Why Jewish and Muslim communities in the U.S. need each other
By MAHDI WARSAMA The Dec. 14 mass shooting in Australia by hateful individuals targeting a Jewish Hanuka celebration at Bondi ...
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Editorial: Perhaps January will be better
To paraphrase a Judith Viorst book title, December was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month. Where to start? ...
Asleep at the switch on Oct. 7
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER Although Hamas is to blame for invading Israel Oct. 7, 2023, the authors of While Israel ...
9/11-style response needed to fight white supremacists, Jewish security officials say
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — After a white supremacist gunman murdered 22 people in El Paso, Tex., Jewish groups ...
Lithuanian Jews are split over the closing of only functioning synagogue in Vilnius
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA) — Lithuanian Jews are divided over a decision to close the only functioning synagogue in Vilnius ...
‘We’ve lost a part of ourselves’: El Paso’s diverse Jewish community grapples with a mass shooting
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN (JTA) — Joseph Charter used to feel safe in El Paso. But after Aug 3., when a ...
HIAS board chair fights anti-immigrant trend
By ADRIAN GLASS-MOORE / Assistant Editor In his day job, attorney Robert Aronson helps medical doctors and academics from abroad ...
Jamaica’s music and Jews
By ERIN ELLIOTT BRYAN / Community News Editor Christopher Columbus was shipwrecked in Jamaica for more than a year in ...
Judaism and the Western Wall
Local Jewish federations issue a misguided call to protest Muslim efforts to change the status of the Western Wall By ...
'Rosenwald' celebrates forgotten benefactor
Julius Rosenwald’s philanthropy supported African American schools and artists By MICHAEL FOX The recent history between Jews and African Americans, ...
