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Earliest item	16 Aug 2022

JTA America’s Black-Jewish story gets an update on new PBS series featuring Henry Louis Gates, Michael Twitty and more 2 Feb

Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History is an insightful PBS docuseries that launches into an engaging exploration of the historical and social inter...

2 Feb

JTA Elaine Grossinger Etess, third-generation owner of legendary Catskills resort, dies at 98 2 Feb

Elaine Grossinger Etess, the last surviving member of the family who established the iconic Grossingers Catskill Resort Hotel, has passed away at 98. Known f...

2 Feb

JTA Boston-area Jewish day school to close after 25 years, saying its model is ‘no longer sustainable’ 2 Feb

MetroWest Jewish Day School in the Boston area is set to close after 25 years due to dwindling enrollment and financial sustainability issues. Despite effort...

2 Feb

JTA Federal building with murals by Jewish artists at risk of sale, demolition 28 Jan

The Wilbur J. Cohen Building in Washington D.C., renowned for its New Deal-era murals by Jewish artists like Ben Shahn, is threatened by potential sale and d...

28 Jan

Forward NJ church deletes video of pageant featuring antisemitic character but says critics took it ‘out of context’ 27 Jan

A Ukrainian church in New Jersey has come under fire for a Christmas pageant featuring a character dressed in stereotypical Jewish attire and racial slurs, p...

27 Jan

JTA On PBS’ ‘Finding Your Roots,’ Jewish actor Lizzy Caplan discovers her family’s unknown Holocaust story 26 Jan

In a poignant episode of PBS's 'Finding Your Roots,' Jewish actor Lizzy Caplan uncovers a previously unknown family connection to the Holocaust. Guided by ho...

26 Jan

Forward Oct. 7 spurred this secular private school in Manhattan to start holding an annual Shabbat gathering 23 Jan

In response to heightened antisemitism following an attack on Israel in 2023, a secular private school in Manhattan, the Town School, initiated an annual Sha...

23 Jan

Forward Larry Ellison once renamed a superyacht because its name spelled backwards was ‘I’m a Nazi’ 16 Jan

Larry Ellison, the Jewish founder of Oracle and a significant pro-Israel donor, once encountered an antisemitic snafu with a superyacht he purchased. Origina...

16 Jan

JTA Jewish caricature in Ukrainian Christmas tradition resurfaces at New Jersey church, drawing criticism 16 Jan

A Ukrainian Christmas pageant in New Jersey drew criticism for including a Hasidic Jewish caricature that perpetuates antisemitic stereotypes. The pageant, p...

16 Jan

Forward This California synagogue was just vandalized with anti-Zionist graffiti, one year after being destroyed by wildfire 14 Jan

The Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center in California, which was destroyed by the Eaton wildfire in January 2025, was recently vandalized with anti-Zionist gra...

14 Jan