Darryl Strawberry’s professional downfall led to a spiritual rebirth
Gabe Friedman, JTAMar 16, 2023
As part of his journey after a tumultuous decade-and-a-half in the spotlight, former New York Mets star Darryl Strawberry is speaking at a pro-Israel event in his second...
BBC called out for editorial failings
Gabe Friedman, JTANov 10, 2022
A BBC article about an attack on a bus full of Jewish students celebrating Chanukah last year contained “significant editorial failings,” according to a report...
Who is Naftali Bennett?
Gabe Friedman, JTAJun 03, 2021
JERUSALEM — As soon as next week, Benjamin Netanyahu may no longer be prime minister of Israel. If the new government coalition is voted in by the Knesset, the next...
Duolingo Yiddish class joins secular, chasidic Jews
Gabe Friedman, JTAApr 08, 2021
NEW YORK — When Meena Viswanath signed on more than two years ago to help Duolingo, the world’s largest language learning app, create its first Yiddish course, she...
Football — violates Jewish values, or ‘beautiful skill and strategy’?
Gabe Friedman, JTAFeb 11, 2021
NEW YORK — Rabbi Josh Feigelson remembers the moment that football lost its magic for him. It was Oct. 20, 2013, and Feigelson was eating dinner with his family at...
GameStop’s Jewish angles
Gabe Friedman, JTAFeb 04, 2021
NEW YORK — Even if you never pay attention to stock market news, you have probably gotten the sense that something unusual is happening right now, and it has to...
Stoudemire: ‘Less lashon hara’
Gabe Friedman, JTADec 31, 2020
NEW YORK — Asked by one of New York’s wealthiest men, in a forum convened by one of the world’s largest local philanthropies, how he would improve relations...
2020 review: Losses
Gabe Friedman, JTADec 31, 2020
NEW YORK — There’s no way to tally all who were lost to the worldwide Jewish community in 2020, a year when we mourned even our ability to carry out […]
Vaccine brains
Gabe Friedman, JTANov 19, 2020
NEW YORK — When Mikael Dolsten, the head scientist at Pfizer, heard the news last week that the COVID-19 vaccine that he has been helping to develop for the better...
Gadot’s Cleopatra isn’t the first to stir controversy
Gabe Friedman, JTAOct 15, 2020
NEW YORK — After Israeli actress Gal Gadot announced last weekend that she would play the legendary Egyptian queen in a blockbuster movie, it didn’t take long for...
