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Special Section: Honoring Our Graduates
The American Jewish World will publish a special section, "Honoring Our Graduates," in the June 2025 issue. AJW readers are encouraged...
Jews and the Civil Rights Movement in Minnesota
By LAURA WEBER Published in 1949, Jews in Transition, by Rabbi Albert I. Gordon, was the first book-length look at...
Hopkins, Minneapolis schools to take off for High Holy Days
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Most Twin Cities public schools start the school year the day after Labor Day,...
Direct from Los Angeles, Cantor Ben Tisser
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN Ben Tisser, the new cantor at Beth El Synagogue, knew from a very early age that the...
Herzl Camp looks to summer 2022
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Last August Herzl Camp’s summer was cut a few days short due to a...
Anti-hate summit in Pittsburgh uses Tree of Life shooting as warning to all
By DAVID RULLO and ADAM REINHERZ (Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle via JTA) — Standing before a crowd of several hundred, Pittsburgh resident Michele...
Black and Jewish Americans unite to talk about fighting antisemitism and all that jazz
By LARRY LUXNER In the late 1930s, Jewish clarinetist and jazz bandleader Benny Goodman, known as the King of Swing,...
Hey, Kids: The 2021 AJW Hanuka Cover Contest is accepting entries!
The 30th Annual AJW Hanuka Cover Contest We’re looking for colorful drawings by budding artists to feature on the cover...
With dozens of world leaders watching, Sweden looks to turn around its reputation on antisemitism
By KATARZYNA ANDERSZ MALMÖ, Sweden (JTA) — Malmö, Sweden’s third largest city, has in recent years become known as a...
Creator of Chabad’s famous menora sexually abused girl, lawsuit claims
By ASAF SHALEV (JTA) — A new lawsuit claims that the man who crafted what might be the most famous...
