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ISTANBUL (JTA) — Israel is sending aid to Turkey and Syria in the wake of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has left over 2,000 dead as of Monday evening here.
Israel will send medication, tents and other supplies to...
(JTA) — Police in San Francisco have arrested a man they believe is responsible for shooting blanks during a study session inside a Jewish center there.
The San Francisco Police Department announced an arrest early Saturday in the incident, which...
Jacob Kornbluh, The Forward
• Published February 2, 2023
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The House voted Thursday on party lines to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee over her criticism...
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA
• Published February 1, 2023
(JTA) — Americans subscribed to Amazon Prime Video can now listen to never-before-heard recordings of Adolf Eichmann confessing to his crimes, in his own voice.
“The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes” is a three-part documentary series...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published February 1, 2023
For fans and disciples of Mah Jongg, the National Mah Jongg League (NMJL) is accepting orders for the new 2023 card, via their online store. The cost is $14-$15, depending on the size selected.
American Mah Jongg uses the card that lists the winning...
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published January 31, 2023
(JTA) — Ira “Bob” Born, the son of a Russian Jewish immigrant who founded the company that makes Peeps candies, has died. He was 98.
Born was the former president of Just Born Quality Confections, the 100-year-old family-owned candy company in...
(JNS) When Israeli ophthalmologist Morris Hartstein visited Gondar in 2014 for a family volunteering trip, he did not know he would start an initiative that would help more than 8,000 Ethiopians receive eye care.
Today, he is the founding director...
ROBERT A. COHN , Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published January 31, 2023
Few people can rival Elizabeth Taylor’s impact on American popular culture. Taylor’s life was a warp-speed roller coaster of dizzying ups and downs. Her heart-stopping physical beauty combined with bonafide acting ability launched her acting career...
(JTA) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken quoted from a Jewish prayer on arrival in Tel Aviv for a state visit on Monday, days after a deadly terror attack outside a Jerusalem synagogue set off a violent uptick in Israeli-Palestinian violence across...
(JTA) — Ohio’s department of education is investigating a homeschooling network that claims public schools are run by “Zionist scum,” teaches kids to say “Sieg Heil” in class and instructs fellow parents not to give their kids “Jewish media...
Jodi Rudoren, The Forward
• Published January 30, 2023
Our Sundays here in a comfortable New Jersey suburb are often structured around how many times we have to shuttle back and forth to synagogue.
Today, we were meant to bring our 15-year-old daughter there by 9:30 a.m. for her weekly gig babysitting the...
(JTA) — A 13-year-old Palestinian boy shot and wounded an Israeli man and his son outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls, police said, in one of multiple incidents over the weekend during the latest incident in an escalation of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
The...
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