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Cathryn J. Prince
Painter Chaim Soutine on a park bench. (Courtesy Jewish Museum)
May 21, 2018, 3:19 am
Alienated until the end, master artist Chaim Soutine fled the shtetl for Paris
Running through September, a new exhibit shows off the work of the Jewish Expressionist painter who gave up small-town life in the Pale of Settlement, only to die in Vichy France
By Cathryn J. Prince
Democratic congressional candidate and chaplain for the Connecticut Department of Corrections Rabbi Shaul Praver stands outside the Cheshire Corrections Institution. (Cathryn J. Prince/ Times of Israel)
May 14, 2018, 2:32 am
Rabbi who ministered to Sandy Hook shooting victims runs for Congress
If elected, Shaul Praver would be the first congressional rabbi -- but first, he must argue his way through a crowded Democratic primary on May 14
By Cathryn J. Prince
William Mehrvarz, who recently converted from Islam to Judaism, fled Iran to escape apostasy charges. His asylum case is pending. (Cathryn J. Prince/ Times of Israel)
May 5, 2018, 4:35 am
Fleeing native Iran, a would-be convert to Judaism gets new start in NYC
Despite being born a Muslim, William Mehrvarz felt he was always meant to be a Jew. Now, fearing apostasy laws, he has abandoned his old life -- and wife -- for refuge in the US
By Cathryn J. Prince
Ruth Wisse in conversation with David Myers at the Center for Jewish History, April 26, 2018. (Lauren Silberman)
May 1, 2018, 3:09 pm
Harvard prof who escaped Europe on eve of WWII dissects world’s oldest hatred
Speaking in NY, 82-year-old Ruth Wisse shares why anti-Semitism isn't the Jews' fault, but how self-rule has made them even more of a target
By Cathryn J. Prince
Naomi Eisenberger, executive director of The Good People Fund. (Courtesy)
April 23, 2018, 4:24 am
The charity fund exec who helps good people do their best for others
When not helming the #GamAni movement, Good People Fund director Naomi Eisenberger uses micro-philanthropy to leverage average Joes' social and humanitarian projects
By Cathryn J. Prince
Chessy Prout, the author of 'I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice and Hope,' talks during an interview, March 6, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
April 15, 2018, 4:24 pm
A high schooler just wrote the book on surviving campus sexual assault
Despite the odds stacked against rape survivors, Chessy Prout, with journalist Jenn Abelson, shares the story of her pursuit of justice as she advocates for school accountability
By Cathryn J. Prince
Clockwise from upper right: 'The Ballad of Marie Sanders, The Jew’s Whore,' by Nancy Spero; Half-Scale Study for Double Jeopardy from Holocaust Project—Studies/Ancillaries, by Judy Chicago and Donald Woodman; 'Women in Birkenau Camp,' by Halina Olomucki, drawn secretly while imprisoned in 1945. (Courtesy Ronald Feldman Gallery)
April 13, 2018, 12:46 am
Groundbreaking exhibition depicts sexual violence against women in the Holocaust
Opening April 12, a group show sees artists shine light on a taboo facet of Holocaust history and draw attention to continuing sex crime in contemporary war zones
By Cathryn J. Prince
Students from the High School for American Studies in the Bronx. (Cathryn J. Prince)
March 24, 2018, 6:57 pm
Jewish marchers at US gun rallies demand Congressional action
'No political agenda is more critical than addressing gun violence issues,' one Orthodox organization says, as hundreds of thousands throughout America rally for legislative reform
By Cathryn J. Prince
National Geographic editor, Susan Goldberg. (Courtesy National Geographic Magazine)
March 20, 2018, 9:38 pm
First female, Jewish editor dedicates April issue of National Geographic to race
As the trailblazing woman at most of her jobs, Susan Goldberg knows discrimination. That's why she faces the magazine's past racism head on while vowing not to repeat old mistakes
By Cathryn J. Prince
Maziar Bahari, December 4, 2017. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
March 12, 2018, 1:29 am
Tortured Iranian expat makes documentaries to educate Muslims about Holocaust
Maziar Bahari's home country imprisoned him for his education initiatives, but he continues to preach against genocide -- including at Monday's speech at the USHMM
By Cathryn J. Prince
Students protest for increased school safety after the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, on February 14. (Zoe Terner/NFTY)
March 5, 2018, 11:37 am
Jewish students march for their lives to advance stricter gun control laws
A broad coalition of Reform, Conservative and Orthodox synagogue youth groups join a nationwide movement of young people demanding an end to mass shootings
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: Muslim students at an anti-Israel protest at the University of California, Irvine, in 2006. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/JTA)
March 3, 2018, 6:21 pm
Where is the right to free speech for Israel advocates on campus, academics ask
Former University of California and current University of Haifa presidents note that while BDS activists regularly use anti-Semitic tropes, Jewish voices aren't given a fair shake
By Cathryn J. Prince
'De materia medica' by Dioscorides. Physician preparing an elixir. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund)
February 14, 2018, 11:31 pm
National Library of Israel shares interfaith love with Islamic art exhibit in NY
In 'Romance and Reason,' 24 Islamic pieces join those from other leading institutions to highlight the intellectual cooperation between Muslims and Greeks
By Cathryn J. Prince
Director of the Orthodox Union's Advocacy Center Nathan Diament speaks at a press conference on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, July 16, 2014. (Courtesy)
February 9, 2018, 7:00 pm
Orthodox Union Advocacy head praises Trump for ‘fresh’ policy on Israel
Nathan Diament talks about fighting for fixed values in a changing world even as Liberal American Jewry and Orthodoxy increasingly diverge
By Cathryn J. Prince
Overland Park JCC shooter Frazier Glenn Cross Jr., also known as Frazier Glenn Miller Jr., appears at his arraignment in New Century, Kansas, April 15, 2014. (photo credit: AP/David Eulitt)
February 1, 2018, 6:55 pm
Jews worry US focus on Islamic terror a way to avoid home-grown white supremacy
Today’s right-wing violence wormed its way into America’s underbelly already 25 years ago, according to a new, comprehensive ADL report
By Cathryn J. Prince
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