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Businessmen, spin doctors and journalists make last-ditch bid to save UK Jewish papers

(JTA) – Two weeks ago, the owners of the United Kingdom’s top two Jewish newspapers described their plans to dissolve the publications as a sad, inescapable consequence of the coronavirus … more

Cnaan Liphshiz | 4/22/20

North of Paris, a beleaguered Jewish community dares to seder

SAINT-DENIS, France (JTA) – After three firebombs hit the synagogue in this poor and heavily Muslim suburb of Paris, municipal authorities advised the local Jewish community to lower its … more

CNAAN LIPHSHIZ | 4/15/16

March is Jewish Women’s History Month

In 2002, the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, Mass., opened a new exhibit, Enterprising Women: 250 Years of American Business, that celebrated the accomplishments of female entrepreneurs. Inspired by this exhibit, Gail Reimer, … more

Toby Rossner | 3/13/14

Berlin Holocaust remembrance event hacked with anti-Semitic messages and images

(JTA) — An online Holocaust remembrance event coordinated by Israel’s embassy in Berlin was hacked with vulgar anti-Semitic images and messages.Monday evening’s memorial event, a … more

Toby Axelrod | 4/22/20

The intricacies of the Hebrew calendar leap year

No, it isn’t nearly as rare as “Thanksgivukkah,” the once-in-75,000-years overlap of the first day of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving Day that took the Jewish world by storm in 2013. But this year’s 13-month Hebrew calendar isn’t an annual … more

Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org | 3/13/14

House votes to strengthen the U.S.-Israel relationship

On March 5, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded House passage of H.R. 938, the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014. The legislation, authored by Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen … more

3/13/14

Jewish community stands in solidarity with Christchurch victims

On Monday evening, hundreds gathered in the parking lot of Masjid Al Kareem, the Islamic Center of Rhode Island in Providence, for a vigil in memory of the 50 murdered Friday in Christchurch, New Zealand. The comparisons to our community’s vigil in the aftermath of the October 2018 shooting at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh were unavoidable. more

STEPHANIE HAGUE | 3/20/19

Latin American Jewish Congress elects Argentine businessman as new president

JTA – The Latin American Jewish Congress elected Argentine businessman Adrian Werthein president. Werthein was elected April 23 at the World Jewish Congress’ Plenary Assembly in New … more

4/27/17

9 inspiring Jews who died in 2019

(JTA) – The end of each year offers the opportunity to remember the Jewish figures we lost over the past 12 months who left outsized impressions on our world. This year, … more

JTA STAFF | 1/8/20

BDS is anti-constitutional and discriminatory, Spanish tribunal rules

JTA – Citing anti-discrimination laws, a Spanish constitutional tribunal recommended scrapping a municipality’s motion calling for a boycott of Israel. The Ministerio Fiscal, an … more

5/27/16