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BBC draws fire after airing Holocaust cello repair story that does not specially mention Jews

January 6, 2026January 6, 2026Jesse Orine

In a Christmas special this year, a BBC One program devoted a quarter of its episode to telling the story of a Jewish child refugee whose cello was damaged while fleeing the Nazis on the Kindertransport. But while the story itself is steeped in Jewish history, the segment of the program failed to make any […]

German antisemitism czar targeted in arson attack: ‘I will not be intimidated by this’

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026Jesse Orine

A property belonging to the antisemitism commissioner for the German state of Brandenburg was targeted in a suspected arson attack on Sunday. Andreas Büttner, the state’s commissioner of combatting antisemitism, wrote in a post on X that his family was home at the time of the attack, which targeted a shed on his property in […]

Eva Schloss, Holocaust survivor who promoted the story of her friend and posthumous stepsister Anne Frank, dies at 96

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026Jesse Orine

Eva Schloss, a Holocaust survivor who launched a foundation to advance the legacy of her childhood friend and stepfather’s daughter Anne Frank, has died at 96. Schloss’ family said she died Saturday in London, where she settled after the Holocaust and became a prominent voice among survivors. In 1990, she founded the Anne Frank Trust […]

Venezuela’s acting leader says ‘Zionist undertones’ marked US capture of Maduro

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026Jesse Orine

Venezuela’s acting leader, in an address to the nation on Sunday, said there were “Zionist undertones” to the U.S. military’s capture of President Nicolás Maduro. Delcy Rodriguez, a vice president under Maduro who is now the interim leader, has demanded the “immediate release” of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, since they were captured by […]

Irving Berlin’s 1926 interfaith marriage sparked a Jewish debate that, 100 years later, hasn’t gone away

January 2, 2026January 2, 2026Jesse Orine

Exactly 100 years ago, on Jan. 4, 1926, legendary American Jewish songwriter Irving Berlin married Ellin Mackay, a Roman Catholic heiress, in a civil ceremony in Manhattan’s City Hall. What some considered a misalliance of prominent figures from different worlds was the subject of much comment, as much for their class differences as their religious […]

At Illinois Holocaust Museum, teens learn the Shoah’s Jewish history — and how to apply its lessons to today

January 1, 2026January 1, 2026Jesse Orine

This article was produced as part of the New York Jewish Week’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around New York City to report on issues that affect their lives. On a freezing December day in Chicago, an elderly woman sat in a chair in a small downtown auditorium, speaking in measured […]

Being both Jewish and Slavic in America hasn’t always been simple — but sharing stories and culture is helping me make sense of who I am

December 30, 2025December 30, 2025Jesse Orine

This article was produced as part of (JR)’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. I grew up speaking Russian to my family — at home, on the streets in Brooklyn and Manhattan, and at the Italian grocery store in Tottenville, Staten […]

Jewish actress Odessa A’zion pushes back after IDF t-shirt controversy: ‘Not a zio!’

December 26, 2025December 26, 2025Jesse Orine

Jewish actress Odessa A’zion appeared to push back this week on social media claims labeling her as a “Zionist,” after controversy swirled online over her political opinions. The speculation about the 25-year-old actress’s political leanings first surfaced last week after users on X posted a screenshot of her modeling an Israeli Defense Forces shirt on […]

Israel becomes first country to recognize Somaliland, drawing condemnation from Egypt, Turkey and Somalia

December 26, 2025December 26, 2025Jesse Orine

Israel became the first country to formally recognize Somaliland, a self-declared sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, in a decision that was immediately condemned by Somalia and other nations. “The Prime Minister announced today the official recognition of the Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state,” wrote Benjamin Netanyahu’s office in a […]

Before ‘SNL,’ there was Sid Caesar — and a roomful of Jewish writers

December 26, 2025December 26, 2025Jesse Orine

Sid Caesar once dominated American television so completely that it was hard to imagine Saturday nights without him. In the early 1950s, his live sketch-comedy program “Your Show of Shows” drew tens of millions of viewers. That show and its other iterations — “The Admiral Broadway Revue,” “Caesar’s Hour” and “Sid Caesar Invites You” — […]