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The first and second Jewish mayors of Providence, Rhode Island, just had a shared bar mitzvah
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (925+ words) (JTA) " It is not every day a sitting mayor celebrates his bar mitzvah. But last Saturday, as more than 700 people packed the pews at Temple Beth-El in Providence, Rhode Island, that's exactly what unfolded. At the center of the ceremony…...
'Buffer zones' come to California, as a lawmaker proposes limiting protests near houses of worship
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (283+ words) By Asaf Elia-Shalev March 21, 2026 (JTA) " A California lawmaker is introducing a bill that would create a buffer zone around houses of worship, the latest effort by lawmakers to respond to protests against Israel that have taken place outside synagogues. "AB…...
‘Jew-FK Jr.’: Meet the Connecticut dad and children’s book author who won a JFK Jr. lookalike contest
2+ hour, 31+ min ago (743+ words) Andrew Ginsburg celebrates after winning a JFK Jr. look-alike competition in the West Village. Courtesy of Andrew Ginsberg Now 46, he says those comparisons have reached a new high, fueled by the spotlight on JFK Jr. and his wife, Carolyn Bessette…...
Germany pulls support for Israel in ICJ genocide case, battling its own accusations of aiding Israel
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (515+ words) (JTA) " Germany, an early defender of Israel against allegations of genocide in Gaza at the International Court of Justice, has pulled support as it faces its own charges for aiding Israel. Germany will no longer intervene on Israel's behalf, a…...
In antisemitism settlement, UC Berkeley agrees bans on Zionists ‘can violate university rules’
2+ hour, 38+ min ago (433+ words) (JTA) " The University of California, Berkeley said bans on Zionists "can violate university rules" and the bylaws of any student groups barring their inclusion must be rescinded, as part of a new settlement agreement in an antisemitism lawsuit. The university…...
Gaza protest slogans amounted to ‘racial slurs’ toward Jews, Trump administration alleges in new Harvard lawsuit
22+ hour, 8+ min ago (1077+ words) By Arno Rosenfeld March 20, 2026 In the Trump administration's year-long battle with Harvard University threatening federal funding over alleged antisemitism, its precise concerns have emerged in fuzzy and piecemeal fashion " in comments from White House officials, administrative agency findings and letters…...
We need to talk about New Jersey's Jewish master of literature. No, not that one
23+ hour, 46+ min ago (476+ words) By Talya Zax March 20, 2026 Philip Roth and Judy Blume were born five years apart in the 1930s. Both grew up in New Jersey, in the crucible of Jewish American suburban assimilation. Both were haunted by the Holocaust, news of which trickled…...
Move over Thomas Edison, this deli savant is the Garden State's newest inventor
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (973+ words) By Sam Lin-Sommer March 20, 2026 First, in 1876, Thomas Edison opened up his "invention factory" in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Then, in 1941, Alexander Graham Bell's Bell Labs moved its headquarters to Murray Hill at the northern end of the state. In 2021, another…...
We must rewrite the rulebook for fighting antisemitism — or conspiracists like Joe Kent will win the narrative wars
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (681+ words) Contributing Columnist Emily Tamkin March 20, 2026 As antisemitism floods American political discourse, the impulse in American Jewish life to not discuss certain things publicly " because they are complicated or shameful, or out of fear that they might inspire antisemitism " is not…...
Joe Kent, now under investigation, insinuates to Tucker Carlson that Israel might have killed Charlie Kirk to stoke Iran war
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (391+ words) (JTA) " After resigning this week over what he said was Israel's manipulation of President Donald Trump into war with Iran, former national counterterrorism director Joe Kent is now insinuating Israel may have also killed Charlie Kirk as part of its…...