An influential global advocacy group for LGBTQ rights has suspended an Israeli member organization as part of a larger move to boycott Israel, angering queer Jews and their allies around the world. The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association, known as ILGA World, announced Wednesday that it was no longer considering Tel Aviv […]
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Sally Rooney, Percival Everett, Jhumpa Lahiri, Jonathan Lethem and other giants of the literary world are among thousands of authors to have signed a new letter declaring Israel’s actions in Gaza a genocide and pledging to boycott all Israeli literary institutions in protest. The authors say they will not allow their books to be translated […]
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Next week, the world will commemorate the 86th anniversary of the November Pogrom, commonly known as “Kristallnacht.” In light of this event, “Spread the Light” an initiative of Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, and the Religious Kibbutz Movement calls upon Jewish communities across the globe to unite in a powerful act of remembrance and […]
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KYIV, Ukraine — A Jewish school in the Ukrainian capital suffered “significant structural damage” after being hit by a Russian drone early on Wednesday, according to the Kyiv Jewish community operating the center. The Israeli ambassador in Ukraine, Michael Brodsky, and local authorities confirmed the strike on the Perlina school, part of the Or Avner […]
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WARSAW, Poland — In the heart of the former Warsaw Ghetto, where Jews were killed and their neighborhood razed during World War II, a Jewish community has never recovered — but a museum has for a decade drawn visitors to learn about their history. The Polin Museum is marking 10 years since opening its exhibition […]
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A 23-year-old woman has been arrested after she posted on social media about having gotten away with ripping down Greek flags at a New Jersey restaurant that she believed were Israeli. The incident at Efi’s Gyro in Montclair, New Jersey, occurred March 11, but it wasn’t until Amber Matthews posted the video to TikTok on […]
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Among the legions of Grateful Dead fans mourning Phil Lesh are a small but devoted cohort of Jewish Deadheads with memories of celebrating Passover with him. “To life! To Phil! Our love will not fade away! Eternally grateful,” the Jewish vocalist Jeannette Ferber posted on Facebook, alongside a picture showing herself with Lesh at a […]
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A theatrical production based on the memoir of an ex-Hasidic transgender rabbi and activist, set to premiere in New York early next year, is scrambling to find a new home after its landlord rejected the script last week. The landlord? The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. The production has become a casualty of a […]
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When the NBA season tips off on Tuesday, there will be three Jewish players taking the court — the same trio who were in the league last year. Two of those players — Deni Avdija and Amari Bailey — have changed uniforms, while All-Star Domantas Sabonis is entering his fourth season with the Sacramento Kings. […]
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The brightly colored “Sukkot boxes” offered up on Amazon boasted the colors of spring, not fall; had no ostensible use for the Jewish holiday; and contained a Hebrew misspelling that bordered on obscene. Reader, I bought them. And it wasn’t just me. Enabled by our Prime accounts, Jews across the United States shelled out about […]
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