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John Filo’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of Mary Ann Vecchio, a 14-year-old runaway, kneeling over the body of Jeffrey Miller minutes after he was fatally shot by the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University, May 4, 1970.

Elaine Holstein, last surviving parent of the four Kent State shooting victims, dies at 96

JTA – For nearly half a century, Elaine Holstein was periodically confronted with one of the most haunting images in modern American history: the bone-chilling picture of Kent State … more

STEVE NORTH | 6/7/18

Orthodox rabbis call for release of Gershkovich

(JTA) – An umbrella association of American Orthodox rabbis is calling on the Russian government to release Evan Gershkovich, the imprisoned Jewish reporter for the Wall Street Journal. … more

6/1/23

Meet the top 15 Jewish political donors in this election cycle

(JTA) – George Soros may draw some of the most vociferous criticism, but he’s hardly the biggest political donor in this cash-heavy election cycle – Democrat or Republican. In … more

RON KAMPEAS | 10/2/20

Hello from Key West, Florida, Calling on southernmost Jews

KEY WEST, FLA. - What, you’re surprised there is Jewish life here? This is the southernmost point in the continental U.S., a city of 27,000, with an artsy-craftsy live-and-let-live vibe. … more

M. CHARLES BAKST | 3/1/18

Bill includes $50M for energy efficiency at religious institutions

WASHINGTON (JTA) – The $1 trillion infrastructure funding bill that is seen as a rare bipartisan breakthrough includes funding for energy efficiency measures at religious institutions, a … more

8/8/21

In center, with the red beard, Rabbi Shaya Denburg, co-director of CTeen in Coral Springs, Florida, with Rabbi Moshe Klein on his left; Chayale Denburg, co-director of CTeen in Coral Springs, standing second from right; and some survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting. The survivors were in New York this weekend for Chabad’s CTeen conference.

Parkland students begin to heal at Jewish conference in New York

JTA – Seven survivors of the Parkland school shooting were among thousands of Jewish high school students who attended the annual conference of the Chabad movement’s youth … more

Ben Sales | 3/1/18

Israel v. Israel: A Shame

It is bad enough when two Jewish congregations seriously disagree with one another, but when they seek to settle their differences through legal means – indeed, in federal district court – it becomes even sadder. To some litigants and many … more

GEORGE M. GOODWIN | 6/18/15

For a Polish Jew like me, the war on Ukraine is about our shared futures

As a Jew growing up in Poland, I participated in the Polish democratic opposition of the 1970s, then the pro-democracy Solidarity movement and finally the anti-Communist underground of the 1980s. I … more

KONSTANTY GEBERT, JTA | 4/1/22

Hamas releases 2 American hostages from Gaza

(JTA) — Hamas has released two American hostages, a mother and a daughter, whom it was holding in the Gaza Strip. The release was confirmed by an organization dedicated to the rescue of the … more

Ron Kampeas | 10/20/23

Yeshiva University students launch ‘Day of Loving-Kindness’

(New York Jewish Week) — Yeshiva University’s campuses have been somber since the devastating Hamas attack on Israel earlier this month, and Jewish communities worldwide were left anxious … more

Luke Tress | 10/20/23