Shylock returns to visit his daughter
By DORIS RUBENSTEIN In the early part of the 20th century, my dad grew up in a small coal mining ...
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Israel’s Lincoln moment
By EARL SCHWARTZ Nearly 80 years have passed since Israel’s founders signed its Declaration of Independence, which includes the pledge ...
Editorial: Putting antisemitism in perspective
"Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem," by Francesco Hayez. “The saddest day in Jewish history is the ninth of Av, ...
Editorial: Domestic terrorists threaten democracy
The year 2021 has started with a bang. The previous year, with its pandemic, police killings of George Floyd and ...
‘One person can make a difference’
By ADRIAN GLASS-MOORE / Assistant Editor Judith Meisel, a Holocaust survivor and educator whose testimony was read at the recent ...
In a possible sign of what’s to come, this JCC has already laid off 176 people because of the coronavirus
By BEN SALES (JTA) — On Day 1 of the state-mandated shutdown in Pennsylvania, Amy Krulik tried to strike an ...
Justice Scalia’s Jewy moments
Interactions between Scalia, and Jews and Judaism were not always predictable By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — It’s a matter ...
Hummus in Hanoi
Israeli chef brings Middle Eastern cuisine to Vietnam By MIKE IVES HANOI, Vietnam (JTA) — Shahar Lubin earned his culinary ...
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi dies at 89
The ‘Boulder rebbe’ brought old world gravitas to New Age Judaism By BEN HARRIS (JTA) — Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi was ...
Motivated by righteousness
50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple’s Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany, by Steven Pressman, Harper, 296 ...
