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JTA – Most of my American Jewish friends ate brisket, kugel, and babka at their family high holiday feasts. I often imagined what that would be...
JTA – The Palestinian American journalist killed while reporting on an Israeli military raid on a West Bank refugee camp was probably shot by the Israeli...
(JTA) When Jerry was 21, he was invited to a “white kiddush”, a twist on the Shabbat eve service that substitutes vodka for the traditional wine...
(JTA) Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story drew seven Oscar nominations on 8 February, including for best picture and best director. Spielberg’s best-director nomination makes...
(JTA) In spite of the continuing COVID-19 chaos and the mounting protests about China’s human-rights record, the 2022 Beijing Olympics are proceeding on schedule, just six...
(JTA) When Josh Groban’s cover of the 1965 song The Impossible Dream blares from the loudspeakers at Beijing’s Capital Indoor Stadium on 18 February, its lyrics...
(JTA) The Novak Djokovic COVID-19 scandal may be stealing the headlines ahead of the Australian Open, which starts next week, but there are several Jewish players...
(JTA) “Why does everybody hate us?” My son Izzy asked me this question after a man with a machete attacked Jews at a Chanukah party in...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Idan Roll’s mission as Israel’s deputy foreign minister is to repair the country’s relationship with progressives, especially in the United States. His challenge...
(JTA) A massive survey conducted over the past year found that even as young Americans are rejecting traditional organised religion, they are still embracing faith and...
(JTA) Tens of thousands of leaders and activists from around the world, representing world governments, nongovernment and environmental organisations, gathered in Glasgow, Scotland, earlier this month...
(JTA) Days before a neo-Nazi drove his car into a crowd of protesters here at the site of the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally, he...
(JTA) “Behind closed doors” is a phrase that crops up a lot in conversation with senior United States and Israeli officials these days. That’s the place...
(JTA) Fear of antisemitism spurred 40% of American Jews to change their behaviour over the past year, according to a new survey about antisemitism in America....
(JTA) This Chanukah, we’re celebrating Jewish sport miracles. We picked one for each of the holiday’s eight nights, plus one for the shamash. Our only criteria?...
South African-born Greg Joseph is the only Jewish kicker in the National Football League (NFL), and has been for years now. Last Sunday, he revelled in...
Bernardo Pulido spent more than $29 000 (R440 630) on genealogical documentation, Jewish heritage certificates, attorney fees, and trips to Spain to prove his Sephardic heritage. But...
Poland ponders changing concentration-camp trips Amid a growing diplomatic crisis between Israel and Poland, a senior Polish diplomat said his government was “reviewing” changes to annual...
Holtz quits as Team Israel’s baseball manager Eric Holtz, the manager of Israel’s national baseball team over the past four years, has stepped down from his...
(JTA) Before last November, Shlomo Lipetz already had his dream job. After drinking coffee and listening to a morning news podcast – The Daily from the...
(JTA) Sid Marantz loves tradition so much that he spent 20 years as a board member of his family’s Los Angeles synagogue. So it’s a big...
(JTA) Is gold-medal swimmer Lydia Jacoby Jewish? Lydia Jacoby, the 17-year-old swimmer from Seward, Alaska, surprised many when she came from behind to win the 100m...
Kosher supermarkets are rethinking their inventory. Politicians are emptying their freezers. And the foreign minister of Israel is vowing to get involved in local American politics....
(JTA) Orthodox player second to hit the big league The Washington Nationals selected Elie Kligman in its final and 20th round pick on 13 July, making...
(JTA) Silicon Valley tech stands against antisemitism Heads of some of Silicon Valley’s most recognised technology companies including Google, Twitter, and YouTube are among about 200...
(JTA) Bombed AP building ‘had Iron Dome jamming tech’ Israel’s United States ambassador told Associated Press (AP) that the Israeli army destroyed the building containing its...
(JTA) Dutch compensate owners of Nazi-looted painting A Dutch museum will compensate the rightful owners of a Nazi-looted painting the government said it could keep because...
(JTA) Aslan Karatsev, a Russian tennis player with Jewish heritage who lived in Israel for nearly a decade, is making history at the Australian Open. It’s...
Antwerp mayor warns rule flouting triggers antisemitism The mayor of Antwerp, a city in Belgium where about 15 000 haredi Orthodox Jews live, warned that their...
(JTA) The sweatshirt, spotted amid the mob that stormed the United States Capitol, seemed designed to provoke fear. “Camp Auschwitz”, it read, along with the message,...
(JTA) Since astronaut Jessica Meir returned to earth in April from the International Space Station, she, like all of us, has spent a lot of time...
(JTA) This year’s Grammy Awards will almost certainly be different from past years, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. But in spite of the lack of detail...
