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The number of males and females in Winnipeg’s Jewish population is almost the same, but there are large disparities in certain age cohorts
By BERNIE BELLAN The proportion of females to males within Winnipeg’s Jewish population is almost 50-50 (51.5% female and 48.5% male), according to figures for the number of respondents who reported their religion was Jewish in the 2021 census. Yet, in the age cohorts 65 and up, women outnumber men by a substantial number (170…
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TV star Lisa Edelstein captures her Jewish family in a solo painting exhibit
(JTA) — Like many of us left without plans during the initial COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, Lisa Edelstein spent some of her time rummaging through old family photographs. But instead of just basking in the nostalgia, she was also on the lookout for her next painting project. Since then, the actress, known for her often…
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2 Cleveland Jews returning from a funeral die in plane crash outside New York City
(Cleveland Jewish News and JTA) – Two Cleveland-area Jewish men flying a single-engine plane were killed Thursday when their plane crashed in White Plains, New York, shortly after takeoff. Binyamin (Ben) Chafetz of Beachwood and Boruch Taub of Cleveland Heights, two heavily Orthodox suburbs of Cleveland, were killed when the plane being piloted by Taub…
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5 rabbis sue state of Missouri over abortion bans on religious freedom grounds
(JTA) — Five rabbis from multiple Jewish denominations are among more than a dozen Missouri faith leaders challenging the state’s ban on abortion. In a lawsuit filed Thursday in St. Louis Circuit Court, the faith leaders charge that lawmakers acted according to their personal religious beliefs and violated the separation of church and state protected…
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A Jewish reporter goes inside Rikers for a new book on a notorious jail
(New York Jewish Week) — Reuven Blau, son of a Holocaust survivor, suggests his father may have inspired him to strive for change within New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail. “There’s this subconscious drive to change things, or to help people in a way that you don’t understand,” said Blau. “Inside Rikers, you realize…
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The Jewish Sport Report: American football is on the rise in Israel
This article was sent as a newsletter. Sign up for our weekly Jewish sports newsletter here. Hello, Jewish sports fans! The Australian Open is in full swing. Here’s how each of the players we mentioned last week have fared so far: Madison Brengle: Lost in the first round in both singles and doubles. Taylor Fritz:…
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This young American couple had Scotland’s first-ever queer Jewish wedding
(JTA) — Han Smith and Jennifer Andreacchi recently made international news for becoming the first queer couple to have a Jewish wedding in Scotland. But at the time they met, they had never been to Scotland, and they didn’t yet identify as queer — or Jewish. Smith, 26, grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey,…
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A Michigan middle school dean resigned after receiving an antisemitic death threat
(JTA) – A newly hired dean of students for a Michigan middle school resigned after only nine school days on the job after receiving an anonymous antisemitic death threat. The threat sent the district into lockdown and contributed to the decision to cancel classes during the first week of the year. Michael Woodberg was hired…
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‘Hebrew in the huddle’: American football kicks off another season in Israel
(JTA) — The year was 1999, and Jonathan Hauser was working as a concierge at the famous King David Hotel in Jerusalem. At the time, Hauser was playing for the Jerusalem Lions flag football team, a part of the American Football in Israel organization. The league was 10 years old at the time but lacked…
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‘We’re listening,’ Israel’s new Diaspora minister says in first public comments in the US
AUSTIN, Texas (JTA) — The new Israeli government is listening to the concerns of more liberal Jews, Israel’s new minister of Diaspora affairs said on Thursday. But Amichai Chikli said that while some proposed changes that worry Americans — including an overhaul to the country’s Law of Return — would happen slowly, any criticism is…
