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culture•Sep 29, 07:36 AM ET

Sunkist Fruit Gems return after panic over loss of synagogue staple

Verified reporting recorded across United States indicates that the company told JTA its candy would retain kosher certification, individual wrapping and fruit flavors. -- The post Sunkist Fruit Gems return after panic over loss of synagogue staple appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency . The development carries significant operational and public interest implications for communities across the United States.

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culture•Sep 28, 05:24 PM ETLIVING REPORT

Why is Karl Rove supporting a progressive Jewish candidate in Texas?

(JTA) — Progressive Jewish Texas state Sen. Jon Rosenthal has earned an unusual distinction: He is the first Democrat to win the vote of GOP guru Karl Rove in more than 30 years. What did the only Jew serving in the Texas state house do to earn this distinction? It’s more what he didn’t do:... The post Why is Karl Rove

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culture•Sep 28, 05:12 PM ETLIVING REPORT

Irish national soccer team won’t shake hands with Israel after win

(JTA) — It only took 25 minutes of play for the Irish national soccer team to build a 3-0 lead over Israel in the countries’ UEFA Nations League B match on Sunday. But there were decades of bad blood that preceded Ireland’s shutout victory in a game dominated more by the geopolitics of the Gaza... The post Irish nation

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culture•Sep 28, 01:45 PM ET

They settled in a city where 200,000 Jews thrived. After Kristallnacht, her family fled and she stayed behind.

The City Without Jews: Life and Death in Nazi Vienna By Douglas Smith FSG, 560 pages, $37 Several years ago, the historian Douglas Smith, who has won wide recognition for his several books on modern Russia, turned his attention to Vienna and its Jewish community during the rise and fall of the Third Reich. During... Th

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culture•Sep 28, 01:00 PM ET

Could a convert’s kid play Jewish geography?

It was, I think, some small measure of divine consolation that the most dispersed minority on the planet got a little game to bring us back together. Yes, I’m talking about Jewish geography — that special small-talk ritual that often follows when two Jews meet for the first time. It’s a precious thing, finding out... T

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culture•Sep 28, 09:47 AM ETLIVING REPORT

Jewish star Adam Brody calls Israeli actions in Gaza ‘genocide’

Adam Brody, the Jewish actor who plays a “hot rabbi” on the hit Netflix rom-com Nobody Wants This, called the war in Gaza a genocide in a new interview, making him one of just a few Jewish celebrities to speak out publicly against the Israeli campaign. The comments came in an interview with GQ about... The post ‘Nobody

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culture•Sep 27, 04:14 PM ETLIVING REPORT

German city bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims

(JTA) — A decision to bar the “stumbling stone” memorials to victims of the Nazis has touched a nerve in one small German town, and beyond. At issue is a motion – passed Sept. 25 by the city council of Heidenau in the former East Germany – to stop installation of such memorials in local... The post German city bans stu

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culture•Sep 25, 05:11 PM ET

Why Mamdani remains focused on Israel as NYC mayor

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at the UN this week, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was there — not in body, but in spirit, having condemned the Israeli prime minister and previously encouraged protests against him. As a leader in the Jewish community, I know that many American Jews oppose Neta

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culture•Sep 25, 03:10 PM ET

New voices in Yiddish: A prose and poetry contest

לכּבֿוד דעם 85סטן יאָר זינט מע האָט פֿאַרלייגט דעם ייִדישן זשורנאַל „אױפֿן שװעל“, וועט די אָרגאַניזאַציע וואָס שטיצט דעם זשורנאַל, די „ייִדיש־ליגע“, דורכפֿירן אַ קאָנקורס פֿון נײַע ייִדיש־שפּראַכיקע לידער און פּראָזע. אַ זש‮ורי פֿון אָפּגעקליבענע מומחים וועט אָפּשאַצן די אַרבעטן, און די דרײַ בעסטע פֿון ביידע קאַטעגאָרי

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culture•Sep 25, 02:40 PM ET

In Memoriam: Mourning the death of Sunkist Fruit Gems

Sunkist Fruit Gems were kosher, they were soft enough not to cause welts on the foreheads of 13-year-olds, and they were individually wrapped so they wouldn’t get stuck on the floor. -- The post In Memoriam: Mourning the death of Sunkist Fruit Gems appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency .

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culture•Sep 25, 02:37 PM ET

Jewish languages meet in Birobidzhan

אויף אַן אינטערנאַציאָנאַלן ייִדישן קולטור־פֿעסטיוואַל לעצטנס אין ביראָבידזשאַן האָט מיך, ווי אַ ייִדישיסט, באַזונדערס פֿאַרחידושט די אינערלעכע ייִדישע פֿיל־שפּראַכיקייט. דער „אינטערנאַציאָנאַלער פֿעסטיוואַל פֿון ייִדישער קולטור און קונסט“ איז פֿאָרגעקומען פֿונעם 6טן ביזן 9טן סעפּטעמבער. מיט איינעם פֿון די געסט, הרבֿ ע

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culture•Sep 25, 11:12 AM ET

The Yeshiva issue that won't go away

A backroom deal to gut oversight of private schools – specifically to bail out yeshivas that fail to teach basic subjects, condemning tens of thousands of Hasidic students to illiteracy and choking off the chance to participate in broader society – is coming back to haunt its architects. New York’s Governor and the Leg

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culture•Sep 24, 08:26 PM ET

The Netherlands will return to Eurovision after boycott over Israel

(JTA) — The Netherlands will return to the Eurovision Song Contest, overriding a broadcaster that withdrew over Israel’s actions in Gaza. The Dutch organization that oversees public broadcasting, the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep, said on Wednesday that it will take over the country’s entry to Eurovision after Avrotros,

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culture•Sep 24, 04:39 PM ET

Calls increase to remove Pink as UNICEF ambassador

Actor Javier Bardem promoted a petition seeking Pink’s removal after she pushed back on rapper Macklemore's pro-Palestinian comments. -- The post Calls increase to remove Pink as UNICEF ambassador appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency .

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