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Guernica editor who published Israeli writer’s coexistence essay resigns, saying she disagreed with retraction

April 7, 2024April 12, 2024Jesse Orine

((JR)) – The editor-in-chief of the prestigious literary magazine Guernica whose decision to publish an Israeli writer’s essay about the war in Gaza last month led to the mass resignation of the magazine’s staff has herself resigned from the publication, saying she disagreed with the decision to retract the essay. Jina Moore announced her resignation […]

Alex Edelman’s ‘Just For Us’ premieres on HBO and Max, with Jewish identity and antisemitism again in the spotlight

April 5, 2024April 12, 2024Jesse Orine

((JR)) — Alex Edelman’s acclaimed comedy special “Just For Us,” about his experience as a Jew attending a white supremacist meeting in New York City, first premiered at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in the summer of 2018. Months later, the worst antisemitic attack in American history occurred when a white supremacist killed 11 worshippers […]

On the Lower East Side, a corporate ‘fixer’ honors his Jewish roots with a unique, NYC-centric bookstore

April 5, 2024April 13, 2024Jesse Orine

(New York Jewish Week) — It’s called P&T Knitwear, but you won’t find any cardigans or scarves for sale inside this colorful shop on Orchard Street on the Lower East Side. Instead, you’ll find a one-of-a-kind New York City-centric bookstore that’s also a coffee shop and an event space, with amphitheater-style seating for 80. Nearly […]

Inside 10 new haggadahs for 2024: America and Israel take their places at the seder table

April 5, 2024April 13, 2024Jesse Orine

((JR)) — The creators of new Passover haggadahs focused on Zionism and American patriotism were working on their projects long before Oct. 7, when Hamas attacked Israel and triggered a war in Gaza and a broad reckoning over both Israel and the place of Jews in the United States. Now, the haggadahs arrive at a […]

First Jewish sheriff of Nottingham, office of Robin Hood fame, is sworn in at his synagogue

April 4, 2024April 11, 2024Jesse Orine

(JR) — Move over, Mel Brooks: A Jew is taking on the role of sheriff of Nottingham. Nick Rubins was sworn in as the high sheriff of Nottinghamshire at his local synagogue last week, becoming the first Jew to inherit an ancient office that grew famous in the legends of Robin Hood. The role of […]

Leading American medical journal faces down its own history of endorsing Nazi race science

April 3, 2024April 11, 2024Jesse Orine

(JR) — A leading American medical journal praised the Nazi Party’s medical practices in the 1930s and was slow to acknowledge Nazi Germany’s antisemitic abuse, according to a historical retrospective the journal is publishing this week. The article, which has been published online and will appear in the Thursday print edition of the New England […]

Germany will redesign the numbers on its national soccer jersey after realizing they look like a Nazi symbol

April 3, 2024April 11, 2024Jesse Orine

(JR) — The new line of German soccer jerseys by Adidas will be redesigned after customers realized the stylization of the number 44 resembled the infamous Nazi SS lightning bolt symbol. The German Football Association, or DFB, shared in a statement Monday that the number designs had been submitted to the Union of European Football […]

Israeli president adds final letter to wartime Torah for Ukrainian Jews initiated by Zelensky

April 3, 2024April 12, 2024Jesse Orine

KYIV, Ukraine (JR) — More than two years after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky wrote its first letter, his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog has inked the final letters of a Torah scroll dedicated to peace in both of their countries. The Torah was initiated in Ukraine shortly after Russia’s 2022 invasion and completed this week in […]

‘Testament: The Story of Moses’ is one of Netflix’s top shows — and it features multiple rabbis

April 2, 2024April 13, 2024Jesse Orine

((JR)) — Nearly every Easter and Passover season since 1973, Americans have tuned in to ABC to watch Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 sand-and-sandals epic “The Ten Commandments.” This year, Netflix picked the season to premiere “Testament: The Story of Moses,” a docudrama retelling the Exodus with expert commentary from religious leaders across a variety of […]

On their ‘Schmuckboys’ podcast, two women share their passion for Jews dating Jews

April 1, 2024April 13, 2024Jesse Orine

(New York Jewish Week) — Despite its name, neither shmucks nor boys are the hosts of a Jewish dating podcast called “Schmuckboys.” Instead, the podcast is the brainchild of content creator Libby Amber Walker, a 25-year-old Manhattanite, and video producer Marla Friedson, 27, who moved from New York to Los Angeles in late 2022. The […]