WASHINGTON (JTA) — Joel Rubin, who has had leading roles at a number of Jewish organizations, is entering a crowded Democratic congressional race in a Maryland...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s government has passed a law restricting the Supreme Court’s ability to strike down laws, the first piece of a proposed overhaul of...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Standing next to a patch of sidewalk filled with the names of fallen Israeli soldiers, Ayelet Bargur embraced a friend and, pointing to...
(New York Jewish Week) — The hundreds of Israelis and American Jews broke out into song as they filed from the wide crossing of the Brooklyn...
TEL AVIV (JTA) — In the coming days, Israel’s parliament is due to vote on a measure that, advocates on both sides say, will determine the...
By BERNIE BELLAN The hiring of Jeff Lieberman as the new CEO of the Jewish Federation got me to thinking about how long I’ve been with...
Submitted by ROBBIE WALDMAN Just over 20 years ago, Winnipeg’s Jewish community underwent a significant shift.The Rosh Pina, Beth Israel and Bnay Abraham synagogues merged to...
(New York Jewish Week) – A woman dressed as Fanny Brice from “Funny Girl” and another dressed as Fruma Sarah from “Fiddler on the Roof” were...
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a pacemaker installed Sunday morning, amid growing civil strife over his coalition’s effort to weaken the country’s judiciary....
By MYRON LOVE St. John’s High School has a rich and storied history in the annals of our Jewish community. The North End institution is one...
Intrduction: Recently we received an email from David Walker, whose father, Jack Walker, died in 1994 at the age of 56. Jack Walker was a well-known...
By MYRON LOVEIt started out with two cousins – Drs. Eric and David Vickar, who hadn’t seen each other in a while deciding to meet halfway...
By MYRON LOVE While it has often been said that you can’t go home again, Joyce Kerr proves you can. After 35 years working in our...
(JTA) — I’ve been teaching a virtual class on Jewish humor through our partner site, My Jewish Learning. I share classic jokes and bits and then...
This article was sent as a newsletter. Sign up for our weekly Jewish sports newsletter here. Happy Friday! Robert Stock hasn’t appeared in the MLB since...
(New York Jewish Week) — On New York’s Upper East Side, a crowd of a few dozen holding Israeli flags chanted “de-mo-cra-tia,” the Hebrew word for...