OneTable Reimagines Shabbat Dinner Program Amid Fiscal Downturn
The nonprofit OneTable is reimagining its programming amid fiscal constraints and responding to what it sees as important shifts in how Jews gather.
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Potomac residents and sisters Jillian and Lindsay Wiener died in a rental unit fire in 2022 in Long Island, New York. (Facebook)
Legislature Passes Law In Memory of Md. Sisters Who Died in Fire
The Jillian and Lindsay Wiener Short-Term Rental Safety Act requires rental companies to conduct annual fire inspections in Baltimore City and every Maryland county.
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Izabella Tabarovsky: "In certain circles today, if you’re a Zionist, you can be excluded and marginalized. It can destroy your reputation, prevent you from getting a job you want and from being successful in school." (Provided photo)
Author to Discuss Parallels Between Soviet Antisemitism and Campus Anti-Zionism
Scholar Izabella Tabarovsky will speak at the “Generations of Courage” program on Apr. 26 at The Associated’s Goldsmith campus.
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Founded in 1976, the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History is a Smithsonian-affiliated museum located at 101 South Independence Mall East in Center City Philadelphia. (Shoot from Within via JTA)
Maryland Man who Sent Threats to Jewish Institutions Sentenced
A Maryland man who sent more than 40 threatening letters to Jewish institutions, including the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, was sentenced to three years in prison.
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Carter Spahn (left) and Madeleine Stern were among the more than 500 attendees of the Excelerate26 Summit in New York. (Photo by Dada studio! Ohad Kab, courtesy of Birthright Israel Excel)
Hundreds of Young Jewish Business Leaders Attend Summit
The Excelerate26 gathering in Manhattan attracted young Jews from 18 countries.
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'There's No Need to Feel Down': Clergy at Congregation Shearith Israel in Dallas perform a parody of the Village People's "Y.M.C.A" on Mar. 1 at the shul's Purim spiel. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Baltimore-Born Rabbi Oversees Purim Spiel at Dallas Shul
At Congregation Shearith Israel, members know that Rabbi Adam Roffman’s spiel is the real deal.
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Tova Kaplan, a student at Harvard University, testifies before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights briefing on antisemitism on college and university campuses. (Screenshot via YouTube, via JTA)
Jewish Students Warn Against Politicizing Antisemitism
The hearing last week before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights was the first in an independent government investigation into college campus antisemitism.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin: "Trump and his team have done everything they can to make the public cynical about elections generally. We have to explain to people that that is an authoritarian tactic." (File Photo)
Jmore Catches Up with Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin
The Democratic lawmaker representing the 8th District feels the Trump administration continues to push an authoritarian agenda.
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Roswell, N.M., is Rife with UFOs and Scorpions, But Few Jews
If it weren’t for an Ashkenazi Jew named Stanton T. Friedman, the world might’ve long ago forgotten the “Roswell incident.”
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An outer wall of the abandoned Beth Israel Synagogue in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, collapsed on Feb. 12. (WFMZ, via YouTube, provided by JTA)
Defunct Shul Collapses in Northeastern Pa.
Dedicated in 1924, Beth Israel Synagogue served Jewish residents of the area for more than 80 years.
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson poses in the Rainbow Push headquarters in Chicago in 2011. (John Gress/Corbis via Getty Images, provided by JTA)
Jesse Jackson’s Mixed Legacy with Jewish Community
Jackson’s use of an antisemitic slur, criticism of Israel and association with Louis Farrakhan created a chill that only partially thawed despite attempts at reconciliation
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