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3 Jewish filmmakers were arrested in Nigeria, accused of working with rebels. Their families say they were just donating a Torah scroll.

July 15, 2021Jesse Orine

(JTA) — Three Jewish filmmakers working on a documentary about far-flung Jewish communities in Africa have been detained for days by Nigerian authorities and accused of aiding a separatist rebellion led by a Nigerian Jewish activist. Their families say they were doing nothing of the sort. They say the men were giving a Torah scroll […]

For these US Jews of color, encountering Israel’s diversity was an eye-opening and affirming experience

July 15, 2021Arsen Mayer

JERUSALEM – Arel Moodie, the son of a white Jewish mother and a Black father, experienced a core identity struggle through most of his teenage years. “It was one of the biggest pieces of turmoil in my adolescence,” said Moodie, who was raised in a predominantly African-American neighborhood in Brooklyn and attended Jewish camps every […]

Imagination drives Western Galilee recovery

July 14, 2021Arsen Mayer

This is a Paid Post. With local shops and artisanal businesses, stunning artwork, boutique wines, and scrumptious food, it is easy to see how Israel’s Western Galilee region was welcoming over 2 million tourists annually before the pandemic. And with the tourism industry employing 40% of the Western Galilee’s residents, the region is pinning its […]

Survey: A quarter of US Jews agree that Israel ‘is an apartheid state’

July 13, 2021Arsen Mayer

(JTA) — A survey of U.S. Jewish voters taken after the Israel-Gaza conflict finds that a sizable minority believe some of the harshest criticisms of Israel, including that it is committing genocide and apartheid. Among respondents to the survey commissioned by the Jewish Electorate Institute, a group led by prominent Jewish Democrats, 34% agreed that […]

Israel Defense Forces rescue team leaves Surfside to salutes and serenades

July 12, 2021Arsen Mayer

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Israel’s Supreme Court upholds law declaring Israel nation-state of the Jewish people

July 9, 2021Arsen Mayer

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Israeli surfer Anat Lelior’s unlikely path to the Tokyo Olympics

July 9, 2021Sara Wood

This article originally appeared on Alma. Anat Lelior’s first experience with surfing came at age 5. It was an inauspicious start to the sport that would become her career and, later this month, take her to the Tokyo Olympics. Her father, Yochai, lay on the back of the board with her at their local beach […]

Some Israelis are still traumatized 2 months after the deadly violence between Arabs and Jews

July 9, 2021Arsen Mayer

Given the torrent of news developments in Israel since its brief war with Hamas in May — a new prime minister and government, an unexpected resurgence of COVID-19 — the 11-day conflict might be easily forgotten. But two months on, many Israelis are suffering lingering trauma — both from the more than 4,000 rockets and […]

Olympics-bound Team Israel has helped American baseball players get more in touch with their Jewish identities

July 9, 2021Arsen Mayer

(JTA) — In May, as the latest violent Israel-Gaza conflict heated up, Ty Kelly did something he could never do in any other professional baseball dugout: He turned to some teammates to learn more about the situation. Kelly, a 32-year-old currently playing for the Tacoma Rainiers in the Seattle Mariners’ minor league system, was in […]

Snakes at a kiddush: An Israeli museum is celebrating its baby pythons with a traditional ceremony

July 8, 2021Arsen Mayer

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