The only rabbi in Springfield, Ohio, has expressed regret and said he will meet with local Haitian leaders following widespread criticism of his remarks disparaging the city’s migrant community.
Rabbi Cary Kozberg will remain employed with his Reform...
Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTA
• Published September 22, 2024
As tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have shot up to new highs, Israeli soldiers anticipating being deployed to the north are increasingly turning for help to civilian donations to Israeli soldiers, which have been crucial in keeping them stocked...
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has promised to protect Jewish Americans. But now, some Jews are wondering whether they need protection from him.
In speeches Thursday night — the first to a small crowd of donors and backers billed as a “Fighting Antisemitism”...
WASHINGTON — Speaking at antisemitism event on Thursday, Donald Trump doubled down on attacks on American Jews — those who do not vote for him.
He suggested that Jews would be to blame if he loses in November. He also said American Jews who vote...
Since Donald Trump amplified baseless rumors about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, last week, the community has been beset with bomb threats and white nationalist activity. Adding to the controversy, a local rabbi criticizes Haitian...
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published September 19, 2024
First came the explosions. Then came the jokes. Within minutes of news that several members of Hezbollah were killed and hundreds wounded by pagers that had been doctored to explode en masse, allegedly by Israel, Jews on social media shared memes celebrating...
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When the U.S. Secret Service scoped out Gottlieb’s deli this week, a Kosher restaurant in Williamsburg, word spread...
Hundreds of electronic devices held by Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon exploded for the second straight day, killing 14 people and wounding 450, in a continuation of a mass attack that the terror group has blamed on Israel.
The devices exploding on...
WASHINGTON — Should the U.S. government address antisemitism on its own, or as part of the broader fight against prejudice?
That’s the question that occupied — and divided — Republican and Democratic senators on Tuesday at an emotional hearing...
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is again planning to highlight the threat of antisemitism and accuse Kamala Harris of enabling it — the latest spotlighting of a Jewish issue in a presidential election that has seen a heavy focus on American Jews.
On...
Wireless devices carried by Hezbollah operatives and their associates exploded en masse Tuesday, killing at least eight and wounding more than 2,700 people in Lebanon and Syria, a mass targeted attack on the terror group as tensions on Israel’s Lebanese...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published September 16, 2024
The iconic Dr. Ruth Westheimer died earlier this year at the age of 96. Dr. Ruth was a trailblazer for her candid and joyful talk about sex, regularly using words like "masturbate" and "vibrator" on the air and talking about sexual pleasure—including...
