New Jersey Man Arrested for Threatening Orthodox Jews Over Coronavirus
By Marcy Oster / JTA
A New Jersey man sent Facebook messages to Gov. Phil Murphy and others threatening harm Orthodox Jews for violating state coronavirus...
Monsey Stabbing Victim in Coma has Died
By Marcy Oster / JTA
The most seriously injured victim of the stabbing attack at a rabbi’s home in Monsey in late December has died.
Josef Neumann,...
Rabbi Romi Cohn, Holocaust Rescuer, Dies of Coronavirus at 92
By Marcy Oster / JTA
Rabbi Avrohom Hakohen Cohn survived the Holocaust and went on to fight the Nazis in his native Czechoslovakia. He is...
Five Jewish NGOs Appeal to Congress for $60 Billion Cash Infusion
By Ron Kampeas / JTA
Five Jewish nonprofits are among about 100 that are asking Congress to inject $60 billion into the sector to weather the...
Jewish Performers and Educators Move Online Due to Coronavirus
By Gabe Friedman / JTA
As a freelance Jewish educator, musician, and consultant, Eliana Light knows the coronavirus outbreak puts her line of work in a...
Jewish Summer Camps Prepare for Coronavirus
By Ben Sales / JTA
As swine flu swept through the United States in the late spring of 2009, Jewish summer camps took some drastic...
New Jersey Rabbis Shut Down their Community to Stop Coronavirus
By Josefin Dolsten / JTA
Larry Rothwachs, a rabbi in Teaneck, New Jersey, walked into the meeting the night of March 11 between local Jewish leaders...
Families of Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Victims to get $3 Million
By Ben Harris / JTA
The three congregations housed at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue will distribute more than $5.4 million donated in the aftermath of...
White Supremacist Unfurls Nazi Flag at Sanders Rally
By Ron Kampeas / JTA
A protester later identified as a known white supremacist unfurled a Nazi flag at a Bernie Sanders rally in Phoenix.
The...
Women’s History Month Spotlight: Maimie Pinzer
“I wish I was born a man, I know what I’d do this morning,” wrote to Fanny Howe in the early 1900s. “I’d button...