“Remembrance, Resilience and Renewal: Genocide Awareness Through the Arts , ” a multidisciplinary program of music, art, spoken word and dances from four cultures that have faced genocide, will be presented on April 28 at Rhode Island College. Judith Lynn Stillman, Rhode Island College’s artist-in-residence, is the artistic director, pianist, and curator of the program, which takes place during Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month. …
“Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away” provides that narrative for the approximately one million Jews and tens of thousands of Polish political prisoners, Sinti, Roma and Soviet POWs, Jehovah’s Witnesses and those the Nazis deemed homosexual, disabled, criminal, inferior or adversarial in countless other ways who met their demise at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, Poland. The traveling exhibition is having its New England premiere at The Castle at Park Plaza after opening in Madrid’s Arte Canal Exhibition Centre in 2017.
As the American-Israeli poet Marty Herskovitz thought about the upcoming Passover holiday, the prospect of singing “Dayenu” at the first seder since his country was attacked didn’t …
"If the university cannot be a place of learning, then what is the point? Universities across America must take action, and we are not asking asking for radical change," AJC President Deutch …
"Where is the global outrage? There are hostages from 25 countries. There are at least five hostages who …
Axios reports that Israeli officials told their Egyptian counterparts that Israel is ready to give …
The lawmakers named the bill the COLUMBIA (College Oversight and Legal Updates Mandating Bias …
UN spokesperson says investigators examining Israeli accusations that 12 UNRWA staff took part in …
“They immediately said, ‘We’ll have to figure out a new way,’” recalled Balser, who …
Read more headlines from Israel (reading more may require subscription)
Pesach is a joyous celebration of our physical redemption from the land of Egypt. We host or attend sederim, during which we eat foods that connect us to the events of the narrative, we share the …
It’s not easy being far from family, especially during different, and sometimes difficult, life-cycle changes. More people than ever seem to be experiencing the trials and tribulations of …
I set foot in Israel for the first time in June 1965. Having just turned 21 and looking forward to my senior year at Columbia come September, I …
Professor Nina Tannenwald consistently finds ways to criticize Israel. As soon as I see her name in the byline [March 2024], I know it will be a hit piece. Israel is in a dangerous neighborhood. The …
I am dismayed by Rabbi Rosenberg’s disapproving tone [March 2024] when he speaks of Israel’s retaliation in the Israel-Hamas war. How can American Jews feel justified in …
To read Nina Tannenwald’s piece “ ‘Israelism’ explores the disillusionment of American Jews,” [March 2024] is to suffer the horror of art being used to debase the soul. …
JTA – Cacio e pepe translates to cheese and pepper, and the classic Roman pasta dish includes little more than these eponymous ingredients. In the classic recipe, spaghetti and salted pasta …
JTA – Though my Grandma Snazzy, my mother’s mother, seemed to barely eat a thing (to this day, I am convinced she subsisted on toast and coffee), she was a wonderful Jewish cook. One of …
The Brown RISD community has a new proud Jewish voice that has gained a lot of positive attention with its debut issue. The Brown Jewish Journal, an online publication produced by seven Brown and RISD students, made its debut in March. And it’s …