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by JTA | Jan 15, 2020 | Community, International, News
By Henry Benjamin SYDNEY (JTA) — A kosher and halal kitchen established to prepare food for the needy is at the forefront of providing meals to firefighters battling bush fires in Australia. The Jewish chef supervising the Jewish community initiative known as Our Big... read more
by Ben Sales, JTA | Jan 7, 2020 | Community, Community Resources, Education, International, Local, Maryland, National, National Politics, News
An estimated 25,000 people marched across the Brooklyn Bridge and held a rally on Jan. 5 to protest rising anti-Semitism in and around New York City. The rally comes following a spate of attacks on Jews, including most recently a stabbing attack at a rabbi’s home in... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Dec 12, 2019 | Community, International, Israel, News
Sitting down in a rolling office chair and folding his hands, Isaac Herzog confessed he was feeling a bit exhausted. He’d just arrived in Baltimore from Atlanta, and after a day here was scheduled to fly to Chicago. It was all part of a whirlwind 10-day, multi-city... read more
by Scott Lasensky | Nov 22, 2019 | Blogs, Blogs & Opinion, International, Israel
Understandably, the Nov. 21 indictment of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a confusing and emotional moment for American Jews. Thursday was a “difficult and sad day” for Israelis, Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit said when announcing the indictment.... read more
by JTA | Nov 20, 2019 | International, Israel, News
By Laura Ben-David I have lived in Israel for 17 years, and I have lived in the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank the entire time. To much of the world, that makes me a settler who lives on illegally occupied land. The international community considers all Israeli... read more
by Alan Feiler, Editor-in-Chief | Nov 19, 2019 | Community, International, Israel, News
Gidi Grinstein believes that the arc of world history has finally bent toward the wellbeing and prosperity of the Jewish people. An Israeli entrepreneur and founder of the Reut Group, a research and leadership nonprofit, Grinstein said Jews have “shifted from... read more
by JTA | Nov 15, 2019 | International, News, Religion
By Marcus M. Gilban At 91, Holocaust survivor Andor Stern no longer fears the Nazis who imprisoned him in Auschwitz. Today, Stern — who lives in his native Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest metropolitan area of nearly 25 million people — says what scares him... read more
by Marcy Oster | Nov 12, 2019 | International, Israel, News
More than 450 rockets were fired on southern and central Israel Nov. 12-14 after the Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet security service killed a senior Islamic Jihad leader in Gaza. Israel has since carried out waves of retaliatory airstrikes in Gaza so far,... read more
by Ben Sales, JTA | Oct 18, 2019 | Community, International, National, News
When arguing with her first grade teacher about the Arab-Israeli conflict, Ceen Gabbai didn’t realize she was taking a huge risk. It was around September of 2000, and the second Intifada, the outbreak of Palestinian violence in Israel, was underway. Gabbai was one of... read more
by Marcy Oster | Sep 23, 2019 | Israel, News, Sports
In a historic first, Israel’s national baseball team qualified for a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The team defeated South Africa on Sunday, Sept. 22, at the Europe/Africa Qualifier tournament in Italy, with former Oriole Danny Valencia hitting a three run homer in... read more
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