Show of Support for Rockaway Nassau Safety Patrol
On Monday night, August 26, the Rockaway Nassau Safety Patrol (RNSP) was joined by some of its partners and friends from around the community to express heartfelt gratitude to...
Blogger Apologizes for Posting Photo of Rubber Duck at Auschwitz
BY MARCY OSTER
(JTA) — A travel blogger has apologized after posting a photo on his Instagram account of a rubber duck on the iconic tracks outside of the Auschwitz concentration...
German Author’s Book About Holocaust Guilt Wins Critics Award
BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ
(JTA) – A German author’s graphic memoir about what she calls the inherited sin of the Holocaust won the prestigious National Book Critics Circle award.
Nora Krug’s “Belonging”...
Plan Your Wedding With Ram Caterers
Ram Caterers recognizes how overwhelming it can be to plan a magnificent and memorable wedding without “breaking the bank” in the process. Established in 1978 as one of New...
Ohel’s Fifth Annual OXC: A Real Winner
Hundreds of dedicated participants, young and senior, individuals and families, spent Sunday, May 19 jumping, climbing, swimming, running, muscling, and crawling their way at OXC, the Ohel Xtreme Challenge...
Flam Winery: A Family Affair
By Yael E. Geller, MPH
The foundation of the Flam family business and culture are not an anomaly when it comes to the typical picture of a family business.
It’s the...
PUAH Hosts Rabbinic Training Seminar on Infertility
Put 18 pulpit rabbis in one room for a week and what do you get?
While this sounds like a good opening line for a derashah or a rabbi joke,...
Vilnius of Minnesota: Adas Israel Was More Than Just a Shul
By SARAH ROSE
NEW YORK (JTA) — American Jews woke Monday morning to the ancestrally terrifying image of a synagogue on fire.
It was my family’s shul: Adas Israel in Duluth, Minnesota.
There is...
Any Way You Want It: Cheesecake 31 Ways
BY THE NOSHER
Shavuot is the time of year when Jews have the chance to get all crazy with their dairy consumption: blintzes, kugel and of course cheesecake. As we were taking a look...
Under 5’10”: Finding Casual Clothes That Fit
By Elie Robinson
In the late ’90s when I took my first corporate job, I remember the excitement of learning that the attire was “casual.” While most of my friends...
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‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Renewed for 4th Season
BY RON KAMPEAS
(JTA) — “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” the Emmy Award-winning series about a 1950s protofeminist Jewish stand-up comic, will return for a fourth season,...
Why Mayor Fulop Saw Antisemitism in Jersey City Shooting
JTA) — Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop was one of the first New Jersey officials to describe Tuesday’s shooting at a kosher market as a hate...
Jeremy Corbyn to Step Down as Labour Party Leader After Resounding Defeat
LONDON (JTA) – Jeremy Corbyn said he will no longer lead Britain’s Labour Party following a resounding defeat in national elections.
Corbyn’s announcement that he “will not...