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I asked my Jewish readers if they’re Zionists. Here’s what they told me.
11+ hour, 5+ min ago (832+ words) An unscientific sample supports a JFNA survey: American supporters of Israel often hesitate to call themselves "Zionists." I also wrote a piece on an intriguing finding: Only about a third of those surveyed over the age of 75 identified as "Zionists....
Long overlooked, Soviet Jewish stories written after the Holocaust emerge in new translation
2+ day, 34+ min ago (713+ words) The writer Sasha Vasilyuk interviews the translators behind "In The Shadow of the Holocaust." The usual perception of Soviet Jewish literature after World War II is that there was none. The conversation around the decades after the Holocaust usually focuses…...
At the BBYO International Convention, Jewish teens demand a seat at the table
4+ day, 1+ min ago (1691+ words) From a global youth resolution to calls for boardroom inclusion, thousands of teens in Philadelphia pushed to shape the future of Jewish life. Standing before thousands of teens packed into the BBYO International Convention Saturday night in Philadelphia, Leo Coen…...
Quietly sold by Jewish library, letter by famed 18th-century rabbi surfaces at auction, fetching $400,000
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (684+ words) The Moshe Chaim Luzzatto letter was sold by the Jewish Theological Seminary during a financial crisis, a move that drew criticism from scholars and rare-book experts. Now, a lost treasure from the library has once again emerged at auction: this…...
A defunct synagogue, reminder of a once-proud community, collapses in Pennsylvania's coal region
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (606+ words) At its height, Beth Israel of Mahanoy City served 50 families. An abandoned synagogue in Pennsylvania's coal region, which until the early 2000s had served Jewish residents of Mahanoy City for more than 80 years, collapsed late Thursday night, officials and neighbors told…...
At this Jerusalem museum, everyday objects tell the story of the Holocaust in a unique way
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (826+ words) JERUSALEM " A guitar played by Jewish teenager Nina Simon of Skopje, Yugoslavia. A shortwave radio that once belonged to Raphael Ahav of Lyon, France. An embroidered prayer shawl, or tallit, used by 7-year-old Yosef Valdman of Borsczc'w, Poland. These everyday…...
Mamdani hosts Jacob Frey, Jewish mayor of Minneapolis who has stood up to ICE
1+ week, 2+ day ago (635+ words) Plus, a Yeshiva University student is assaulted in what the school said was an "unbiased attempted robbery." Minneapolis" Jewish mayor Jacob Frey, who has taken the national spotlight for a defiant stance against federal immigration enforcement in his city, visited…...
Oklahoma board denies proposal for Jewish charter school — and lawyers up ahead of expected legal battle
1+ week, 5+ day ago (739+ words) I would be shocked if there's not a lawsuit filed by Friday," said the board's chair. A Jewish group is preparing to sue to overturn a ban on publicly funded religious charter schools in Oklahoma, after a state board unanimously…...
Anne Frank and ‘Night’ may soon be required reading in Texas public schools. Is that good for the Jews?
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1491+ words) A first-of-its-kind list recognizes the importance of Holocaust education amid continuing tensions over who controls what students read and how those stories are taught. In the years since school libraries became a culture-war flashpoint, Texas has been one of the…...
Bill Aron, photographer of Jewish countercultures, gets his due in a sweeping retrospective
1+ week, 5+ day ago (471+ words) A new Center for Jewish History exhibit spans five decades of images " from the heyday of the havurah movement to the fading glory of the Jewish Lower East Side. Bill Aron, whose early projects included a series on Jews living…...