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PJFM’s Lindy Springfest Brings Features, Shorts From Israel and Elsewhere to the Weitzman

In recent years, Philadelphia Jewish Film and Media has taken various approaches ...

‘Uncommitted’ Trying to Get Pennsylvania Voters to Call for Cease-fire

Internationally, President Joe Biden has stood by Israel. Beyond symbolic gestures, such as abstaining from a United Nations General Assembly vote calling for a...

Temple Sholom in Broomall Donates Torah to Community in Argentina

Temple Sholom in Broomall had a few extra Torahs sitting in its ark, according to Rabbi Peter Rigler. So when the World Union for...

Haverford College Allows Event Blaming Israel for Using COVID as ‘Tool for Settler Colonialism’

During the last week of March, Haverford Students for Peace instead disturbed it on their campus. For four consecutive days during what the group labeled...

Reform Congregation Beth Chaim Rabbi Celebrates 10 Years

Rabbi Michelle Pearlman came to Reform Congregation Beth Chaim in Malvern ...

Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El Sign Vandalized With Swastika

A sign outside Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El in Wynnewood

BZBI Hit With Hateful Graffiti

Temple Beth Zion-Beth Israel in Center City was hit ...

Weitzman Might Become a Smithsonian Institution

The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History may become a Smithsonian institution. But what does that mean? Consider the name: Smithsonian. What do you think...

Drexel Student Advocates for National Reporting System for Antisemitic Incidents

A group of Jewish university students went to Washington, D.C., on March 19 to join U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) in calling for the...

Jewish Organizations Respond to Schumer’s Speech

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer spoke on the Senate floor on March 14, criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and calling for new elections in...