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Jews barred from Ukraine for annual pilgrimage

(JTA) – Breslov Hasidim were barred from entering Ukraine for the annual Jewish New Year’s pilgrimage to Uman.Passengers on at least two flights from London and Paris were prevented from … more

9/3/20

Sir Chief Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and his book "Morality", available September 1 in the United States

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on cancel culture, restoring morality and Israel’s missed opportunities

(JTA) — Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of Great Britain, has written dozens of books about religion and politics — but he also believes that mixing the two leads to “terrible … more

Laura E. Adkins | 8/28/20

Mirjam Wenzel enters the Jewish Museum of Frankfurt, Germany, on Aug. 25, 2020.

Frankfurt’s new $58 million Jewish museum reclaims Anne Frank’s forgotten roots in the city

FRANKFURT, Germany ( JTA ) — Although she was born in this city, Anne Frank is mainly associated with Amsterdam, where she hid during the Holocaust and wrote her famous diaries. Now a new … more

Cnaan Liphshiz | 8/26/20

The Rev. David Kale: Keeping Judaism alive in Northern Ireland

In the summer of 2018, sponsored by a grant awarded to my synagogue, Providence’s Congregation Beth Sholom, I traveled to Ireland and Northern Ireland to learn about Jewish life and … more

SHAI AFSAI | 8/7/20

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

Penina Beede | 7/23/20

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

MARCY OSTER | 7/15/20

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. … more

Joel Haber | 7/10/20

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

Ben Sales | 7/2/20

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

Toby Axelrod | 6/30/20

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

Shira Hanau | 6/26/20