Deni Avdija Named to NBA’s Rising Stars Team
As he tries to acclimate to the NBA, Deni Avdija got some much-needed good news: The Israeli first-year pro was picked for the Rising Stars Challenge featuring the league’s 20 top rookies and second-year players.
Leaders of Austria and Denmark Visit Israel to Work Jointly on Vaccinations
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of Austria and Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark visited Israel on Thursday to promote joint vaccination efforts.
Philly Faces: Rabbi Akiva Pollack
There wasn’t anything quite like the organization Russian American Jewish Experience in Philadelphia before Rabbi Akiva Pollack showed up.
KleinLife and Philabundance Partner to Fight Food Insecurity Among Seniors
When KleinLife shut down congregate programs at the start of the pandemic, the organization’s clients were told to stay home for their own safety.
Unfortunately,...
Super Sunday Revamps, Adds Interaction
There may not be any in-person socializing, but the organizers of this year’s Super Sunday expect the signature event to be as rewarding as...
Panel Gets Pragmatic About Racial Injustice
“We are at a moment, in terms of race issues in America, where there is a sense of immediacy, a sense of urgency, a sense of moral compulsion, that we have accepted structural forms of racism for far too long.”
Hand Warmers and Hamantaschen at Chabad
I was among a group of about 30 people who gathered for a Megillah reading on Feb. 25 at Chabad Young Philly at Broad and Catharine streets.
Pa. State Rep. Dan Frankel Reintroduces Hate Crime Legislation
Frankel represents a district that includes Squirrel Hill, the Pittsburgh neighborhood where a gunman murdered 11 congregants at the Tree of Life synagogue building in 2018. His hate crime bills were originally introduced in 2019, but his efforts to expand and strengthen hate crime law began much earlier.
Community Briefs: Civil Rights Photos, Yiddish Forverts Editor Talk
Senior Rabbi Lance J. Sussman of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel will host a Zoom talk at 7:30 p.m. on March 10 with Rukhl Schaechter, the editor of Yiddish Forverts
ICC Launches War Crimes Investigation of Israelis and Palestinian Terrorists
AMSTERDAM — Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court said they have launched an investigation against Israelis for alleged war crimes against Palestinians.










