2+ hour, 59+ min ago  (618+ words) Eli Wininger comes from a long line of proud Jews. His grandfather survived the Holocaust, and his mother's side of the family escaped religious persecution in Tunisia. Both parts of his family settled safely in Israel, which, he said, "saved…...

3+ hour, 11+ min ago  (260+ words) Jacob Gurvis | JTA Emery Lehman, a Jewish speedskater and four-time Olympian, captured a silver medal in the men's team pursuit on Tuesday, his second career medal. Lehman, 29, and his teammates Casey Dawson and Ethan Cepuran, finished 4.51 seconds behind the host…...

4+ hour, 14+ min ago  (603+ words) Andrew Silow-Carroll | JTA Eli Sharabi's memoir "Hostage," recounting his experience in Hamas captivity after the Oct. 7, 2023 attack, has been named Book of the Year by the National Jewish Book Awards, organizers announced Wednesday. The awards, presented by the Jewish Book…...

4+ hour, 25+ min ago  (156+ words) Philissa Cramer | JTA The director Spike Lee says he was not targeting the first Israeli NBA All-Star when he wore a pro-Palestinian outfit to the All-Star Game on Sunday. Lee's outfit featured a keffiyeh-patterned sweater and a bag strap with…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (447+ words) Feb. 28 Night of Grateful Dead Come to Third Space at Shaarei Tfiloh for a night of dead-head centric community. Rabbi Steve Schwartz and Cris Jacobs will lead a conversation and song session. They'll discuss spiritual identity, lyrics as sacred text…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (707+ words) Typically, The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore performs a community survey that covers demographics and other data every ten years. This year, it released a survey conducted from early June to late July of 2025, outside of the usual once-a-decade release…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (438+ words) Speaking from Washington, D.C., on Thursday, the president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, Eric Fingerhut, laid out his assessment of the state of Jewish life in America. "The state of the Jewish union in America is strong,…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (834+ words) U.S. President Donald Trump presided over the first Board of Peace meeting in Washington on Thursday morning, where officials gathered to discuss Phase 2 of his Gaza plan. More than 40 countries, as well as the European Union, confirmed their attendance at Thursday's…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (493+ words) Israel's highest court has delivered a unanimous rebuke to state and municipal authorities over long-stalled plans to upgrade the Western Wall's egalitarian prayer section, intensifying a dispute that has come to symbolize broader tensions over religious pluralism in Israel. In…...

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