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Northeast Philadelphia says goodbye to its last Jewish deli
1+ week, 4+ day ago (926+ words) (JTA) — PHILADELPHIA — After running the family deli for several decades, Steve Stein says his 83-year-old legs were telling him it was time to call it quits. But it wasn’t only that. The neighborhood has totally changed since his dad, Mike,…...
Meet the only Jewish president of a Catholic university
2+ week, 3+ day ago (1472+ words) By Hannah Feuer August 26, 2026 But in 2023, Greg Weiner became president of both Assumption University, a Catholic college in Worcester, Mass., and Congregation Beth Israel, a Conservative synagogue in the area. Weiner’s inauguration in March of that year made him the…...
Montreal passes Palestinian solidarity motion after removing text on cutting ties with Israel
2+ week, 4+ day ago (500+ words) By Shira Li Bartov (JTA) — Montreal has passed a motion of solidarity with Palestinians after stripping a clause that called for severing institutional and diplomatic ties with Israel. Montreal’s city council late Monday adopted the measure, which also removed earlier…...
This isn’t Mark Ruffalo’s first antisemitism controversy
2+ week, 5+ day ago (635+ words) Mark Ruffalo is in the spotlight after facing accusations of antisemitism for his criticism of the Ellison family — but this isn’t the first time the actor has been caught in controversy on this topic. Ruffalo, a four-time Academy Awards nominee…...
Italy is having a Yiddish moment. An unprecedented I.J. Singer translation is part of the boom.
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1663+ words) By Simone Somekh August 24, 2026 (JTA) — In September 1932, Israel Joshua Singer boarded a ship bound for New York, where he had been invited to report on the United States for Yiddish-speaking Jews like himself. “Americans are a difficult people to understand,…...
NYPD chief pledges to protect Jews at Central Synagogue one week after Shabbat attack
2+ week, 5+ day ago (522+ words) By Shira Li Bartov (JTA) — New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said she felt a “deeply personal” commitment to protect Jews in a speech at Central Synagogue, where she is a member, in the aftermath of an attack during…...
A Jewish federation had big plans for a community campus. Then the money ran out.
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1529+ words) The Alexander Grass Campus for Jewish Life in Harissburg, Pennsylvania. (Google Streetview) (JTA) — When the Jewish federation in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, laid off its entire support staff earlier this month, the move didn’t come as a surprise. Instead, it felt like…...
Can an anti-Zionist Democrat win in a heavily Jewish South Florida district?
3+ week, 4+ day ago (773+ words) (JTA) — Democratic primary voters in Florida’s newly drawn 25th Congressional District are choosing on Tuesday between an anti-Zionist member of the Democratic Socialists of America and one of Israel’s staunchest supporters in Congress. The race offers a test of whether the…...
Vandals attack prominent Reform synagogue in Jerusalem
3+ week, 4+ day ago (786+ words) A damaged window at Kol HaNeshamah synagogue in Jerusalem. Courtesy of Debi Shoua Haim (JTA) — JERUSALEM – Vandals broke into a Reform synagogue in Jerusalem over the weekend, damaging the building and artwork and tearing down Pride flags displayed by the…...
Assailant attacks congregant, guard at NYC Shabbat services
4+ week, 1+ day ago (448+ words) By Sharon Udasin August 15, 2026 (JTA) —A man who attacked a congregant and a security guard at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue on Friday night is now in custody, according to the New York Police Department. “As synagogue security was escorting him out,…...