There are so many elements to unpack in the extraordinary Israeli drama “The Lesson” — which is based on a true story and won the best series award at the Cannes International Series Festival last year — that it’s hard to know where to begin. The starting point of this gripping six-part miniseries, which premiered […]
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(JR) — Soccer players in Italy will no longer be permitted to wear the number 88, which has a secret antisemitic meaning among neo-Nazis, thanks to a joint initiative announced Tuesday between Italy’s government and the Italian soccer federation. The number 88 has been used by neo-Nazis as a coded antisemitic symbol meaning “Heil Hitler,” […]
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Editor’s note: This article is the first in a new series, Sign Post, which explores street signs and other locations around the city that are named in honor of Jewish New Yorkers. (New York Jewish Week) — Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer — whose marriage wasn’t recognized by the federal government, sparking a 2013 lawsuit […]
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PARIS (JR) — After graduating from an American rabbinical program this month, a French woman has likely become her country’s first Orthodox female rabbi. Myriam Ackermann-Sommer, 26, has since last year been running Ayeka, one of Paris’ only Modern Orthodox congregations, with her husband Emile Ackermann. He also earned a rabbinical degree this month from […]
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(JR) — For months, Christie’s auction house has faced blowback for a $202 million sale of a jewelry collection tied to Nazi plunder. Now, a group of Holocaust survivors that has taken Christie’s to task for the sale is turning its attention to the relationship between the auction house, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and […]
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BERLIN (JR) — Violent antisemitism is on the rise in Germany, according to a report released today by a Berlin-based watchdog organization with branches around the country. According to the report on “Antisemitic Incidents in Germany 2022” from the Federal Association of Research and Information Centers on Antisemitism (RIAS), while the overall number of incidents […]
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((JR)) — Israeli actress Gal Gadot, best known for her role as Wonder Woman in the eponymous 2017 film and franchise, will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year, joining the more than 2,700 members of the entertainment industry who have been immortalized with a Hollywood star. Gadot will be the […]
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(New York Jewish Week) — When people think of Girl Scouts, they tend to think of green uniforms, groups of girls working toward merit badges and, of course, tempting Girl Scout cookies with names like Samoas and Do-si-dos. But Manhattan’s Girl Scout Troop 3131 does things a bit differently. Yes, its members wear uniforms, and […]
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LONDON (JR) — Daniel Korski, the only Jewish candidate in the London mayoral race and a political figure who was just beginning to come to the British public’s attention, has been accused of assaulting a woman during a meeting at Downing Street a decade ago. Television producer Daisy Goodwin wrote in The Times, the British […]
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TAIPEI (JR) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced during a meeting with U.S. lawmakers in Jerusalem that he will soon make a diplomatic visit to China, stressing that he notified the Biden administration of the invitation from Beijing a month ago. “Prime Minister Netanyahu stressed to the members of Congress that the security and […]
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