Category: News
The lynching of Leo Frank in 1915 to be theme of new tour of musical “Parade” at Proctors
MAX CHERNIN of the (Broadway Revival of Parade) will play Leo Frank at Proctors Jan. 11-17. NEW...
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Saratoga Jewish Community Arts slates a panel talk on Zoom about ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
Poster for film, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” SARATOGA SPRINGS– Saratoga Jewish Community Arts (SJCA)...
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Pope Francis pillories Israel, providing a moral free pass to its existential enemies
By RABBI ABRAHAM COOPER, RABBI YITZCHOK ADLERSTEIN JNS Pope Francis’s sudden abandonment of the...
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Life after loss: IDF widow reveals she is pregnant
Saadia Dery, right, and Idan Siboni, center, with Alexandroni Brigade comrades. Credit: Courtesy...
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Trump and Israelis may regret the hostage deal he wanted … and got
Families and supporters of the hostages in the Gaza Strip hear news of a release deal as they...
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ADL poll shows nearly half of adults worldwide harbor anti-Semitic views
By MIKE WAGENHEIM JNS A new survey released by the Anti-Defamation League shows nearly half of the...
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Bill targeting anti-Israel vandalism introduced in New York State Senate
By VITA FELLIG JNS The New York Antisemitism Act, which was introduced in the New York State...
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Barry Kramer, 82
Kramer (right) shaking hands with fellow first-team All-American Art Heyman after Duke defeated...
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Jewish War Veterans honor and remember local veterans
Capital District Council Commander Rich Goldenberg, from Albany Post 105 and Schenectady Post 106...
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Barry Goldstein named president and CEO of Daughters of Sarah Community for Seniors
BARRY GOLDSTEIN The Daughters of Sarah Community for Seniors based in Albany, has announced the...
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Peter Yarrow, of the folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, dies at age 86
Peter Yarrow, April 28, 2016. Photo courtesy of LBJ Presidential Library. Photo by Marsha Miller...
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Rabbi of Syrian Jewish community in Israel writes to Ahmed al-Sharaa, acting Syrian leader
A Jewish family at home in Damascus, Syria, in 1901. Photo courtesy of R.Y. Young via Wikimedia...
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