Israeli judoka Inbar Lanir medaled in Paris and is going viral at home
(JTA) Israeli judoka Inbar Lanir has won a silver medal in Paris, one of Israelâs first two medals this year and its best finish in the sport since 1992. Thatâs...
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Israel establishes an annual commemoration of the Oct. 7 attack
(JTA) For more than five months, the date of Oct. 7 has instantly evoked images of horror in the minds of Israelis as the bloodiest day in the countryâs history...
March for Israel attendees say they delivered a powerful message
(JTA) Hannah Kaplan, a senior at Tiffin University in northern Ohio, can identify exactly one other Jew in the schoolâs student body of approximately 3,000. There are also a few...
Suspects arrested in India had photos of Mumbai Chabad, police say
(JTA) Law enforcement officers in Mumbai found photos of the cityâs Chabad center among the possessions of two terror suspects, leading police to boost security at the building that was...
ADL: Over a third of people in Hungary and Poland have antisemitic beliefs
(JTA) A survey by the Anti-Defamation League found that significant portions of people in 10 European countries believe a range of antisemitic stereotypes, including more than one in three people...
Orthodox synagogue in Atlanta breaks from Young Israel movement after political spat
(JTA) A large Orthodox synagogue in Atlanta is breaking away from the Young Israel synagogue movement. The exit comes months after its rabbi protested the movement's right-wing political positions. In...
Here’s what we know about Orthodox vaccination rates
(JTA) New York City's info page on an ongoing measles outbreak could not be clearer: "Most of these cases have involved members of the Orthodox Jewish community," it says. But...
An Orthodox rally in Brooklyn sees vaccines as a conspiracy
(JTA) The weirdest part of an Orthodox anti-vaccine conference was probably when the emcee, a rabbi wearing a black hat and white beard, quoted the Gospel of Luke. "Father, forgive...
Save the planet, don’t cremate, says Lake Worth Jewish cemetery
(JTA) When Rabbi Jay Lyons prepares a dead body for burial, it feels like he's in synagogue on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Lyons, along with other Jews...
Palestinian activists don’t understand why they can’t enter the U.S.
(JTA) In December 1992, about nine months before the first Palestinian-Israeli peace accords were signed on the White House lawn, Hanan Ashrawi met with President George H.W. Bush in the...