JL;DR

Daily Podcasts Video Research

for Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Politics ›

0 Politics Israel

Survey: Most NYC council candidates would continue tradition of Israel trips

Forward

A Forward survey of 66 NYC Council candidates across districts with significant Jewish communities reveals that a majority support Israel, oppose the BDS movement, and believe public schools inadequately teach about the Holocaust.

0 Politics Jewish Law

Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy in Tablet

Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy analyze a growing trend among American Jews who reject Zionism and Israel, highlighting the historical phenomenon of 'un-Jews,' individuals who distance their Jewish identity from the state of Israel and Jewish nationalism.

0 Politics Holocaust

Marjorie Taylor Greene tours Holocaust museum and apologizes for likening coronavirus protections to the Holocaust

Forward

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican congresswoman from Georgia, visited the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and publicly apologized for her previous comments comparing COVID-19 safety measures to the Holocaust.

Antisemitism ›

0 Antisemitism Politics

A Jewish man, Levi Marhabi, is being held hostage by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

Gabby Deutch in Jewish Insider

Levi Marhabi, a Jewish man, remains imprisoned by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen despite a court order for his release, highlighting the severe persecution of Yemen's Jewish minority.

Prayer ›

0 Prayer Communities

A requiem for the backyard minyan

Forward

In Los Angeles, the pandemic led to a creative form of worship for Orthodox Jews, as long-standing community traditions like in-person minyans were upended by COVID-19 restrictions.