(JTA) — The Israeli government’s controversial judicial reform plan cleared a major hurdle as its parliament, the Knesset, voted to advance a key piece of the...
(JTA) — In the months after Russian tanks rolled into her country last February, the music largely stopped for Elizaveta Sherstuk. The founder of a Jewish...
(JTA) — Richard Belzer wasn’t just a hard-boiled Jew who rose from a troubled childhood to the top of his field — he played one on...
(JTA) – They have donated untold millions to develop Israel and defend it from its detractors. Now, a group of major philanthropists in North America have...
TAYIBE, Israel (JTA) — Prominent figures among Israel’s Arab minority are calling on its members to join the mass protests against the Netanyahu government’s judicial overhaul...
(JTA) — If Yeshiva University’s men’s basketball team had won its game Saturday night, it would have gone into the postseason ranked No. 1 in its...
(JTA) — The Israeli minister responsible for relations with Jews in the Diaspora has a message for the government of the country where most of them...
(JTA) — An Israeli airstrike on a building in central Damascus on Saturday killed five people and injured 15, according to Syrian officials. The strike occurred...
(JTA) — In the 2020 comedy “Shiva Baby,” a 20-something young woman shows up at a house of Jewish mourners and gently offers her condolences. When she...
By MARTIN ZEILIG Daniel Thau-Eleff was looking forward to seeing his play about a transgender person, “Narrow Bridge, “ on stage back in March 2020.“But we...
By MYRON LOVE Ben Carr, the son of the late Jim Carr, has thrown his hat into the ring to become the next Liberal Member of...
By BERNIE BELLAN It was in the summer of 2016 when I approached then Rady JCC Assistant Executive Director Tamar Barr with an idea: Why not...
By BERNIE BELLAN and MYRON LOVE On Sunday, February 5, Harvey Pollock passed away suddenly. Much has already been written and said about his long and...
By GERRY POSNER Jacob Moses Koslofsky has come a long distance in many ways. First of all, his parents, Zachary and Rae, had their name changed...
By MYRON LOVE In the 140-year history of our Jewish community, Jewish families coming here from Turkey have been rare indeed. There was the Hazan amily,...
It is with deep sadness that our family announces the peaceful passing of Jack Buchalter on Saturday, January 28, 2023 at the age of 81 years...