(JTA) — The Senate passed a bill to help law enforcement respond to hate crimes and report them to the federal government, alongside legislation that specifically combats anti-Asian hate crimes.
As anti-Semitism has risen in recent years, national...
(JTA) — More than 40 rockets have been fired at Israel from Gaza in recent days as protests over Ramadan restrictions have continued in the Old City of Jerusalem and a West Bank checkpoint.
While the rockets have been fired by smaller armed factions,...
(JTA) — The Israel Police have acquiesced to the demands of Palestinian protesters who called for the removal of barricades that prevented gathering during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
On Sunday, police removed the barriers, which blocked...
(JTA) — A federal grants program for the entertainment industry moved the relaunch of its applications portal from Saturday to Monday, after observant Jews and others complained that the Saturday plan put them at a disadvantage for the billions in...
PARIS (JTA) — Thousands of protesters, many of them Jewish, gathered in the French capital to protest the judiciary’s decision not to try a man who killed his Jewish neighbor while shouting about Allah.
Under the banner of “Justice for Sarah...
Nancy Joy Deitch Goodman, April 22, 2021
Beloved wife of Aaron Goodman; dear sister and sister in law of Bob Deitch and Susan (Stuart) Spiegel; Nancy was a beloved “Fur-Mommy” to Rosie and Penny; dear aunt, cousin and friend.
Nancy was...
Daniel R. Sokol passed away on April 21, 2021, at the age of 73. Beloved husband of Rose-Lynn; loving father of Andrew (Tim Gallagher) and David (Michelle); adoring grandfather of Eloise (3), Elliot (2), Nadia (8 mos), and Astrid (4 mos); dear...
(JTA) — The videos circulating out of Jerusalem — of beatings, stone throwing and racist chants — are shocking. Reporters say it’s some of the worst fighting the contested city has seen in years.
But the tensions that fueled the violence in...
(JTA) — An Oscar-winning documentary about the experience of Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust that was produced by Steven Spielberg will be made available for streaming on Netflix.
“The Last Days” will be remastered from the original 35 mm...
(JTA) — It’s the whole megillah, and more.
This month an Israeli artist broke the Guinness World Record for longest megillah, the scroll that tells the story behind the Purim holiday.
Avner Moriah’s creation is 28.03 meters long, just...
(JTA) — Netflix acquired “Blackspace,” an eight-part Israeli thriller series about a school shooting carried out by masked figures, it was announced Thursday.
The show follows police as they investigate the death of four students, according...
(JTA) — The group that made blue collection boxes ubiquitous in the collective Jewish American memory is now accepting donations in a format fit for the digital age: bitcoin.
A charity with roots that go back to the start of modern Zionism,...
