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The crew of the Polaris Dawn mission: Jared Isaacman, Anna Menon, Scott Poteet and Sarah Gillis, arrive at Kennedy Space Center, FL Monday, August 19, 2024.They are scheduled to lift off Monday, Aug 26, on a privately funded mission.

Jewish billionaire makes spacewalking history

Miri Weissman, (Israel Hayom via JNS)Published September 15, 2024

U.S. tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman on Thursday become the first civilian to conduct a private spacewalk, venturing outside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule after traveling farther from Earth than any human in more than 50 years. A little preview...

The bumper of Tony Zinman’s car is a billboard for who he is and what he cares about Courtesy of Tony Zinman

Finding the line between antisemitism and anti-Zionism — on a bumper sticker

By Jodi Rudoren, The ForwardPublished September 15, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. The blurry line between anti-Zionism and antisemitism is particularly hard to see when someone is shouting at you, defacing...

Political activist Laura Loomer stands across from the Women's March 2019 in New York City on January 19, 2019. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Who is Laura Loomer, the Jewish provacateur back in Donald Trump’s inner circle

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 13, 2024

Donald Trump is facing a wave of backlash for spending time with Laura Loomer, a Jewish far-right provocateur who was once banned from several social media platforms for hate speech. What makes this backlash different is that it’s coming from another...

Current Vice President and 2024 Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris speaks to several thousand attendees at her presidential campaign rally at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Romulus, Michigan, Aug. 7, 2024. (Adam J. Dewey/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Republican PAC blankets Michigan with ads touting Kamala Harris’ pro-Israel credentials

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 13, 2024

Donald Trump claims Israel will disappear if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected in November, but GOP ads in Michigan from a political action committee are telling voters she “stands with Israel. The ads appear to be targeting the swing state’s...

Timothy Hale-Cusanelli Photo by Department of Justice

Trump’s golf club hosted alleged Nazi sympathizer at fundraiser for Jan. 6 rioters

By Jacob Kornbluh, The ForwardPublished September 12, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Former President Donald Trump is under fire for allowing his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, to host several events...

Steven Cook and Michael Solomonov shot the pictures for "Zahav Home" in Solomonov's Philadelphia house. (Courtesy CookNSolo)

Michael Solomonov aims to simplify Israeli classics for home cooks in ‘Zahav Home’

Rachel Ringler, JTAPublished September 12, 2024

A lot has changed since the last time Michael Solomonov released a cookbook, back in 2018. The celebrity chef has opened several new restaurants. He has expanded his empire beyond Philadelphia to New York City. And of course he has watched his native...

Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shake hands ahead of the presidential debate at National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Sept. 10, 2024. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Do Donald Trump and Kamala Harris identify as ‘Zionist’? Here’s what their campaigns told us.

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 12, 2024

WASHINGTON — For decades, President Joe Biden has called himself a “Zionist.” But in the waning days of his reelection campaign, he wondered aloud if anyone knew what the term means anymore. Speedy Morman, a podcaster, had asked Biden in a July...

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference at  the Ministry of Defense, in Tel Aviv, Oct. 28, 2023.(Dana Kopel/POOL)

New documentary ‘The Bibi Files’ paints an unflattering portrait of Netanyahu. Will Israelis ever see it?

Published September 12, 2024

A new documentary about Benjamin Netanyahu premiered at a major film festival this week, at a moment when he is facing intense global scrutiny. But filmgoers in the Israeli prime minister’s own country may never get to see it. That’s because “The...

Hebrew University launches new English-taught undergrad program

Hebrew University launches new English-taught undergrad program

Zev Stub, JTAPublished September 12, 2024

Early in her senior year in high school in Washington D.C., Elie Ravitz-Basser realized that the Israel-Gaza war would upend her college plans. “I applied to four universities in the United States early in the fall, but everything changed after Oct....

How groups are mobilizing Jewish voters in swing states

How groups are mobilizing Jewish voters in swing states

By Jacob Kornbluh, The ForwardPublished September 11, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. With just 55 days until the presidential election and early voting set to begin in Pennsylvania later this month, Jewish...

Supporters of Malky Berkowitz launched a “mikvah strike” — a form of protest that leverages Jewish sexual purity rituals as a pressure tactic for Malky's husband to give her a divorce. (Design by Jackie Hajdenberg. Images courtesy of Adina Sash)

Woman at center of Orthodox ‘sex strike’ receives her Jewish divorce

Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAPublished September 11, 2024

Around 1 a.m. Wednesday night, Brooklyn-based activist Adina Sash received a phone call she had long awaited: Malky Berkowitz, 29, a fellow Orthodox woman, had finally received a “get,” or Jewish divorce contract. For Sash, better known on Instagram...

The comedians Zach Sage Fox (right) and Yechiel Jacobs pose as recruiters for a fake pro-Hamas fraternity in a "social experiment." Credit: Zach Sage Fox.

‘Pretty insane,’ comedian says of pro-Hamas frat ‘social experiment’

David Swindle, JNSPublished September 11, 2024

Pretending to recruit for a pro-Hamas fraternity on a college campus taught two Jewish comedians how much future leaders can be sheep. Zach Sage Fox, the CEO and founder of a production company, and Yechiel Jacobs posed as recruiters for a fictitious...

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