In Ukraine, saving the saviors
JTAMay 19, 2022
By Stewart Ain KIEV — After Russia invaded Ukraine early in the morning of Feb. 24, millions of Ukrainians suddenly had their lives upended. The Jewish Foundation for...
Buffalo killer: ‘Jews can be dealt with in time’
JTAMay 19, 2022
The man charged with killing 10 people at a Buffalo, NY supermarket on May 14 allegedly was motivated by an online manifesto attributed to himself, Payton Gendron, 18.
Top dog of kosher pop art
JTAMay 19, 2022
By Lisa Keys, New York Jewish Week Award-winning Jewish artist Steve Marcus, 50, has made a career creating artwork for publications like Rolling Stone, The New York...
Will the Kligman brothers be the first Orthodox Jews in the MLB?
JTAMay 12, 2022
Some Jewish baseball fans know the name Elie Kligman, even though he’s just a freshman in college. That’s because last year he became one of the first two Orthodox...
Did Putin apologize for Lavrov?
JTAMay 12, 2022
Minister Naftali Bennett for comments Putin’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, made comparing Ukraine’s Jewish president to Adolf Hitler, according to Bennett’s...
In Germany, Jewish group barred from flight
JTAMay 12, 2022
A group of Jews are demanding an apology from Lufthansa airlines after they were expelled from a flight from New York to Budapest on May 3.
Harvard Crimson: Yes to BDS
JTAMay 05, 2022
For years, the editorial board of the Harvard Crimson, the student newspaper at Harvard University, has declined to back the movement to boycott Israel, even as it...
HRW director retires after huge growth
JTAMay 05, 2022
Ken Roth, the long-time executive director of Human Rights Watch whose criticism of Israel’s record drew a headline-making rebuke from the group’s late founder, is...
Lithuanian Brazilian Jewish modernist was a pioneer
JTAMay 05, 2022
One of Brazilian modernism’s leading voices was Lasar Segall — a Lithuanian Jew who spent the first few decades of his life innovating in Europe before tackling...
‘Hava Nagila’ in Salt Lake City — why?
JTAMay 05, 2022
A few years ago, Rachel Picado attended a Utah Jazz game in Salt Lake City with Israeli diplomat Eitan Na’eh, who was visiting from Los Angeles. During the closing...
