Tikvah Celebrates 35th Anniversary in 5787
Tikvah is the Hebrew word for hope, and for 35 years, the Jewish Philadelphia nonprofit organization that uses the word as its name has...
‘We Hear You,’ says Sunkist, Won’t Cancel Fruit Gems
After the news that Sunkist was discontinuing its Fruit Gems, and Jews nationwide wondered what soft but light kosher candy they could throw at...
Sara Sideman Begins Role as New Katz JCC Executive Director
Sara Sideman is a familiar face in the South Jersey Jewish community.
Since 2014, Sideman has served in a leadership capacity within the Jewish Federation...
Sunkist Fruit Gems Discontinued, Bar and Bat Mitzvah Boys, Girls Will Have to Duck...
Jessica Russak-Hoffman | JNS
Synagogue-goers will have to find a new candy to throw at bar mitzvah boys, bat mitzvah girls and soon-to-be married people...
Netanyahu Calls Mamdani an Antisemite who Endangers Jews in New York
Tovah Lazaroff | JTA
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called out his and Israel’s enemies as he addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, labeling...
A Jewish Teacher in Philadelphia Pretended to be Palestinian for Years
Andrew Lapin | JTA
A Jewish public school teacher and pro-Palestinian advocate in Philadelphia has admitted to fabricating Palestinian, Tunisian and Black heritage to her...
Hundreds Rally at UN to Urge World Leaders to Address Antisemitism
Jackie Hadjenberg | JTA
Hundreds of members of New York’s Jewish community competed against stand-still traffic, security details and dozens of black SUVs Wednesday night...
$100K Gift Helps Launch Antisemitism Lecture Series at Stockton U.
Stockton University was already a national and global leader in Holocaust education through its Sara and Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center, its Master of...
Jordana Chernow-Reader, Shir Ami’s New Rabbi, Steps up to Senior Pulpit
Rabbi Jordana Chernow-Reader is 50. She was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 2010.
Chernow-Reader then spent the next decade and...
Call Your Mother Deli Adds Philly Location in Fishtown
Call Your Mother Deli — the viral, fast-growing bagel shop and “Jew-ish” deli concept founded by Andrew Dana in Washington, D.C. — has the...