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During Neuman’s volunteer trip to southern Israel, she harvested fruit in a sunny clementine orchard on a moshav (above), but also visited scenes of Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack, including the now-empty home of Rachel and David Edri, who were held hostage during the attack.

‘I needed to see and understand for myself what is going on in Israel’

Shula NeumanPublished January 17, 2024

It’s a beautiful, cloudless day. The temperature is a perfect 75 degrees, and the December sun is causing me to sweat as I cut another clementine from the tree and put it in the bag draped across my body. That’s when I hear a distant boom and rumble...

Harvey Keitel to star in TV adaption of The Tattooist of Auschwitz

‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz,’ a Holocaust love story coming to Peacock

Shira Bartov, JTAPublished January 17, 2024

(JTA) — The story of real Auschwitz survivor Lali Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew who was forced to tattoo numbers on his fellow inmates and implausibly fell in love with a girl he was tattooing, is coming to TV on May 2. “The Tattooist of Auschwitz,”...

Meet the 'Baegel Babe' who is creating these bagel-inspired masterpieces

Meet the ‘Baegel Babe’ who is creating these bagel-inspired masterpieces

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished January 16, 2024

In the world of artistic expression where creativity knows no bounds, Sara Flicht has taken on an unexpected canvas – the humble bagel. Hailing from Toronto, this painter and digital artist has transformed the essence of this beloved breakfast staple...

Chabad Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Jan. 9, 2024. (Luke Tress)

‘Explosion’ of conspiracy theories on social media about ‘tunnels’ at Chabad

(JNS)Published January 11, 2024

The account Frum TikTok was one of many to post footage of a riot at a synagogue that is part of the world headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch. Police were called after “young agitators,” as Chabad put it, damaged the building, to which they had illegally...

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

A brief history of the Messianic movement that inspired the tunnel under 770 Eastern Parkway

By Louis Keene, The ForwardPublished January 11, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. A plaque commemorating the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson hung outside the Chabad headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway...

Police block the entrance to the main synagogue at Chabad headquarters due to safety concerns, Jan. 9, 2024. (Police block the entrance to the Chabad headquarter's main synagogue due to safety concerns, Jan. 9, 2024.

The ‘tunnel’ controversy at Chabad’s Brooklyn headquarters, explained

Luke Tress, JTAPublished January 10, 2024

(New York Jewish Week) – On Tuesday, a group of Jewish men gathered to pray under a leaky white tent in the drizzling rain outside the Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s world headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, draping their wet jackets over portable...

Anne Frank’s diary, ‘Schindler’s List’ among titles at center of major Florida book-ban lawsuit

Anne Frank’s diary, ‘Schindler’s List’ among titles at center of major Florida book-ban lawsuit

ANDREW LAPIN, JTAPublished January 10, 2024

(JTA) – A Florida school district is heading to court in a closely watched legal challenge to its decision to remove more than 1,600 books, including Anne Frank’s original diary. “Schindler’s List” and a young-adult novel about a teenage...

'Amusing Jews' podcast celebrates Jewish influences in American pop culture

‘Amusing Jews’ podcast celebrates Jewish influences in American pop culture

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished January 9, 2024

Who couldn't use more laughs? A podcast that is designed to do just that is called "Amusing Jews." The show celebrates Jewish contributors and their impact on American popular culture. Co-hosted by Jonathan Friedmann, an expert in the sociology of...

IDF reservist Idan Amedi, an actor who stars in the hit Netflix series Fauda, was wounded while fighting in Gaza.

Fauda star Idan Amedi severely wounded in Gaza battle 

By Yulia Karra, Israel21cPublished January 9, 2024

Idan Amedi, star of the hit Israeli TV show “Fauda,” was severely wounded on Monday during fighting in the Gaza Strip where he was deployed as an Israel Defense Forces reservist. According to reports in the Israeli media, the actor and singer was...

Arrests at Chabad’s iconic headquarters after students thwart attempt to fill secret tunnel

Arrests at Chabad’s iconic headquarters after students thwart attempt to fill secret tunnel

By Louis Keene, The ForwardPublished January 9, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. It took months, perhaps years for a small crew of Lubavitchers to dig a secret passageway underneath the famed headquarters...

A military helicopter flying above the Gaza Strip, as it seen from the Israeli side of the border, on Jan. 8, 2024.

9 Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza as IDF announces less intensive phase and Lebanon border simmers

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished January 9, 2024

(JTA) — Nine Israeli soldiers were killed, including six in one incident, during fighting in Gaza on Monday as Israel announced a new phase that officials said would be more targeted than the campaign that has devastated the enclave. The announcement...

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks to guests at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nov. 19, 2022.

Current Events Trivia: Nikki Haley

Mark Zimmerman, Special To The Jewish LightPublished January 8, 2024

Nikki Haley has recently gained some traction in the race for the Republican nomination for president, though she still significantly trails frontrunner Donald Trump. And she is struggling to overcome the criticism she received for responding to a question...

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