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Inspired by Columbia example, pro-Palestinian encampments spring up at colleges nationwide
9+ hour, 43+ min ago —...university in New York City, and upended life for Jewish students... ...(JTA) – A pro-Palestinian protest at Yale University allegedly turned... ...Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University and Emerson... ...At MIT, the pro-Israel student group MIT Israel Alliance said that...
jta.org > obituaries
Rabbi Albert Thaler, founding director of Ramah Nyack day camp, dies at 91
11+ hour, 22+ min ago —...(New York Jewish Week) — When Rabbi Albert Thaler was invited to... ...campers from New Jersey, Queens, Manhattan and New York’s Westchester... ...of the Hadar Institute; Rabbi Paul Mack Drill of the Orangetown... ...At Camp Ramah Nyack, in New York’s Rockland County, staffers stay...
jta.org > food
A fifth question this Passover: Why does that Manichewitz matzah box look so different?
11+ hour, 46+ min ago —...“My hope,” Amanda Dell, program director of the Jewish Food Society... ...sense of pride in Jewish food.”... ...and nostalgic…” tweeted Aleesa Kuznetsov, a Jewish reporter in Wisconsin... ...Dov Behr Manischewitz, a matzah-making Eastern European immigrant...
jta.org > politics
Israel's military intelligence chief resigns, taking responsibility for Oct. 7 failures
11+ hour, 37+ min ago —...Aharon Haliva sent Monday to the Israeli military chief of staff,... ...(JTA) â Israelâs military intelligence chief resigned, saying... ...Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat who as majority leader is the... ...Mass protests in Israel calling for accountability and for Netanyahuâ...
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Peacock’s 'The Tattooist of Auschwitz' tackles a Holocaust love story based on real events
17+ hour, 41+ min ago —...on two Slovakian Jewish prisoners — Lali Sokolov and Gita Furman... ...-King, who plays young Lali at Auschwitz, told the Jewish Telegraphic... ...A report from Wanda Witek-Malicka of the Auschwitz Memorial Research... ...Directed by Tali Shalom-Ezer and executive produced by Claire Mundell...
jta.org > politics
House overwhelmingly passes Israel aid, even as dissent grows in both parties
14+ hour, 34+ min ago —...President Joe Biden, who called for the additional aid, is expected... ...Grant Program, which funds security measures for U.S. synagogues... ...Becca Balint of Vermont and Jamie Raskin of Maryland, who were among... ...Members including Chip Roy of Texas and Ryan Zinke of Montana said...
jta.org > united-states
Survey taken 5 months into the Gaza war finds most American Jews felt close to Israel, but not its government...
4+ day ago —...Federations of North America poll.... ...(JTA) — As of early March, five months into Israel’s war with Hamas... ...disillusionment with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government... ...JFNA President and CEO Eric Fingerhut zoomed in on that finding in...
jta.org > culture
Peacock’s “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” tackles a Holocaust love story based on real events
17+ hour, 41+ min ago —...on two Slovakian Jewish prisoners — Lali Sokolov and Gita Furman... ...-King, who plays young Lali at Auschwitz, told the Jewish Telegraphic... ...A report from Wanda Witek-Malicka of the Auschwitz Memorial Research... ...Directed by Tali Shalom-Ezer and executive produced by Claire Mundell...
jta.org > united-states
Columbia U rabbi urges Jewish students to leave as pro-Palestinian protests continue to roil campus
1+ day ago —...(JTA) — An Orthodox rabbi at Columbia University has encouraged students... ...Buechler declined to respond to questions but told the Jewish Telegraphic... ...of America,” Andrew Bates, the White House deputy press secretary... ...Chabad said Rabbi Yuda Drizin had escorted Jewish students from the...
jta.org > israel
In a first, US is reportedly set to sanction Israeli military unit for alleged human rights abuses
1+ day ago —...The unit was subsequently moved from the West Bank to the Golan Heights... ...Blinken plans to announce sanctions on the Netzach Yehuda battalion... ..., called Netzach Yehuda an “inseparable part of the Israel Defense... ...In a social media post, Benny Gantz, a centrist former defense minister...