Local News
Community Briefs: Kaiserman JCC, Masks for Clergy, More
Kaiserman JCC to Temporarily Close Fitness Center
The Kaiserman JCC announced Aug. 5 that it was temporarily closing its fitness room as of Aug. 20...
National News
American Jews Donate More, Pray Less During Pandemic
By Ben Sales
During the pandemic, Jews have attended virtual services, read scripture or prayed less often than other Americans, and they have given charity...
Jewish Federations Get $5 Million to Help Holocaust Survivors
(JTA) — A $5 million U.S. government grant will help a Jewish group care for Holocaust survivors and other adults with a history of...
Delaware to Require Teaching of the Holocaust and Genocide
By Marcy Oster
(JTA) — The state of Delaware will require the teaching of a Holocaust curriculum in middle and high schools starting with the...
Arts
‘The Painted Bird’ a Study in Brutality
Hanya Yanagihara’s widely acclaimed novel “A Little Life,” the critic Daniel Mendelsohn wrote in a 2015 review in The New York Review of Books,...
Reviews: Secret Life, Secret War
Road Trip Reveals Jewish Mother’s Secrets
By Sophie Panzer
“All My Mother’s Lovers”
Ilana Masad
Dutton
Although Ilana Masad’s novel “All My Mother’s Lovers” takes place in a pre-coronavirus...
Israeli Series ‘Beauty Queen of Jerusalem’ to Feature ‘Shtisel’ Star
By Gabe Friedman
Production is underway on what is being billed as one of the most ambitious Israeli TV series’ ever.
“The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem,”...
Helped by Pandemic, Wix Now Israel’s Second-Highest Valued Company
By Gabe Friedman
The coronavirus crisis has helped make Wix, the popular website creator platform, the second-highest valued Israeli company.
Its share price has increased by...
National Library of Israel to Suspend Services and Put 300 Workers on Unpaid Leave
By Marcy Oster
JERUSALEM — The National Library of Israel will suspend its public services and put its 300 employees on unpaid leave.
The closure, which is...
Israeli Hockey Captain Signs to Play in Oswiecim, Otherwise Known as Auschwitz
By Philissa Cramer
When the captain of Israel’s ice hockey team takes the ice for the coming season, he will be just a short walk...