1,000 Jewish groups received at least $500 million in government loans. Some laid off staff anyway.
By BEN SALES (JTA) — More than 1,000 Jewish organizations received federal coronavirus relief loans totaling approximately $540 million to ...
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Brooklyn Hasidic neighborhoods see spike in at-home deaths during coronavirus crisis
By BEN SALES NEW YORK (JTA) — Two Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhoods that have been hard hit in the coronavirus pandemic ...
New documentary ‘Viral’ examines anti-Semitism in U.S. and Europe
By BEN SALES (JTA) — A new documentary featuring experts on anti-Semitism, as well as former President Bill Clinton, examines ...
A Guatemalan asylum seeker is being sheltered in a Washington state synagogue
By BEN SALES (JTA) — In a few weeks, the congregants at Temple Beth Hatfiloh in Olympia, Wash., will gather ...
What is anti-Semitism? The question divides a Jewish coalition.
By BEN SALES NEW YORK (JTA) — Launched in 2017, a weekly newsletter from a coalition of establishment Jewish and pro-Israel groups ...
After Poway synagogue shooting, ADL director calls for government to take action against white supremacists
By BEN SALES (JTA) — The head of the Anti-Defamation League said Saturday’s synagogue shooting should serve as a “wake-up ...
Why Orthodox communities are at the center of a measles outbreak
By BEN SALES (JTA) — Rabbi Mordechai Shain isn’t sure about vaccines. Almost all of the 400 kids in the ...
Videos of West Bank shooting are roiling Israel
Videos of an Israeli soldier shooting an incapacitated Palestinian attacker are contributing to the debate over how far Israeli soldiers ...
Western Wall prayer fight ends with compromise
The size of the non-Orthodox section of the Western Wall will double and a single entrance will lead to both ...
Jewish suspects in Duma attack allege torture
The youths suspected of the attack that killed an 18-month-old Palestinian boy and his parents have been held in imprisonment ...
