The Vatican Will Release WWII-era ‘Jewish Files’ Online, Including Unanswered Pleas to Pope
Pope Francis has ordered 170 volumes of Jewish requests for help from the Catholic Church during World War II to be published online.
Deborah Lipstadt’s First Tour as Antisemitism Monitor: Saudi Arabia
Deborah Lipstadt’s first overseas tour as the State Department’s antisemitism monitor will start in Saudi Arabia.
Federal Court Upholds Arkansas Law That Restricts Israel Boycotts
A federal appeals court upheld an Arkansas state law requiring all public contractors to promise they won’t boycott Israel.
BDS Movement Disavows Boston Project Mapping Jewish Groups
The global BDS movement targeting Israel has disavowed a controversial website.
‘Underground’ Jazz Songwriter, Composer and Performer Edward Kalendar Dies at 80
Edward Kalendar, whose love of underground jazz music heard while living in Ukraine led to a prolific career as a composer, conductor, jazz pianist...
Association of Jewish Libraries to Host Conference at Weitzman
Jewish librarians are more than just little old ladies with tight buns and eyeglasses. And being a librarian is more than just fetching a...
Jews Debate Mastriano’s Christian Nationalist Beliefs
When Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano kicked-off his primary campaign on Jan. 8, he donned a tallit and blew a shofar, despite not...
LGBT Acceptance Swells, But Queer Jews Remember Pain of AIDS Crisis
When Heshie Zinman visited his buddies — HIV/AIDS patients in Pennsylvania Hospital — in the mid-1980s, delivering their food trays or just saying hi,...
Last Word: Barbara Boroff’s Craft Shows Are Back
It started as a fun hobby with her husband and grew into a business that could attract a Big Ten football-sized crowd, about 100,000...
You Should Know…Isabella Segalovich
At first glance, a video about hidden gelatin in vitamin D3 capsules has nothing to do with the rise of subway graffiti in New...