(JTA) – For years, Candance Owens and Ben Shapiro traveled parallel paths.
Both are millennial right-wing culture warriors with social media followings in the millions. And both depart from broader communities that have historically voted Democratic ...
Center for Israel Education, israeled.org
• Published March 26, 2024
March 28, 2002 — Saudi Prince Unveils Peace Plan
Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia presents what becomes known as the Arab Peace Initiative during an Arab League summit in Beirut. The plan includes an Israeli withdrawal to the pre-1967 lines, the...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Steven Spielberg warned that “the machinery of extremism is being used on college campuses” and lamented those killed in Israel and Gaza while being honored for his Holocaust remembrance work at the University of Southern California.
The...
(JTA) — In Jerusalem, a service omitted the loud noise-making associated with the holiday in order to accommodate soldiers traumatized by months of war. In Tel Aviv, bakeries peddled a triangular treat renamed for a contemporary villain, the leader...
Ralph Eglin Wafer, age 76, passed away March 21, 2024. Ralph was born October 1, 1947 in Shreveport, LA and was the oldest son of Dr. John Gill and Dorothy Eglin Wafer. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Deborah, sons Matthew (Michele) and...
Sydney Lauren Cassel, 29, died peacefully on March 21 surrounded by her family after a long illness. Sydney was the daughter of Richard and Karen (Kaiser) Cassel; loving sister to Melissa (Mel) Cassel and Mel's fiancee, Johannah Walker; and adored...
(JTA) — A U.S.-led U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza failed on Friday because Russia and China said it was not strong enough, despite being the closest the Biden Administration has come to calling for a pause in the Israel-Hamas...
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published March 21, 2024
(New York Jewish Week) — Martin Greenfield was a prisoner in Auschwitz, working in the laundry, when he accidentally tore an SS soldier’s shirt. When the soldier finished flogging the teen, Greenfield took the shirt to another prisoner who taught...
(JTA) — In their escalating criticism of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, Democratic leaders have trained their fire on one man: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Earlier this month, President Joe Biden said the way Netanyahu was conducting...
Martin L. Altman, March 20, 2024
Beloved husband of Carolyn McKeone; dear father of Sharyn Altman and the late Michael Altman; dear step-father of Kelly Markus (Mark) and the late Lynn McKeone; dear grandpa of Margaret “Maggie” and Samantha “Sammie”...
Richard Dennis, 59, died suddenly on Saturday March 16th in New York City. Son of Miriam Dennis and Aaron Dennis z’l. Brother of Joel (Betsy) Dennis. Loving uncle to Rebecca and Leigh Dennis. Nephew of Lester Goldman (Judy z’l), Barbara (Byron)...
