Israeli military likely killed Palestinian journalist, AP and CNN conclude
(JTA) – A Palestinian American journalist reporting on an Israeli navy raid on a West Financial institution refugee camp was...
Following Bat Sheva Marcus allegations, Orthodox feminist group will undergo an external review
(JTA) – An embattled Orthodox feminist group has commissioned an exterior overview of its “office and board tradition,” weeks after...
Harvard Crimson endorses BDS movement, while rejecting antisemitism, in potent symbol of campus sentiment about Israel
(JTA) – For years, the editorial board of the Harvard Crimson, the scholar newspaper at Harvard College, has declined to...
Pete Davidson to star in autobiographical comedy series with a Yiddish name
(JTA) — Bupkis — which means nothing, completely zilch — is a type of few Yiddish phrases which have develop...
Shoah Foundation shares ‘lost’ testimony of Holocaust survivor who died in Mariupol
(JTA) — The 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Vanda Semyonovna Obiedkova died close to her house in Mariupol, Ukraine, April 4, whereas...
E-commerce site Redbubble restricts ‘Schindler’s List’ design after leggings go viral
(JTA) – The web design market Redbubble mentioned it had “restricted” gross sales of a “Schindler’s Listing”-inspired design on its...
Jewish feminist group in turmoil after Orthodox sex guru Bat Sheva Marcus, a founder, is accused of harassment
(JTA) — For years, two former government administrators of a pioneering group for Orthodox Jewish feminists believed that that they...
Hebrew Union College to end Cincinnati rabbinical program after board backs controversial plan
(JTA) – Hebrew Union School will formally cease ordaining rabbis in Cincinnati, the Ohio metropolis the place the Reform seminary...
Gerda Weissmann Klein, Holocaust survivor who became author, humanitarian and subject of Oscar-winning film, dies at 97
(JTA) – With Allied forces swiftly approaching through the liberation of the focus camps, Nazis barricaded Gerda Weissmann Klein and...
Ohio lawmaker draws backlash after suggesting schools should teach the Holocaust ‘from the perspective of a German soldier’
(JTA) – A Jewish lawmaker in Ohio is deriding laws to limit race training within the state’s colleges because the...