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Molly Crabapple's book is well researched but ideologically biased
9+ hour, 29+ min ago (849+ words) A May Day 1936 Bund demonstration. Courtesy of the Archives of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research By Mikhail Krutikov May 17, 2026 Molly Crabapple's Here Where We Live Is Our Country is a captivating read. Drawing on the biographies of both major…...
At Trump's Christian revival on the National Mall, one rabbi made a Jewish case for America
12+ hour, 50+ min ago (725+ words) By Benyamin Cohen May 17, 2026 On the National Mall Sunday, Christian worship music boomed from giant speakers as "Adonai" and other names of God flashed across jumbo screens behind a praise band. Pastors invoked America's biblical destiny. Sadie Robertson, the Christian…...
California judge says Kars4 Kids misled donors by omitting Orthodox Jewish mission from ads
14+ hour, 56+ min ago (687+ words) (JTA) " A California judge has ordered Kars4 Kids to stop airing its ubiquitous jingle in the state unless the Jewish car-donation charity discloses that its funding is dedicated to Orthodox Jewish programs for families and adults in New York, New Jersey…...
Pacific Palisades Jews, displaced by fire, reopen their synagogue as part of returning home
17+ hour, 11+ min ago (728+ words) (JTA) " Sixteen months after the fires that devastated the Pacific Palisades and uprooted hundreds of Jewish families, congregants of Kehillat Israel are returning to their synagogue. On Friday, hundreds of congregants are carrying their Torah scrolls back into the building…...
At Eurovision, Israel's near triumph shows the limits of tolerance
21+ hour, 26+ min ago (622+ words) By Anna Goldenberg May 17, 2026 VIENNA " A keffiyeh was blocking my view, and it bothered me less than I would have expected. It was around 9: 45 pm, and I was standing outside Vienna's city hall, where the city had erected a "Eurovision…...
Israel's Noam Bettan takes 2nd at Eurovision, buoyed by scrutinized public vote
21+ hour, 45+ min ago (454+ words) (JTA) " The Israeli contestant in the Eurovision Song Contest won second place for the second year in a row, drawing a strong public vote despite protests over Israel's inclusion in the contest. Noam Bettan and his song "Michelle" ranked third…...
It looks like a kaffiyeh, but this pro-Israel influencer wants you to wear a sudra
23+ hour, 26+ min ago (1058+ words) Rudy Rochman wearing a sudra at the Kotel in Jerusalem, Israel Courtesy of Rudy Rochman By Simone Saidmehr May 17, 2026 In a recent viral Jubilee video viewed more than 1. 5 million times, pro-Israel activist Rudy Rochman sits across from a group of…...
Cornell trustees back Jewish president after confrontation with pro-Palestinian protesters
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (771+ words) (JTA) " Cornell University's Jewish president will not be penalized for a recent campus altercation with pro-Palestinian protesters who had surrounded his car following a campus debate on Israel, an investigation by the university concluded Friday. The Ivy League school's Board…...
Talarico won't campaign with Democratic House candidate who wants to open 'a prison for American Zionists"
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (1065+ words) (JTA) " Maureen Galindo, the housing activist and conspiracy theorist whose rants about "billionaire Zionists" have defined her pursuit of a U. S. House seat in Texas, is within spitting distance of winning a Democratic runoff in a competitive San Antonio-area district. But…...
Jewish Rep. Steve Cohen will not run for reelection after Tennessee GOP redraws his district
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (776+ words) (JTA) " Rep. Steve Cohen, the Jewish Democrat from Tennessee at the center of a controversial Republican-led redistricting push, announced Friday that he will not seek reelection. In his press conference announcing his decision, the congressman also took a swipe at…...