Birthright launches ‘rewards’ program
JTAFeb 14, 2019
NEW YORK — Everyone knows about how accumulating credit card points can reap significant awards. Now select young Jews returning home from Birthright trips to Israel...
Jewish character in BlacKkKlansman adds ‘complexity’
JTAFeb 14, 2019
By Naomi Pfefferman LOS ANGELES — In one of the pivotal scenes of Spike Lee’s Oscar-nominated film “BlacKkKlansman,” Ron Stallworth, the first black cop on the...
Gantz emerges as Bibi’s main challenger
JTAFeb 14, 2019
By Eli Kowaz TEL AVIV — Benny Gantz has cemented himself as the most likely candidate to defeat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the upcoming Israeli elections....
Ethiopian Jews allege police brutality
JTAFeb 07, 2019
JERUSALEM — Six officers were hurt and 11 protesters were arrested as dozens of young Ethiopian Israelis clashed with police at the end of a protest against alleged...
‘Holocaust’ miniseries transformed remembrance in Germany
JTAJan 31, 2019
By Toby Axelrod BERLIN — For Sigmount Koenigsberg, the most searing scene in the US-made “Holocaust” miniseries broadcast here 40 years ago was when a German child...
The chavruta comes to South Korea
JTAJan 17, 2019
By Tim Alper SEOUL — In 2014, Kim Hye-kyung found herself staring into an educational abyss. The mother of two lives in study-mad South Korea, a nation where parents...
The battle of stats: Greenberg vs. Ryan
JTAJan 17, 2019
By Scott Barancik NEW YORK — Barring injury, Ryan Braun should surpass Hank Greenberg this season as baseball’s all-time Jewish home run hitter. The 35-year-old...
Fair share of ‘Jewish’ moments at the Golden Globes
JTAJan 10, 2019
LOS ANGELES — From Michael Douglas’ Yiddish exclamation to more success for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” to Regina King’s Hebrew-letter tattoo, the 2019 Golden...
Ol’ Blue Eyes’ kippah
JTAJan 03, 2019
By Stephen Silver NEW YORK — When a huge auction was held at Sotheby’s last month of items belonging to Frank Sinatra and his wife Barbara, the item that made the...
Celebrated Israeli author Amoz Oz passes away
JTAJan 03, 2019
By Thane Rosenbaum The young nation of Israel has witnessed in recent years a dwindling of its founding generation — from the passing of political leaders like Shimon...
