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
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
Stockpiling blankets, diapers and resilience Jewish Community Centers carry on
By BEN SALES NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – Growing up in a small town in Georgia, Harriet Shirley may have had more
At Las Vegas confab, Republican Jews gingerly find reasons to celebrate Trump’s presidency
By RON KAMPEAS LAS VEGAS (JTA) – Republican Jews have President Donald Trump to thank for their party’s renewed dominance of Washington