WWII airman gets Star of David on his headstone 75 years after being shot down
NEW YORK CITY (JTA)– The headstone of an American soldier killed in World War II has been replaced with one
Sea of Galilee at lowest level in a century
JERUSALEM (JTA) –The Sea of Galilee is at its lowest level in a century after northern Israel experienced the driest
While some parents pull out of JCCs, others vow to remain despite bomb threats
By BEN SALES (JTA) – When Cincinnati’s Mayerson Jewish Community Center was hit with a bomb threat on Jan. 18,
16 Jewish sites threatened in sixth wave of harassment
NEW YORK CITY (JTA) — At least 12 Jewish community centers and institutions across North America and four Anti-Defamation League offices
Battling hate in the spirit of Queen Esther
By ELLEN HERSHKIN NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – Shots fired into a classroom window at an Indiana synagogue. Cemeteries desecrated in
Feminism and Purim: Reflections of female religious leaders of four denominations
By ALINA DAIN SHARON/JNS.org In the Book of Esther’s Chapter 4, verse 14, Mordechai encourages his niece, Queen Esther, to use
Yidstock ’17 Features Top Names in Klezmer & New Yiddish Music
Amherst, MA – The sixth annual Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music will include concerts by legendary and up-and-coming
In the age of Trump, a quandary for Jewish leaders: Access or resistance?
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) – The Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), the umbrella body for the community’s policy groups,
Former reporter arrested in connection with bomb threats against Jewish institutions
By SEAN SAVAGE/JNS.org – Federal authorities arrested Juan M. Thompson, a 31-year-old former reporter from St. Louis, Friday, March 3, in connection
ADL Praises FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office for Arrest of St. Louis Man in Threat to Its New York Office and Several Other Jewish Institutions
New York City – The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed the arrest of a St. Louis man in connection with a bomb