Bail reform debate sharpens
Shira Hanau, JTAMay 13, 2021
NEW YORK — When a suspect in a series of synagogue attacks in the Riverdale section of the Bronx was released by a judge without bail on May 2, it […]
What Jewish summer camp will look like this year
Shira Hanau, JTAApr 22, 2021
NEW YORK — Last year at this time, the message out of Jewish summer camps was one of doom and gloom. In April, 2020, the Union for Reform Judaism announced […]
NYC mayoral races argues over yeshiva educations
Shira Hanau, JTAApr 01, 2021
NEW YORK — When Bill de Blasio ran for mayor of New York City in 2013 and for reelection in 2017, oversight of secular education in haredi Orthodox yeshivas wasn’t...
First hard data: Jews and COVID
Shira Hanau, JTAMar 18, 2021
NEW YORK — One year after COVID-19 first walloped Jewish communities in the US, a scientific study has established: • COVID restrictions and recommendations work...
COVID vaccine and pregnancy: many confused, afraid
Shira Hanau, JTAFeb 25, 2021
NEW YORK — For much of the last year, the young mothers of Lakewood, NJ have experienced the pandemic as much as a nuisance as a matter of life and […]
Purim 2020 was a lugubrious Jewish turning point; little change in 2021
Shira Hanau, JTAFeb 11, 2021
NEW YORK — In any other year, the mask-decorating party planned for later this month at Congregation Beth El Ner Tamid in Broomall, Pa. would make perfect sense:...
Deaths of major rabbis leaves Orthodoxy reeling
Shira Hanau, JTAFeb 04, 2021
JERUSALEM — Four times on Sunday, Jan. 31, Orthodox men carried the body of a beloved Torah scholar wrapped in a black and white prayer shawl through the streets of...
Abayudaya may not come on aliyah
Shira Hanau, JTAFeb 04, 2021
NEW YORK — American Jews with ties to a small community of Jews in Uganda are condemning the Israeli Interior Ministry’s decision to reject the right of those Jews...
Buyer’s remorse among Trump supporters?
Shira Hanau, JTAJan 14, 2021
NEW YORK — Much of the American Orthodox community had lined up behind Trump ahead of the election. Polls showed Orthodox voters supporting him by overwhelming...
Anti-Semitism ‘Cow’ takes Twitter to task
Shira Hanau, JTAJan 07, 2021
NEW YORK — An anonymous Twitter account that “mooed” at anti-Semitic tweeters before quitting the platform returned Jan. 4 to take the platform to task one last...
