(JTA) — The 2023 MLB season represented a watershed moment for Jewish players and fans, as a record 19 Jewish players appeared in at least one big league game.
That record, topping the previous high of 17 in 2022, is likely to be broken yet again...
(JTA) — Israel has killed Hamas’ third-in-command in the Gaza Strip, the United States confirmed on Monday.
The killing earlier this month of Marwan Issa, alleged to be a mastermind of Hamas’ Oct. 7 invasion of Israel, is a significant achievement...
(JTA) — Donald Trump said that any Jew who votes for Democrats “hates their religion”, an escalation of his anger at a community that continues to vote overwhelmingly for his opponents, and shows little sign of changing course in November.
“Any...
The Jewish News Syndicate
• Published March 18, 2024
Rolling Stone magazine published a story on March 14 about campaign advertising for former President Donald Trump being featured before videos calling Adolf Hitler a hero.
The ad appeared on Rumble—a video-streaming platform akin to YouTube with looser...
Ethel G. Hofman, Jewish News Syndicate
• Published March 18, 2024
It’s the American Jewish classic that goes way beyond Sunday-morning breakfasts with the whole mishpacha. Lox and bagels with a schmear of cream cheese have become a universal staple for breakfast, brunch or even as a take-along snack. Who can resist?...
Spoilers ahead for “Part Nine” of “Masters of the Air” on Apple TV+.
(JTA) — When Lieutenant Colonel Robert Rosenthal’s B-17 bomber aircraft exploded during his final World War II combat mission on Feb. 3, 1945, he found himself in the...
(Cleveland Jewish News/Alexandra Golden via JNS)
• Published March 14, 2024
Former Clevelander Eric Howard Carmen, a founder of the Raspberries—a power-pop group of the 1970s—will be remembered as “one of the good ones,” someone who “meant a lot to a lot of people” and “leaves a beautiful legacy that continues on.”
Carmen,...
(JTA) – In a landmark speech, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “lost his way,” urged new elections in Israel, called for a two-state solution and said the United States should use its “leverage”...
(JTA) – By now, Israeli charities that need funding for Oct. 7 recovery efforts know very well where to turn.
Jews in North America have donated nearly $800 million to local Jewish federations to support those efforts, a fundraising drive on a scale...
(JTA) — When the conservative website Campus Reform published what it said, in all-caps, was an “EXCLUSIVE” about a new federal antisemitism investigation at Arizona State University, it had the rare distinction of being able to cite the complaint...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 13, 2024
The date was August 12, 2022. I was in line at Protzel's Deli when the mother of an old friend came up behind me and said, “Jordy, why do you publish a 'Jewish Joke of the Week' in the Morning Light?” She said it upset her because she believed that...
(JTA) – More than 80 bands and several scheduled panelists have pulled out of the ongoing South by Southwest festival, citing Israel defense ties among its organizers.
Organizers of the Austin, Texas, event that draws attendees from around the world...
