All the Jewish players taking the NHL ice
JTAOct 26, 2023
By Jacob Gurvis NEW YORK — When it comes to Jews and sports, baseball often reigns supreme — both in terms of Jewish fan interest and the number of high-profile...
The Bedouin hero
JTAOct 26, 2023
Youssef Ziadna rescued 30 people, all Jewish Israelis, from the massacre at the outdoor party near Israel’s southern border, dodging bullets and veering off-road to...
Memorializing the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
JTAOct 19, 2023
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory tragedy transformed US labor law and the building that housed the factory, now a New York University science building, was designated a...
Death toll climbs to 800, IDF regains control of border towns
JTAOct 08, 2023
As dawn broke in Israel Sunday, the government officially declared war and the contours of the previous 24 hours of violence following a broad attack by Hamas were still...
Etrog — the wandering fruit
JTAOct 05, 2023
Together with Warren Klein, the curator of the Bernard Museum of Judaica at Temple Emanu-El, and Sharon Liberman Mintz, Josh Teplitsky’s probing into the history, use,...
Pope Pius XII and Nazi camps
JTASep 21, 2023
A newly uncovered letter provides the strongest evidence yet that Pope Pius XII knew about the Nazi extermination of the Jews as it was happening
Greenland — not your usual economic opportunity
JTASep 14, 2023
For Paul Cohen, an American Jew who has lived in Narsaq, Greenland with his wife Monika for 22 years, Narsaq’s remoteness is more than offset by its stunning...
‘Jewish’ guide to the NFL season
JTASep 07, 2023
As the calendar turns to September, many Jews eagerly await an annual fall tradition that signals a new beginning: Week 1 of the NFL season.
Christie’s cancels second auction
JTASep 07, 2023
By Asaf Elia-Shalev NEW YORK — Christie’s has announced that it will not follow through with plans to hold a second auction of jewelry from an estate that was...
Eritreans riot in southern Tel Aviv
JTASep 07, 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked his advisors to renew their efforts to deport Eritreans — who say they are asylum seekers, but who he says are...
