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Temple Israel in Minneapolis (Wikimedia Commons)

Minneapolis police arrest man for ‘terroristic threats’ made to synagogue on Rosh Hashanah 

Jacob Gurvis, JTAPublished October 7, 2024

The Minneapolis Police Department on Friday arrested a 21-year-old man for making “terroristic threats” against a local synagogue on Rosh Hashanah, three weeks after the man allegedly threatened to “shoot up” the synagogue. Jaden LeBlanc’s...

In an aerial view, a person rides past a destroyed church in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene flooding,  Swannanoa, North Carolina,  Oct. 6, 2024 .(Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Jewish officials handling hurricane communications face antisemitic harassment

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 7, 2024

WASHINGTON — Jewish government officials are being targeted with antisemitic attacks in a misinformation blitz hampering efforts to get critical information out to victims of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro...

St. Louisans invited to join global moment of silence for Oct. 7 victims.

St. Louisans invited to join global moment of silence for Oct. 7 victims.

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished October 6, 2024

St. Louisans are invited to participate in a global moment of silence as part of a larger memorial marking one year since the devastating Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terrorist attack in Israel. The event, organized by families of the hostage and murder victims,...

Dictionary definition of antisemitism.

Antisemitism hits record high in the U.S.; new report shows most-ever incidents in single year

Benyamin Cohen, The ForwardPublished October 6, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. There have been more than 10,000 antisemitic incidents in the U.S. since Oct 7, the highest number ever recorded by the...

At left, the book cover of Mark and Matthew Jacob's Abe Saperstein biography (Courtesy). At right, Saperstein, far left, in the earliest known team photo of the Globetrotters, from the 1930–1931 season. (Berkley Family Collection)

The remarkable true story of how a Jewish immigrant helped shaped basketball as we know it today

Jacob Gurvis, JTAPublished October 3, 2024

When basketball superstar Stephen Curry sunk a series of three-point shots to help Team USA clinch the Olympic gold medal in Paris this summer, it’s unlikely the four-time NBA champion was thinking about Abe Saperstein. But as a new biography of...

Family and friends of Israeli soldier Captain Eitan Itzhak Oster, killed during an Israeli ground operation in Southern Lebanon, attend his funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery. Jerusalem, Oct. 2, 2024.

8 Israeli troops killed in Lebanon in first Israeli casualties of ground invasion

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 2, 2024

In the first casualties in Lebanon since Israel launched a ground incursion this week, eight Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes with Hezbollah fighters. The army said Wednesday that six soldiers were killed in one clash and that two were killed...

Israeli soldiers seen at a staging area near the Israeli border with Lebanon, Oct. 1, 2024.

Iran launches missile attack against Israel; US warns of ‘severe consequences for Iran’

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 1, 2024

(JTA) — WASHINGTON — Sirens blared across much of Israel late Tuesday after Iran fired a barrage of missiles toward the country. More than 100 ballistic missiles were incoming, Israeli officials said, as sirens blared across most of the country...

Ancient Jewish texts reveal shockingly accurate science in new book

Ancient Jewish texts reveal shockingly accurate science in new book

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished October 1, 2024

Sometimes, what we learn from Jewish teachings and what science tells us don't exactly line up. Historically, Jewish intellectuals have been puzzling over how to align these contrasting views. Now, two such scholars, Rabbis Joel Padowitz and Jonathan...

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meets with soldiers stationed along the border with Lebanon as Israel readied a ground invasion against Hezbollah there.

Israel’s Third Lebanon War is underway. Here’s what you need to know.

Ben Sales, JTAPublished September 30, 2024

Fighting is underway between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters along the Israel-Lebanon border. What is yet unclear: How many will fight, how long they will stay there, how many people will be killed and whether the blazing conflict between Hezbollah...

Heavy rains from Hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage in Asheville, North Carolina, as seen on Sept. 28, 2024.

For Jewish communities in areas battered by Helene, High Holidays take a backseat to basic safety

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished September 30, 2024

It’s been days since Hurricane Helene struck her community, and the CEO of Jewish Greenville still doesn’t know who is OK and who still needs help. “It’s very much a crisis situation for many people here,” Courtney Tessler told the Jewish...

Kristen Bell as Joanne and Adam Brody as Rabbi Noah Roklov play interfaith love interests in Netflix's "Nobody Wants This."

From Shabbat candles to love stories: How ‘Nobody Wants This’ celebrates Jewish life on screen

Keren R. McGinity, JTAPublished September 30, 2024

As a gender historian and scholar of intermarriage, I binge-watched the new Netflix series “Nobody Wants This” with a combination of foreboding and optimism. Depictions of romances between Jewish men and Christian women have been ubiquitous in...

Scotland’s first “purpose-built” synagogue, Garnethill, was completed in 1879.

Lochs and Bagels: A trip to Jewish Scotland

By Gail P. Dubov, Moment MagazinePublished September 30, 2024

This story was originally published on Moment.com. Sign up for the Moment Minute.  On the eve of Yom HaShoah, I boarded a local train from Glasgow to Giffnock, a nearby suburb and home to Scotland’s largest Jewish community. For decades, the heart...

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