By Mira Fox, By Mira Fox
• Published April 12, 2024
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The band is called HaYehudim — “The Jews,” in Hebrew.
And that simple statement of identity was apparently...
Former U.S. president and presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Wednesday that U.S. President Joe Biden “has totally lost control of the Israel situation.”
“Any Jewish person who votes for a Democrat or votes for...
(New York Jewish Week) — Thirteen men were arraigned on Wednesday for a fracas that broke out over an illegal excavation in January at the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in Brooklyn.
The incident, which took place at the synagogue...
(JTA) — Taylor Swift has (unofficially) entered her Exodus era.
Swifties can now express their love for the pop icon while celebrating Passover, thanks to the “Unofficial Taylor Swift Haggadah,” written by author Na’ama Ben-David.
Ben-David...
By Beth Harpaz, The Forward
• Published April 10, 2024
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Hamas says it does not have 40 hostages to release in exchange for a ceasefire, CNN reported Wednesday.
Until now,...
(JTA) — Those who might have described “Curb Your Enthusiasm” as a kind of “Seinfeld” on steroids got a fitting conclusion on Sunday, as the last episode of Larry David’s landmark 12-season sitcom was essentially a reprise of the much-maligned...
Hamas rejected the latest ceasefire proposal on Monday, according to senior officials in the terror organization as reported by multiple news outlets.
“We reject the latest Israeli proposals that the Egyptian side informed us of. The politburo met...
(JTA) — Joan Nathan had just settled in for a conversation about her most recent book, “My Life in Recipes,” when the food writer became distracted.
A media personality was coming for lunch the next day, she said, but she realized she was missing...
Thousands of Israelis are expected to converge on Jerusalem’s Yaka Square on Sunday evening for a rally to mark six months since Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre and demand the release of 133 remaining hostages being held in Gaza.
According to the Hostages...
By Seth Rogovoy, The Forward
• Published April 7, 2024
Editor’s Note: The original version of this story was published by the Forward Aug. 17, 2017.
While Jewish tradition has long been accepting of the basic scientific explanations for the rules of the cosmos, that hasn’t stopped rabbis and...
(JTA) — Alex Edelman’s acclaimed comedy special “Just For Us,” about his experience as a Jew attending a white supremacist meeting in New York City, first premiered at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in the summer of 2018.
Months...
Philissa Cramer, Penny Schwartz, JTA
• Published April 5, 2024
(JTA) — The creators of new Passover haggadahs focused on Zionism and American patriotism were working on their projects long before Oct. 7, when Hamas attacked Israel and triggered a war in Gaza and a broad reckoning over both Israel and the place...
