orthodox life
(JTA) – Even before the coronavirus pandemic hit the New York region in March, the Orthodox community was on edge. A surge in anti-Semitic incidents targeting visibly Orthodox Jews climaxed … more
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Wolfram Kastner informs a passerby about a Judensau.
In Germany, several churches have perverse anti-Semitic sculptures from the Middle Ages. Can one man get them taken down?
BERLIN (JTA) – They date back to the late Middle Ages and irritate to this day: The Judensau (literally “Jewish sow”) is a Christian folk image that depicts Jews sucking on the teats or peering … more
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BEIJING, March 21, 2017 -- Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Beijing, capital of China, March 21, 2017. (Xinhua/Rao Ainmin)
Breaking China: A rupture looms between Israel and the United States
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israel’s announcement last week that an Israeli consortium would build Sorek 2, the world’s largest desalination plant, surprised many who had been watching the deal: The … more
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2 major Brooklyn Reform synagogues in merger talks as COVID-19 pandemic cuts into revenue
(JTA) – As the COVID-19 pandemic forces businesses and organizations to lay off employees and close up shop, two historic Reform synagogues in Brooklyn are entering merger discussions to … more
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Sharon Heinrich, left, and Gali Hadari run Paris Chez Sharon.
From artwork to babka, Jewish Parisians are struggling to weather the COVID-19 storm
PARIS (JTA) — It has been a turbulent five years for the French capital’s residents. From the Charlie Hebdo and November 2015 terrorist attacks to the upheaval caused by the yellow vest … more
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