(JTA) — Israel, which featured large in the first Republican debate, got nary a mention in its sequel on Wednesday night, as the candidates on stage in California instead devoted much of their focus to Donald Trump, who opted to skip the proceedings.
Nikki...
Aviya Kushner, The Forward
• Published September 27, 2023
It was nothing less than astonishing to see Darren Walker, the president of the Ford Foundation, issue a statement condemning both antisemitism and Henry Ford’s part in perpetuating it.
“We must look to the lessons of history,” Walker...
Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTA
• Published September 27, 2023
(JTA) – Richard Cortes can trace his spiritual development to a class field trip at a Florida theme park.
It was 2008 and Cortes was taking classes at a Pentecostal megachurch, on a path toward seminary and eventually leading a congregation, when...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — As of November, Israelis will be able to enter the United States without a visa, a major change that Israel has long sought and that will ease travel for hundreds of thousands of its citizens.
Israel’s entry into the Visa...
(JTA) — More than 100 Jewish activists have signed a letter appealing to major advertisers to end their relationship with X, the platform previously known as Twitter that is owned by Elon Musk, calling it “a breeding ground for antisemitism” that...
(JTA) — A high school football coach in suburban Cleveland has resigned after his team used the word “Nazi” in addition to racial slurs in its play calling during a game on Friday against a team in a heavily Jewish town.
Tim McFarland, the coach...
Meghan Garrity, George Mason University and Melissa J. Wilde, University of Pennsylvania
• Published September 26, 2023
Each September marks the anniversary of Nazi Germany’s Nuremberg Laws, whose passage in 1935 stripped Jews of their German citizenship and banned “race-mixing” between Jews and other Germans.
Eighty-eight years later, the United States is facing...
Samira Mehta, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Published September 26, 2023
Sukkot is a Jewish festival that follows right on the heels of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Judaism’s High Holy Days. The harvest holiday, which begins on Sept. 29, 2023, lasts for seven days when celebrated in Israel and eight days when celebrated...
(JTA) — A new survey by a political think tank shows a major increase in right-wing extremist and antisemitic attitudes in Germany.
The study published on Thursday indicates that 8% of people in Germany have a right-wing extremist worldview,...
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA
• Published September 22, 2023
(JTA) — Siggy Flicker, a former Real Housewife of New Jersey, says she often finds herself apologizing when she hangs out with her friend Donald Trump, a fellow reality TV star turned Republican activist.
“We’ll talk about the country and...
Daniel Lipson, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published September 21, 2023
This story was originally published by the National Library of Israel
Among the many prayer books (mahzorim) dedicated to the High Holidays in the National Library’s collection, there is a particular two-volume set published in New York by the...
(JTA) — For Jews and baseball fans, this is one of the most important weekends of the year.
Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day, begins Sunday evening. That day will also kick off the final week of the MLB regular season, when the fight to make the...
