A Year after Disaster, Pittsburgh Is so Much More than a Site of Tragedy
For a period of time, Pittsburgh was the third-largest home to Fortune 500 companies behind New York and Chicago As we approach the one… Read More ›
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Nearly 9 in 10 American Jews Say Antisemitism Is a Problem in U.S.
Asked if antisemitism had increased over the past five years, 84 percent said it had: 43 percent said a lot and 41 said somewhat. … Read More ›
After Netanyahu can’t form coalition, Blue and White ‘determined’ to get it done
PM’s rivals rejoice over his second consecutive failure to build government, though Gantz’s own chances of doing so appear slim The Blue and White… Read More ›
Hundreds of Israelis Protest Naama Issachar’s Arrest in Tel Aviv
Issachar was arrested in April with 9.5 grams of cannabis in her checked luggage in Russia and was sentenced to a whopping seven and a… Read More ›
Teen dies of injuries from lightning strike near Ashkelon
14-year-old Asher Hazut from Be’er Sheva was critically injured when the lightning hit him and four other family members as they took a Sukkot trip… Read More ›
Trio win Nobel Prize in economics for work on poverty
Michael Kremer, Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo receive award ‘for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty’; Duflo becomes second ever female winner STOCKHOLM… Read More ›
Florida Jury Finds Hit-Man Guilty In Murder Of Jewish Law Professor
TALLAHASSEE (JTA) — A Tallahassee, Florida jury has found a man guilty in the murder of Dan Markel, a Jewish law professor shot outside… Read More ›
Germany Seeks To Reassure Rattled Jews After Holy Day Attack
HALLE, Germany (AP) — Top German officials headed Thursday to the scene of an attack on a synagogue in the city of Halle, seeking to… Read More ›
Despite doomsday predictions, US Jewish community grew 10% in last seven years
New survey shows America’s estimated 7.5 million Jews are older, whiter and more liberal than country as a whole, and US has larger Jewish population… Read More ›
Tens Of Thousands Of Jews Pray At The Kotel On Eve Of Yom Kippur
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Tens of thousands of Jewish worshippers gathered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem for the final selichot, or penitential prayers, before… Read More ›
Opinion: Yom Kippur 5780: An Opportunity to Choose Life
“The basic question is this: Given human nature, are any of us really capable of change?… Sue Grafton opens her detective novel, R is… Read More ›
Who should and who shouldn’t fast on Yom Kippur?
Ahead of the most sacred day on the Jewish calendar many are unaware whether fasting is healthy for them; how should we take our medication;… Read More ›
Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur
Airports, public transport cease operations, radio and television broadcasts go quiet and roads empty ahead of 25- hour Day of Atonement; IDF imposes closure on… Read More ›
Is Israel facing the biggest conflict since Yom Kippur War?
Opinion: Israel’s next war will be the inevitable fight against Iran and its regional proxies, with thousands of rockets bombarding us from Gaza, Iran, Iraq,… Read More ›
Josh Gondelman is the nicest guy in comedy
The comedian’s book, ‘Nice Try: Stories of Best Intentions and Mixed Results,’ out this past Tuesday, draws on Judaism to illustrate the contrast between ‘niceness’… Read More ›
The Women’s March Persistent Anti-Semitism Problem
NEW YORK (VosIzNeias) — After the Women’s March finally took action against their antisemitic board members, Linda Sarsour, Tamika Mallory, and Bob Bland, by… Read More ›
Israel’s right-wing is repeating mistakes of defeated left
Opinion: By representing the entire right-wing, Netanyahu is hampering coalition building with Blue and White and is dragging the country to the extremes; this is… Read More ›
Israel Police must protect Arab citizens too
Opinion: Israel’s largest minority has lost faith in almost every aspect of their lives as widespread use of illegal guns makes every disagreement potentially deadly;… Read More ›
What it’s like growing up as a hidden Jew in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq
Ceen Gabbai survived 2003 invasion, received asylum in US; in home country, family had to move 5 times due to anti-Semitism, but her Muslim friends… Read More ›
Reliving the massacre every minute, Pittsburgh survivors struggle a year later
As first anniversary of Oct. 27 synagogue massacre nears and congregations try to get through High Holidays, community starts to figure out how to move… Read More ›
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