Anne Frank, Christian?
By Andrew Lapin
The Republican nominee for Congress in Texas’ 7th district is a self-proclaimed history buff, but his take on Anne Frank is not...
Did you enter a Jewish building, event or program this year?
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By Larry Luxner
When Jewish summer camps unexpectedly had to cancel their summer programs two years ago after the COVID-19 pandemic hit and before vaccines...
This expanding Jewish university is doing some unusual things
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By Stewart Ain
When New York granted university status last February to what had been known until this year as Touro College, it signaled a...
Nation | October 13, 2022
German synagogue reports shattered window during Yom Kippur services
A broken window interrupted the final moments of Yom Kippur services in Hanover, Germany, unsettling a...
Jewish NBA, WNBA owner cites ‘faith’ and ‘atonement’ in announcing decision to sell teams
Robert Sarver, the Jewish owner of the NBA’s Phoenix Suns and WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, announced on Sept. 21 that he will seek buyers for...
New Jewish project puts youth mental health crisis front and center
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By Stewart Ain
As the pandemic dragged on, the parents of D., a 15-year-old boy whose name is being withheld to preserve his privacy, grew...
Jewish organizations assist in hurricane relief
Hurricane Ian tore through Florida, moving from the Gulf of Mexico along the West Coast over the state to the other side, leaving a...
Decades after the Holocaust, efforts to return Nazi-looted art are slow, steady
It’s never just as simple as “finders keepers, losers weepers.”
In June, the Philadelphia Museum of Art returned a 16th-century marksman’s shield in its possession...
Israel’s big experiment
By Noga Tarnopolsky
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Mansour Abbas, the first leader of any majority-Arab party to join an Israeli government, launched his reelection campaign earlier...
Leading Orthodox groups cheered the end of Roe v. Wade…
Pam Scheininger and J. David Bleich have this much in common: They are Orthodox Jews who are preoccupied with Jewish ethics and teach at...
