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Forward Can Jews sing ‘Dayenu’ while there are hostages? The Passover seder gets a post-Oct. 7 rethink. 5 Mar 2024
Rabbinical seminaries in Israel and the U.S. are creating haggadah supplements to address how Jewish communities can navigate trauma and crises, particularly...
5 Mar 2024
JTA The Jewish Sport Report: This Jewish club is breaking a nearly 60-year drought in Argentine football 1 Mar 2024
Nutico Hacoaj, representing the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, is breaking a 60-year drought by competing in an Argentine soccer tournament, markin...
1 Mar 2024
Forward Israeli speaker whose Berkeley event was canceled amid violence draws protest at LA Holocaust Museum speech 1 Mar 2024
Israeli reservist and advocate Ran Bar-Yoshafat's speech at University of California, Berkeley was canceled due to violent protests, leading to a clash betwe...
1 Mar 2024
JTA Teachers union halts campaign for LA school board candidate who promoted antisemitic book 26 Feb 2024
The Los Angeles teachers union and L.A. County Federation of Labor have stopped supporting school board candidate Kahllid Al-Alim after he promoted an antise...
26 Feb 2024
JTA The Jewish Sport Report: How this pro basketball player is using sports to inspire Israeli kids 23 Feb 2024
Jared Armstrong, a professional basketball player with Elitzur Ashkelon, is using sports to inspire Israeli children by running free basketball clinics in As...
23 Feb 2024
Forward Jared Armstrong’s season was supposed to start on Oct. 7. Now he’s using basketball to help Israeli children escape the realities of war. 23 Feb 2024
Jared Armstrong, a professional basketball player living in Israel, has shifted his focus from improving Black-Jewish relations in the United States to runni...
23 Feb 2024
Forward Jewish teens are looking at a new factor in their college search: antisemitism 16 Feb 2024
Jewish teens, like Ethan Smith, are increasingly considering antisemitism as a significant factor in their college decisions in light of a reported spike in ...
16 Feb 2024
JTA ‘Powerful’ or ‘Yikes’? How the internet reacted to the first-ever Super Bowl ad about antisemitism 13 Feb 2024
The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism aired a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl titled "Silence," featuring Clarence B. Jones, the longtime advisor and spee...
13 Feb 2024
JTA Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl ad about antisemitism to feature MLK speechwriter Clarence Jones 11 Feb 2024
Robert Kraft's Foundation to Combat Antisemitism will air an ad during Super Bowl LVIII featuring Clarence Jones, the former lawyer and advisor to Martin Lut...
11 Feb 2024
JTA The Jewish Sport Report: This Israeli baseball player is blazing a new trail 9 Feb 2024
Assaf Lowengart, an Israeli baseball player, is set to make history as the first Israeli-born position player to sign a professional baseball contract in the...
9 Feb 2024