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Great fear in Great Neck
JNSDec 17, 2020
By Shiryn Ghermezian An anti-Semitic cybersecurity attack that took place at a Jewish high school in Long Island, NY, on Dec. 13 has left students on edge and parents...
Monsey attack memorialized in dreidel table
JTADec 17, 2020
When a masked man entered a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York, on the seventh night of Chanukah last year, Joseph Gluck thought quickly. He picked up a coffee table and...
Anti-Semitism panel features Rashida Tlaib, Marc Lamont Hill
Ben Sales, JTADec 17, 2020
NEW YORK — At a panel on anti-Semitism, four speakers known for their outspoken criticism of Israel — including Rep. Rashida Tlaib — said that they themselves do...
Israel establishes diplomatic relations with Morocco, Bhutan
JTADec 17, 2020
JERUSALEM — Israel will establish diplomatic relations with Morocco, which becomes the fourth Arab country to announce it will recognize Israel in the last year....
Why all these COVID lawsuits?
Shira Hanau, JTADec 10, 2020
NEW YORK — In the more than 30 years that Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel has worked at Agudath Israel, an umbrella organization and advocacy group representing haredi...
‘Operation Zur’ brings 416 Ethiopians to Israel
JNSDec 10, 2020
TEL AVIV — Four hundred sixteen olim (immigrants) arrived in Israel last week from Ethiopia, as part one of “Operation Zur Israel.” The operation follows...
Jewish astronaut wants to be first woman on moon
JTADec 10, 2020
By Hadas Ragolsky Chrissy HOUSTON — Since astronaut Jessica Meir returned to Earth in April from the International Space Station, she — like all of us — has spent...
A different Europe, as six prominent survivors die in 2020
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTADec 10, 2020
BRUSSELS — The constant stream of breaking news about American politics and the coronavirus pandemic has hidden a sobering fact: Six prominent Holocaust survivors who...
Roald Dahl’s family issues apology
JTADec 10, 2020
LONDON (JTA) — Thirty years after Roald Dahl’s death and months before the expected release of a new movie about his life, the family of the children’s author has...
Cynthia Lummis is Wyoming’s first female senator
JNSDec 03, 2020
CHANUKAH 5781 SECTION A, PAGE 7 By Jackson Richman Cynthia Lummis is celebrating a number of firsts. She was just elected the first female US senator from Wyoming,...
