4+ hour, 9+ min ago   (990+ words) Philadelphia Jewish Exponent Opinion: Why No One Worships Odysseus Anymore — But Jews Still Live by the Tanakh Rabbi Benjamin Resnick | JTA The release of filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” which brought in $264 million at the box…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (862+ words) An octogenarian professor may seem like an unlikely warrior, but Edward Beck has been fighting Jew hatred for more than 60 years, ever since he was severely beaten as a school child, and he has now emerged from retirement to take…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (65+ words) Philadelphia Jewish Exponent AJC, Latino-Jewish Coalition and AMIA At Annual AMIA commemoration LEAVE A REPLY Cancel reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. We respect your privacy. Your email address will…...

2+ day, 4+ min ago   (716+ words) Odellya Sohnis, 30, is an Israeli-American who has lived her whole life in the United States. Her Israeli mother met her American father in New York. Before Oct. 7, 2023, she always felt secure in how other people perceived her Israeli identity. But…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (570+ words) Har Zion Temple in Penn Valley turned 100 in 2023. The synagogue celebrated its century mark with a centennial bash in 2024 and a centennial gala featuring comedian Howie Mandel a year later. But the Main Line shul with over 700 families is not…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (755+ words) Rabbi Isser Brikman moved to Cherry Hill in December to launch the Chabad of Cherry Hill West. He spent the next six or seven months engaging Jews in the area and building up programs, like a monthly women’s gathering to…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1608+ words) Grace Gilson | JTA Two leading Jewish civil rights groups stepped up after Jewish teachers reported antisemitic harassment last year at the National Education Association’s annual convention, only to devolve into disagreement ahead of this year’s convention. The unusual public dispute…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (191+ words) On the surface, this appears to be another dispute over personalities and electoral strategy. But in reality, it is much more than that. The Joint List once demonstrated the electoral power of Arab unity, winning 15 Knesset seats in 2020. Polls now…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (670+ words) Congregation Beth Am Israel was chartered in Southwest Philadelphia in the 1920s, spent its first 50 years in the city and moved to Penn Valley in the 1970s. Today, the Conservative synagogue remains at that Hagys Ford Road location, maintains a congregation of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (243+ words) By Rabbi David Levin This week’s Torah portion is Devarim: Deuteronomy 1:1 — 3:22 What do we owe the generation that comes after us, and what do they owe us? This is not a minor discrepancy. This is a man revising the record…...