(JTA) — Spain, Norway and Ireland said Wednesday they would formally recognize a Palestinian state, a sign of Israel’s challenges on the global stage.
The countries portrayed the step as an attempt to salvage long-dormant prospects for progress...
Carol Phyllis Keller, March 29, 1934-May 18, 2024
We celebrate the life of Carol Keller, age 90, who passed away peacefully on May 18th. Carol was the daughter of Fannie Shapiro and Joe Keller. Carol was preceded in death by her brothers Mel, Ernie...
Lisa Dessain Bly, May 13, 2024
Beloved wife of Steven Bly; daughter of the late Warren and late Carolyn Dessain; dear daughter-in-law of Eric and Elaine Bly; sister of Wesley (Terry) Dessain and Scott Dessain; Aunt of Katie, Luke and Tenaya Dessain;...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden told a Jewish gathering that he will ensure that Israel will have “everything it needs” to fight Hamas, a pledge that comes after weeks of tension between the governments over his pause on the delivery of large...
(JTA) — For Rabbi Jill Hausman, spiritual leader of the Actors’ Temple in Manhattan’s Theater District, working with celebrities comes with the job description.
So when she saw an email on Thursday from “Saturday Night Live,” asking...
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published May 20, 2024
(JTA) — Ivan Boesky, a financier whose role in an illegal insider trading scheme in the go-go 1980s sent shockwaves through a Jewish community to which he had been a generous donor, died Monday. He was 87.
Prior to his indictment in...
(JTA) – The Minnesota Republican Party has endorsed a podcaster running for Senate who has employed conspiratorial rhetoric about “the Jewish lobby.”
Royce White, a former professional basketball player turned right-wing podcaster, won the...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Today’s understanding of Hollywood — the glitz, the glam, the red carpets and paparazzi — are a far cry from the film industry’s humble beginnings, when a group of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe laid the groundwork...
(JTA) — The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as well as the leadership of Hamas for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The...
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(J. Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — Anyone who has read any books or essays by contemporary Israeli writers has probably encountered...
(JTA) — Elise Stefanik, the New York Republican congresswoman who took the spotlight for grilling Ivy League presidents about campus antisemitism, spoke at Israel’s parliament on Sunday, where she asked for God’s help getting Donald Trump reelected.
“When...
Ruth Young Hyman passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, May 17. She would have been 98 on June 7th.
Ruth’s life was filled with art and music. She graduated with a BFA from Washington University’s School of Art in 1947, and then went...
