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An open letter opposing the Israeli film boycott, signed by Liev Schrieber, Mayim Bialik and others, is making the rounds in Hollywood

September 26, 2025September 26, 2025Jesse Orine

Around 1,200 Hollywood names, including stars like Liev Schrieber, Mayim Bialik and Jennifer Jason Leigh, have signed onto an open letter opposing a growing celebrity boycott of the Israeli film industry. Led by Creative Community for Peace, a pro-Israel entertainment group, the letter argues that the stated boycott against Israeli film institutions will harm Israeli […]

Terrorism charges dropped against Kneecap singer who held Hezbollah flag at concert

September 26, 2025September 26, 2025Jesse Orine

A British judge has dropped the terrorism charge against Mo Chara, one of three members of the Irish rap band Kneecap that inaugurated a wave of anti-Israel protests at music festivals. Chara, the stage name of Liam O’Hanna, was charged with the offense in May, after video circulated showing him holding a Hezbollah flag at […]

Itzhak Perlman celebrates his 80th birthday with a klezmer concert

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025Jesse Orine

“Being a fan of the Mets is like very, very much being Jewish — you know, you suffer,” Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman tells me. “Every now and then, you have wonderful, wonderful, great, great, great celebration — and then some more suffering.” Perlman, who turned 80 on Aug. 31, was describing his recent birthday celebration […]

‘South Park’ tackles Gaza, as Kyle’s mom tells Netanyahu he’s ‘making life for Jews miserable’

September 25, 2025September 25, 2025Jesse Orine

Television’s most irreverent cartoon has taken aim at the Gaza war, showing one of its Jewish characters flying to Israel to tell Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he is “making life for Jews miserable” by continuing to prosecute the war. The latest episode of “South Park” depicts FCC Chairman Brendan Carr suffering from a brain-eating […]

Jewish summer camps offered Israeli teens a break from the pressures at home

September 24, 2025September 24, 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. When Guy, a 15-year-old Israeli, arrived at Camp Ramah, a Conservative movement camp in Ojai, California, in July, it didn’t take him long to pick up on […]

Thessaloniki’s Armenian minority and Jewish past are bound by a shared history of genocide

September 24, 2025September 26, 2025Jesse Orine

THESSALONIKI, Greece — Fronting the Mediterranean Sea in this bustling Greek port stands a haunting monument to the city’s roughly 50,000 Jews who were rounded up by the Nazis in 1943 and deported to Auschwitz. Each year on Holocaust Remembrance Day, local dignitaries and Jewish leaders make speeches and lay wreaths at the monument in […]

France recognizes Palestinian statehood at UN General Assembly: ‘We must pave the way for peace’

September 22, 2025September 24, 2025Jesse Orine

French President Emmanuel Macron formally announced his country’s recognition of Palestinian statehood on Monday at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. “True to the historic commitment of my country to the Middle East, to peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians, this is why I declare that today, France recognizes the state […]

In Uman, annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage is clouded by arrests of yeshiva students in Israel

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025Jesse Orine

UMAN, Ukraine — Yaakov Bermann made his way from Jerusalem to this Ukrainian city in time for Rosh Hashanah this year, when the population swells with pilgrims seeking to pray at the grave of the Hasidic rabbi Nachman of Bratslav. But one of his close friends, he said, wasn’t so fortunate. The friend was arrested […]

Pop singer Dua Lipa reportedly drops Jewish agent who urged Kneecap’s removal from Glastonbury

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025Jesse Orine

British pop singer Dua Lipa has reportedly dropped her Jewish agent for signing onto a letter to remove the pro-Palestinian Irish rap group Kneecap from the Glastonbury music festival. The development comes as a growing number of musical acts are seeking to block streaming services from letting their songs play in Israel, in what they […]

Countries begin formally recognizing Palestinian state ahead of UN General Assembly

September 22, 2025September 22, 2025Jesse Orine

The United Kingdom, Portugal, Australia and Canada followed through on their pledges to recognize an independent Palestinian state on Sunday, teeing up a tense week in New York as the United Nations General Assembly gets underway. France, Belgium and other countries are expected to follow suit during the convening, which comes nearly two years into […]