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JTA Jewish Life Stories: A much-banned kids’ book author, a neo-Hasidic Deadhead, the Jewish father of the artificial Christmas tree 14 Feb 2024
This article discusses the lives and legacies of several individuals in the Jewish community. Robie Harris, an author of sex education books for children, pa...
14 Feb 2024
Forward Rabbi Jules Harlow, editor of the prayer book used in Conservative synagogues for a quarter century, dies at 92 13 Feb 2024
Rabbi Jules Harlow, the editor of Siddur Sim Shalom, the standard prayer book used in North American Conservative synagogues for a quarter century, has passe...
13 Feb 2024
Forward Robert Chazan, NYU scholar of medieval Jewry who helped build field of Jewish studies, dies at 87 13 Feb 2024
Robert Chazan, a leading scholar in the field of Jewish history and Christian-Jewish relations in the high Middle Ages, has died at the age of 87. Chazan was...
13 Feb 2024
JTA How ‘ceasefire’ became a dirty word, even to some progressive groups 11 Feb 2024
The debate over a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war has become highly divisive, even among progressive groups. Some defenders of Israel see calls for a cease...
11 Feb 2024
Forward Nina Gottlieb, Holocaust survivor who told her story in an award-winning documentary, dies at 91 7 Feb 2024
Nina Gottlieb, a Holocaust survivor, has died at the age of 91. She broke her decades-long silence about her experiences in the Holocaust in a documentary ca...
7 Feb 2024
JTA Jewish Life Stories: A nurse who met Churchill, a rabbi who warned about the Internet 7 Feb 2024
This article covers the stories of several individuals in Jewish life who have passed away recently. David Karp, a news photographer known for capturing Jewi...
7 Feb 2024
JTA Pearl Berg, world’s oldest Jewish person and 9th-oldest overall, dies at 114 6 Feb 2024
Pearl Berg, considered the oldest Jewish person in the world and the third oldest American, has passed away at the age of 114. Known for her philanthropy wor...
6 Feb 2024
JTA Lawrence Langer, renowned scholar of Holocaust testimony, dies at 94 5 Feb 2024
Lawrence Langer, a renowned scholar of Holocaust testimony, has passed away at the age of 94. Langer dedicated his life to understanding the experiences of H...
5 Feb 2024
JTA In dark times, is a dystopian Jewish novel just what we need? 4 Feb 2024
"A Brutal Design" by Zachary Solomon is a dystopian Jewish novel set in the imaginary city-state of Duma. The protagonist, Zelnick, discovers that Duma is no...
4 Feb 2024
JTA Jewish Life Stories: The Nobelist who confirmed the Big Bang, the ‘Bagel Queen’ of Atlanta 31 Jan 2024
Arno Allan Penzias, a Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize-winning physicist, has passed away at the age of 90. Penzias and his colleague discovered an unexpla...
31 Jan 2024