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(JTA) – Jewish actress and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik began her two-week stint as a guest host on “Jeopardy!” Monday night, paying tribute to her “creative and academic … more

6/3/21

Members of Congress ask TV providers to increase access to Jewish programming

Five members of Congress are calling on cable and satellite television providers to increase access to Jewish-themed programming as a way of fighting against anti-Semitism. more

11/7/21

Vandals again desecrate Thessaloniki Holocaust memorial

(JTA) – For at least the fourth time since it was installed in 2014, vandals desecrated a Holocaust memorial in Thessaloniki, the Greek city that once boasted a Jewish plurality. A photo … more

RON KAMPEAS | 1/6/23

Buffett raises $80M for Israel Bonds

JTA – Warren Buffett helped raise $80 million in Israel Bonds investments. The billionaire businessman and philanthropist hosted a dinner reception last week in his hometown of Omaha, … more

6/22/18

How Philadelphia’s creative Jews are handling the coronavirus pandemic

PHILADELPHIA ( JTA ) — Before the social unrest erupted here in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, Philadelphia struggled mightily with the coronavirus pandemic as one of the nation’s … more

Stephen Silver | 6/4/20

Sydney Taylor Book Awards announced

Lesléa Newman and Amy June Bates, author and illustrator of “Ketzel, the Cat who Composed,” Aharon Appelfeld, Philippe Dumas and Jeffrey M. Green, author, illustrator and translator of “Adam and Thomas,” and Laura Amy Schlitz, author of … more

2/5/16

Ruth Bader Ginsburg : Louis Brandeis inspired my work for women’s rights

BOSTON (JTA) – One hundred years to the day of the nomination of Louis Brandeis to the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg paid tribute to the first Jewish justice at a program at the university that bears his name. Ginsburg, who … more

2/5/16

Maine group established to preserve, restore local Jewish cemeteries

JTA – A nonprofit group has been established to preserve and restore Jewish cemeteries in southern Maine. The Southern Maine Jewish Cemetery Association has taken ownership of two historic Portland cemeteries that have fallen into disrepair … more

2/5/16

Midterm elections: Jews facing off and other close races to watch

JTA – With midterm elections just around the corner, four races for the House of Representatives in particular are catching our Jewish eyes. In California, succeeding Waxman: Ted Lieu vs. Elan Carr California’s 33rd … more

Ron Kampeas and Anthony Weiss | 10/23/14

Foundation for Jewish Camp launching four pilot efforts

NEW YORK (JTA) — The Foundation for Jewish Camp is launching two pilot programs to benefit Jewish day camps, as well as two programs for overnight camps. The programs, funded with grants from various foundations, are demonstration projects … more

2/13/15