Local News
Singer-Songwriter Nancy Falkow McBride Dies at 49
Singer-songwriter Nancy Falkow McBride, once a major player in Philadelphia’s 1990s and early 2000s music scene, died after a two-year battle with ovarian cancer....
National News
Death Penalty for Synagogue Shooter Sparks Debate
By Toby Tabachnick
Shortly before the Department of Justice filed notice last August that it would seek the death penalty against the alleged murderer at...
Diaspora Jews Have Their Say: World Zionist Congress 2020
The World Zionist Congress, in a sentence: “Nobody knows what it is,” laughed Mort Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America and...
After Stabbing, Monsey’s Orthodox Jews Are Defiant
By Ben Sales / JTA
MONSEY, N.Y. — When a man wielding a machete burst into a Chanukkah party at a rabbi’s house in this...
Arts
Singer-Songwriter Nancy Falkow McBride Dies at 49
Singer-songwriter Nancy Falkow McBride, once a major player in Philadelphia’s 1990s and early 2000s music scene, died after a two-year battle with ovarian cancer....
Netflix Series ‘Nisman’ Tells Story of AMIA Bombing Investigator
“Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy” begins with a series of images and sounds: An aerial view of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Documents....
‘Fresh Air’ Host Terry Gross Appears on ‘Finding Your Roots’
What do radio host Terry Gross, actor Jeff Goldblum and actor/podcaster Marc Maron have in common?
Not much, but a linking thread was unveiled in...
Philadelphia Woman Among 4 Killed in Israel Bus Crash
By Marcy Oster / JTA
A Philadelphia woman visiting Israel for the birth of her fifth grandchild was one of four people killed in a...
Israel Will Hold Unprecedented Third Election in Under a Year
By Marcy Oster / JTA
Maybe the third time will be the charm.
Israel will hold an unprecedented third election in less than a year after...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Indicted for Corruption
By Marcy Oster / JTA
Benjamin Netanyahu has been charged in three corruption cases, marking the first time a sitting Israeli prime minister has been...