Editorial: A visit to Denmark and Sweden — and war breaks out
My wife, Maj-Britt, and I boarded a flight for Amsterdam on Oct. 5. We set off to visit our expat ...
Tag: Brooklyn
‘Trayf’ probes Chasidic life
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN During the 10 years that I lived in Brooklyn (1974-1984), I had two encounters with the Chabad ...
From a brothel to a Brooklyn dress shop
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER It seems unlikely that a former owner of a classy New Orleans brothel, a teenage seamstress ...
Alice Stern travels through time
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER What if you just turned 40, fell asleep and woke up in your childhood bed, once ...
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 ...
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 ...
Editorial: Wash your hands, stay home and stay safe
Our Father, Our King! Send complete healing to the sick among Your people. —Avinu Malkeinu We have entered uncharted territory ...
I’m a pediatrician who sees kids with coronavirus every day. It’s changed my whole way of life.
By DR. ALYSA FRENKEL-SCHICK NEW YORK (JTA) — I am a pediatrician who for 15 years has practiced in a medical ...
A JTA reporter encounters anti-Semitism on the streets of New York
By SAM SOKOL NEW YORK (JTA) — Evidently I’m a “f***ing Jew bastard.” Earlier this month I had just arrived ...
Okonomiyaki: Japanese-style latkes for Hanuka
Okonomiyaki is a customizable Japanese savory vegetable pancake. By SONYA SANFORD (The Nosher via JTA) — The Japanese word okonomiyaki ...
