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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 568

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Heather Conn Hendel in a video published March 27, 2017, for an annual dinner of the Manhattan Jewish Experience Synagogue in which she was honored for her volunteer work. (Screen capture: Youtube/Mark Wildes MJE, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 15, 2024, 1:03 pm
Heather Conn Hendel, pillar of Toronto, NYC Jewish communities, dies at 48
Beloved teacher, matchmaker, and ‘Bikur Holim’ volunteer passes away months into marriage, shortly after giving birth to daughter
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Illustrative photo of a woman on a scale. (Shutterstock)
October 27, 2022, 4:52 am
Fat is the final frontier when it comes to full inclusion in the Jewish community
Fat Torah organization aims to end weight stigmas and fatphobia by ‘connecting with sacred text, tradition, and spirituality that fosters body liberation for people of all sizes’
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Ret. Lt. Col. Josh Judah, a former police officer in the Louisville Metro Police Department, testifies in a 2020 hearing. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images via JTA)
August 24, 2022, 8:05 am
Louisville Jewish community hires ex-cop connected to controversy in police killing
Josh Judah, a retired lieutenant colonel with the Louisville Metro Police Department, will oversee the community’s SAFE initiative
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (L) and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson at a Conservative Friends of Israel event in London, Britain, November 29, 2021. (Stuart Mitchell)
July 7, 2022, 10:59 pm
Belfast, a broken menorah, listening to survivors: Johnson’s notable Jewish moments
The outgoing PM proved warmly disposed to UK Jews and a friend of Israel, changing Britain’s voting pattern at the UN
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Rabbi Walter Homolka, second from right, and other liberal and Reform rabbis in the liberal Jewish community's synagogue in Hanover, Germany, December 1, 2016. (Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Images via JTA)
May 24, 2022, 7:51 am
Sexual harassment, power abuse allegations rattle Germany’s liberal Jewish community
Rabbi Homolka’s husband accused of sending lewd messages to students; rabbi, others said to have covered up alleged misconduct in ‘biggest scandal’ to hit postwar Jewish community
By Toby Axelrod
Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jews in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, September 14, 2021. (Luke Tress/Flash90)
February 10, 2022, 8:49 am
Citing religious beliefs, lawsuit challenges NYC vaccine mandate
Five Orthodox Jews join petition, claiming the city’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement for indoor spaces is a ‘form of slavery’
By julia GERGELY
An attendee wears a 'Make America Great Again' kippah before US President Donald Trump speaks at an annual meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition on April 6, 2019, in Las Vegas. (AP/John Locher)
April 16, 2019, 2:58 am
White House Jewish community briefing blackballs most major Jewish groups
Administration invites Orthodox leaders, AIPAC and Republican group, but leaves out Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist movements, ADL and other organizations
By Ron Kampeas
Illustrative photo of a boy in a wheelchair. (Eky Akmal/EyeEm/Getty Images via JTA)
February 18, 2019, 3:48 am
Jews with disabilities explain how communities fall short on inclusion
To mark Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month, Jewish advocates share their thoughts on how the community is doing in terms of including them
By Josefin Dolsten
Gerald C. Skolnik
June 15, 2018, 3:26 pm
Gerald C. Skolnik
Getting personal about depression
I share our story with you to shatter the myth that everyone you see socially is a model of perfection or wellness
Ari Segal
May 3, 2018, 12:07 pm
Ari Segal
Imagine the Orthodox world without vitriol
If we regard alternate approaches to Orthodoxy as the best approach for each community, we’ll judge favorably
Julie Hammerman, who founded the JLens Investor Network, at the group’s 2017 conference on impact investing. (Courtesy of JLens/via JTA)
February 24, 2018, 1:40 am
Can Jewish charities do good and make money? Impact investors say yes
A growing number of activists are promoting the new ideal-driven form of investment, which they say is more sustainable and can go further than just donating to charity
By Ben Sales
Lisa Eisen
January 18, 2018, 3:41 pm
Lisa Eisen
6 ways to stop sex abuse in the Jewish world
It’s time to create a culture in which nobody ever again has to say #MeToo or #GamAni
Illustrative: Leaders in a Vietnam war protest stand in silent prayer in Arlington National Cemetery, February 6, 1968, including Rabbi Abraham Heschel, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges)
From the WebJanuary 15, 2018, 12:58 pm
A mandate of morality on MLK Day
In 2018, the Jewish community is at risk of being indifferent to suffering
By Avram Mlotek and Jonathan Leener
Sally Abrams
January 10, 2018, 1:39 pm
Sally Abrams
You say ‘tribal’ like it’s a bad thing
I’ll keep the noisy, generous, caring, demanding Jewish people that mourns together for families most of us never met
Illustrative. (iStock)
January 8, 2018, 2:53 pm
The unmarried members of the Jewish club
If it takes marriage to keep Jews practicing, we must step up to include those who defy the nuclear family stereotype
By Anne Gordon
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