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Happy birthday to Virginia Woolf, who hated the sound of Jewish laughter

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:09:00 GMT

Look who’s laughing now, Woolf!

How Germany’s far-right party is luring Jewish voters in this year’s election

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:56:00 GMT

HBO Max’s next Israeli show: ‘Possessions,’ a thriller about a French woman caught in a ...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:53:00 GMT

Filmed in French, Hebrew and English, the show involves a French ex-pat living in Israel who is accused of murdering her husband on her wedding night.

How an Orthodox Jewish refugee became a theater and opera legend

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:39:00 GMT

In Israel, teenagers can now get the COVID-19 vaccine

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:38:00 GMT

Israel continues to far outpace the entire world in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

This Orthodox rabbi stopped praying for the president when Trump was elected. ...

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:32:00 GMT

After Trump’s inauguration, Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz couldn’t say the prayer for the government that is recited in Modern Orthodox congregations.

Joe Biden’s first Sunday mass as president involves stop at Jewish deli owned by his COVID czar

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:44:00 GMT

The self-described “Jew-ish” eatery serves bagels, sandwiches, bagel sandwiches and smoked fish sides.

For centuries, Jews thrived in Khujand, Tajikistan. Now the city’s last Jew has died.

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 10:35:00 GMT

For many centuries, the city of Khujand in Tajikistan, a mountainous Muslim-majority country, had been a center of Jewish presence in Central Asia.

INTERVIEW: Israeli’s new Labor Party chief Merav Michaeli draws inspiration from Biden/Harris

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 22:38:00 GMT

ShulCloud is the king of synagogue software. Is that a good thing?

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 16:00:00 GMT

An upsurge in virtual services due to the pandemic has highlighted some of the weakness of one platform.

Walter Bernstein — a writer who outlived the Hollywood blacklist knew how to choose his battles

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 15:03:00 GMT

Walter Bernstein, who survived the Hollywood blacklist and wrote “The Train” and “The Front” has died at 101.

The Haredi community is more than Heshy Tischler — let us tell our own stories

Sun, 24 Jan 2021 10:00:00 GMT

Tischler’s most significant impact might be that he has helped the people who want to paint our community with the broadest negative brush do so.

Remembering Larry King, a broadcast legend and a consummate entertainer

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 13:30:00 GMT

Larry King, born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger in Brooklyn, has died at the age of 87.

Is it too much to ask my boyfriend to convert and move to Europe?

Sat, 23 Jan 2021 05:00:00 GMT

I’m not even observant, so why do I care if I marry a Jew? But for some reason, I do.

YMCAs and JCCs are struggling. But communities rely on them.

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:20:00 GMT

The coronavirus has stolen revenue from community centers. But they’re the heart of communities and provide essential resources.

Robert Pollack, 94, Scientist, Professor And Navy Veteran

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:36:00 GMT

He worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture before becoming a teacher and researcher at Temple University, a job he loved and kept for 25 year…

Ronald Rosenthal, 88, Beloved Community Dentist

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:33:00 GMT

“His friends became patients, and his patients became friends,” his wife said. The post [Ronald Rosenthal, 88, beloved community dentist](http…

Saul Victor, 82, Lead Singer In The Band He Founded

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:25:00 GMT

Victor, the owner of a Philadelphia furniture store, had an uncanny ability to listen, his wife said. The post [Saul Victor, 82, lead singer in t…

Gilbert Liss, 91, OB-GYN Who Delivered Over 8,000 Babies

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 19:13:00 GMT

He channeled his experience from years in the family bakery to bake challahs and hamantaschen for fellow congregants at his synagogue. The post [G…

In Brighton Beach, a gay teen seeks easy answers and finds only enigmas

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 18:43:00 GMT

A gay Jewish teen comes of age in a world of plastic-covered couches and Brutalist public buildings glimmering with gray afternoon light.