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A portrait of the writer by sketch artist Emily Goff. (©Emily N Goff, 2023, all rights reserved, via JTA)
Ron Kampeas, JTA’s Washington bureau chief for more than two decades until his retirement at the end of 2024, reflects on the blessing and burden of bearing first witness to Jewish history.
Read MoreThe BJC is strongly encouraging the community to view local screenings of the film, which is executive produced by “Will & Grace” actress Debra Messing.
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Sen. Chris Van Hollen: "I believe that one can be pro-Israel and oppose many of the policies of the Netanyahu government, just as one can be pro-America while opposing the policies of the Trump Administration." (Provided photo)
Maryland’s senior senator says he’s profoundly concerned about the state of the nation.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer: "Criticism of Israel and how it conducted the war is not antisemitic. But it begins to shade over." ((Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, via JTA)
The Senate minority leader cancelled his Mar. 17 talk at the Enoch Pratt Free Library due to a planned protest by a local anti-Zionist Jewish group.
Read MoreThe project, for “Good Deeds Month,” honors the life and legacy of Noya Dan, a 12-year-old Israeli girl with special needs who loved stuffed bears.
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Israeli-American standup comedian and author Joel Chasnoff will perform at the Gordon Center on Wednesday night, Apr. 30.
As part of the grant, the Gordon Center this spring will host Israeli-American comedian Joel Chasnoff and feature an exhibition by the late Israeli artist Harar Goldin.
Read MoreOn this episode of “Marc My Word,” Marc Terrill talks with Sigal Kanotopsky, attaché to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, about her early years in Ethiopia and journey to become one of Israel’s most important social activists.
Read MoreToday, a nation mourns, in Israel and in exile, and tries to make sense of the unfathomable, writes Meg Keene.
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A protester holds a poster of Israeli hostage Kfir Bibas during a rally last October in New York's Central Park to mark the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 terror attacks on Israel. (Noam Galai/Getty Images, via JTA)
Beth Tfiloh will hold a special Shabbat service this Saturday morning to mourn the lives of Oded Lifshitz and Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas.
Read MoreSen. Ted Cruz’s attack on the National Science Foundation included seven grants intended to boost U.S.-Israeli research partnerships.
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(Left) An Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad, circa 1910. (Jewish Chronicle/Heritage Images/Getty Images, via JTA). At right is the author (far right) in Israel with his mother, Cami, and his grandmother, Hela, a Jewish refugee from Iraq who was forced to leave her home in Baghdad in 1951. (Reli Abrahami, via JTA).
The more we entertain the idea that one side must be erased for the other to live, the further we get from any future that isn’t defined by endless Middle East wars, writes Hen Mazzig.
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