Geraldine P. Schiller: January 30, 2024. Beloved wife of Gideon Schiller for 65 years until his passing in 2011. Dear mother and mother-in-law of Patricia (Jerry) Padawer, Thomas (Helen Mary) Schiller, and Nancy (Alan) Stein; dear grandmother of Leah...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 30, 2024
The Conservative movement is upholding its ban on rabbis officiating interfaith weddings, according to a new, 21-page report released this week. However, the report recommends various changes, such as introducing new rituals and updating...
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA
• Published January 30, 2024
(JTA) — On Nov. 29, 2021, Ilan and Sherri Glazer announced to the public that they were expecting a baby after three rounds of IVF.
The following day, during their 20-week ultrasound, they learned that their baby’s brain wasn’t forming properly....
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A growing number of countries has suspended funding to the main United Nations agency aiding Palestinians in the wake of allegations that a number of its staffers were involved in Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre in Israel.
The U.N. Relief...
(JTA) — Jewish right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro has made his disdain for rap music well-known, tweeting in 2012, “Rap isn’t music. And if you think it is, you’re stupid.”
That made it all the more surprising when Shapiro released his first-ever...
Ruth “Tootie” Kessler of St. Louis, MO and Pompano Beach, FL passed away peacefully Sunday, January 28, 2024 at the age of 93. She was the beloved wife of 63 years of the late Norman Kessler, mother of Farilyn Hale (the late Rand Hale), the late...
Bettijean Blumoff
Betti, passed away suddenly and peacefully on January 25, 2024. She was 73 years old.
Betti was kind, generous and very outgoing. Betti was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Loving daughter of the late David and DeVera Blumoff, sister...
Judy Litvag Allen, January 25, 2024
Beloved wife of Stanley Allen; dear mother and mother-in-law of Jodi Allen (Rick Gordon) and Josh Allen (Melissa); dear grandmother of Seth Gordon, Jennifer Elfrink (Kyle) and Katie Gordon, Sophie, Molly, Lucy,...
KRAKOW, Poland (JTA) — Gavriel Rosenfeld, president of the Center for Jewish History in New York City, specializes in Nazi Germany and counterfactual history — or the study of what might have happened, but didn’t.
So when Elon Musk claimed this...
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published January 24, 2024
(JTA) — Music critic Jeremy Eichler’s study of how classical composers made music after the Holocaust was named the book of the year by the Jewish Book Council, which will present the National Jewish Book Awards Wednesday at the Marlene Meyerson...
Lawrence Howard Weltman, May 31, 1943 – January 23, 2024
Passed away peacefully surrounded by his family after a courageous battle with cancer. He is survived by his beloved wife of 56 years Judy (Farkas) Weltman. Dear father of Andrew (Jill)...
