$50,000 grants to combat BDS
JTANov 28, 2019
By Michelle Chabin Robert Kraft, Genesis, others to fund projects that show Israel in a positive light. TEL AVIV — The Genesis Prize Foundation and 2019 Genesis Prize...
Fall of Wall revived Judaism in Central, Eastern Europe
JTANov 14, 2019
By Liam Hoare “Neither ox nor donkey can block the path to socialism,” the East German leader Erich Honecker boldly declared on Aug. 14, 1989. Less than three months...
Never too late: Holocaust survivor celebrates Bar Mitzvah at 91
JTANov 14, 2019
By Marcus M. Gilban RIO DE JANEIRO — At 91, Holocaust survivor Andor Stern no longer fears the Nazis who imprisoned him in Auschwitz. Living in his native Sao Paulo,...
Pearl Billings
JTAOct 10, 2019
Pearl “Penny” Billings passed away Sept. 23, 2019, in Denver. Rabbi Steven Kaye officiated at the Oct. 2 graveside service at Fort Logan National Cemetery....
Rosh Hashanah identifies an irreplaceable humanity
JTAOct 03, 2019
By David Bashevkin Rosh Hashanah commemorates the creation of mankind. But if Rosh Hashanah is indeed the collective birthday of humanity, why do we celebrate with all...
Ahead of Yom Kippur, Mayim Bialik’s mea culpas
JTAOct 03, 2019
By Mayim Bialik In the Reform synagogue I was raised in, they taught us a song around the Jewish New Year: “Let’s be friends. Make amends. Now’s the time to say...
Bibi nominated to form government
JTASep 26, 2019
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5780 SECTION A PAGE 9 JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will get his second try this year to form Israel’s government after talks...
Jewish day schools are investing in special needs
JTASep 26, 2019
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5780 SECTION D PAGE 8 By Stacey Ilyse NEW YORK — About five years ago, Jennifer Rosenberg faced a conundrum. As head of a Jewish day school in...
The etrog: Judaism’s best-kept health secret
JTASep 26, 2019
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5780 SECTION D PAGE 6 By Rachel Myerson NEW YORK — For most Jews, the etrog, a thick-rinded citrus, is relegated to a fleeting, supporting role....
Boris Johnson: ‘Shofar so good’
JTASep 19, 2019
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson attempted, and failed, to blow a shofar while on a visit to northern England. During a visit on Sept. 13 to meet voters...
