Judy Blume among 10 Jews on Time’s 2023 ‘Most Influential’ list

(JTA) — The journalist who was arrested in Russia last month and the Biden administration’s antisemitism envoy are among the 10 Jewish members of Time magazine’s “100 most influential people of 2023.” The magazine’s annual list, released Thursday, includes politicians, business titans, artists and innovators from around the world, from President Joe Biden to a […]

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ELNET to host third int’l policy conference in Paris next month

ELNET, the premier organization dedicated to strengthening Europe-Israel relations based on shared democratic values and strategic interests, will host its third International Policy Conference (EIPC) in May 2023 in Paris. The conference will bring together 70 of the most influential policymakers and leading public opinion-makers from Europe, Israel, the US and Arab countries to discuss […]

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Holocaust Remembrance Day to be marked through movies and documentaries

This year, Holocaust Remembrance Day will be held in Israel from the evening of April 17 to April 18 and there will be a number of documentaries, feature films and short movies showing in theaters and on television to help deepen our understanding of the tragedy. Over the years, I have probably had occasion to […]

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In rare move, Haredi magazine publishes photo of a woman

When readers of Mishpacha magazine opened up the Passover issue, they found two surprises. The first was the unsung, mysterious story of a prolific American philanthropist, Jennie Miller Faggen, who supported dozens of European yeshivas before World War II. The second was a rarity in the world of haredi Orthodox publications: Miller’s photograph. Mishpacha and […]

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In wake of heavy loss, Rabbi Leo Dee calls for unity behind Israeli flag

The Efrat community was left in shock on Friday morning after a terror attack in the Jordan Valley took the lives of Efrat residents and sisters Maia and Rina Dee when on their way to Tiberias for the weekend. Their mother, Lucy (Leah), was critically wounded in the attack and was transported to Hadassah Ein […]

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Average Israeli family makes break for freedom from stress in Thailand

Seems as though Arik (Harry) and Efrat Rozental have taken a leaf out of Theodor Herzl’s book. “If you will it, it is no dream,” the Zionist leader famously posited back in the late 19th century when doing his best to drum up support for a Jewish homeland. It could just as well serve as […]

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ADL Holocaust denial report rates all social media platforms poorly

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) published their annual Online Holocaust Denial Report Card on Monday, rating the top ten most popular social media and gaming platforms on the degree to which they aid the spread of Holocaust denial content.  The report’s introduction points out that even though the Holocaust is one of the most well-documented atrocities […]

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Mimi Sheraton, pioneering food critic and scholar, dies at 97

Growing up in a Jewish home in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, Mimi Sheraton seemed destined for a life in food. Her father, Joseph, sold wholesale fruit and vegetables to vendors in the Lower East Side, and her maternal grandmother, Greta Breit, was a talented cook who made her strictly kosher food from scratch. Her mother Beatrice, […]

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Jerusalem filled with three holiday celebrations at once

Three families were standing near the shuttle station by the parking lot of the First Station outside of Jerusalem’s Old City, wondering if the shuttle to the Western Wall was running. The signboard said that details can be obtained at the 106 municipality hotline, which turned out to be closed due to the holiday. A […]

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