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.
(JTA) — ANN ARBOR – The activists on the Zoom supporting Abdul El-Sayed knew they faced an uphill climb when it came to persuading their fellow Jewish Democrats to overcome their concerns about the Michigan Senate candidate and vote for their party’s nominee despite his strong disapproval of Israel. Two progressive Jew
(JTA) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has signed a law that will create protective spaces around religious institutions, after a pro-Palestinian protest at a Los Angeles synagogue last year turned violent. The legislation, AB 2664, establishes 100-foot zones around the entrances to houses of worship. Within
(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
(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
Plus, "NAZA" makes its U.S. premiere in Manhattan. -- The post Ex-Gov. Paterson says Jessica Tisch could run for mayor appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency .
I first learned about Sir Frank Lowy at the Australian Museum in Sydney. Alongside an opalized plesiosaur skeleton and a 19th-century rug made of 75 platypus skins, there was a brief account of a Czechoslovakian Holocaust survivor who went on to become Australia’s richest man. It was a bizarre way to discover that the
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
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
(JTA) — President Isaac Herzog called leaders of Jerusalem’s Kol HaNeshama Reform congregation on the eve of the Sukkot holiday to express solidarity following a string of attacks against the synagogue and took the matter up with Israel Police, his office told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Sunday. The call came days
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
(JTA) — J Street, the Jewish advocacy group that calls itself pro-Israel and pro-peace, has sought a seat at the Jewish establishment table since its inception in 2008 – and has been repeatedly rebuffed. Now it is building its own table. The lobby has lined up heavy hitters from the Jewish establishment to further its.
On Oct. 7, Israelis will come together to commemorate the third anniversary of the Hamas attack. Three weeks later, they will gather again, this time at the voting booth, for the first national election since Nov. 2022. The shadow of the first event will no doubt loom large over the second. The election is expected...
For 18 years, J Street sought a seat at the table with mainstream pro-Israel organizations. Now it’s building its own table. -- The post Figures who once defined Jewish establishment line up behind J Street appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency .
(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
Daniel Okrent’s new biography asks how much — and how little — Jewish identity shaped the Broadway legend’s life and work. -- The post Stephen Sondheim was Jewish, but was his a ‘Jewish Life’? appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency .
(JTA) — Even a powerful Nor’easter couldn’t stop the crowds from showing up at the North American premiere of the controversial Israeli documentary “NAZA” on Saturday afternoon. The two weekend screenings scheduled at Lincoln Center as part of the New York Film Festival sold out in minutes. Dozens of people waited in a
Roll the Calls: A Memoir By Ari Emanuel Knopf, 432 pages, $35 It must be exhausting to be super-agent Ari Emanuel: rising before dawn for a workout regimen, ingesting live worms to consume bacteria, and then placing hundreds of daily phone calls to clients and network honchos. It is, frankly, exhausting just to read ab
A version of this piece first ran as part of the New York Jewish Week’s daily newsletter, rounding up the... -- The post Mamdani hits back at Netanyahu for ‘baseless lies’ appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency .
(JTA) — Some top New York Jewish Democrats are defending New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called him an “antisemite” and said he is “buddies” with Hamas. Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, and the outsized role Mamdani played in it, w
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
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 .
At an Episcopal school, being Jewish means figuring out when to participate, when to stand apart and where I belong. -- The post I’m Jewish at a Christian high school. It’s taught me a lot about who I am. appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency .
The Jewish state and American Jewry have a shared future that the Israeli government must protect. -- The post Gantz writes in JTA: We need to take seriously the erosion of US support for Israel appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency .
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
(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,
In audio from the attack, the assailant apparently yells, “You are going to die for the Jews.” -- The post Police label shooting in Belleville, Ontario, a hate-motivated attack against the Jewish community appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency .
Ariana Harwicz was disinvited by the event in Granada after requests from university activists. -- The post More than 350 cultural figures slam Spanish festival for canceling a Jewish novelist for her Israel views appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency .
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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