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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Gabe Friedman

The campus of the University of Maryland in College Park. (Courtesy)
August 31, 2024, 4:36 am
Fury as University of Maryland okays campus rally by anti-Israel group on October 7
Move to allow Students for Justice in Palestine event on anniversary of Hamas attacks outrages Jews on campus and beyond
By Gabe Friedman
Author and native New Yorker Sarah Seltzer, left, and the cover of her debut novel 'The Singer Sisters.' (Kurt Sneddon/Flatiron Books/ via JTA)
August 27, 2024, 1:07 am
In new book ‘The Singer Sisters,’ a Jewish rock music family finds sex, drugs – and deli
While some of the most iconic folk legends of the ’60s and ’70s were Members of the Tribe, author Sarah Seltzer’s fictional dynasty’s drama strikes a particularly Jewish chord
By Gabe Friedman
A scene from Netflix's 'Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial' docuseries. (Netflix via JTA)
June 10, 2024, 2:14 am
How Netflix’s new docuseries ‘Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial’ aims to reach Gen Z
Now streaming, six-part series constructed as a thriller to hook today’s youth. Director Joe Berlinger explains why educating them is crucial
By Gabe Friedman
Actor Roberto Benigni in a scene from the Miramax movie 'Life Is Beautiful' circa 1997. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
December 16, 2023, 3:19 pm
‘Life is Beautiful’ hit US theaters 25 years ago, raising issues that linger today
Roberto Benigni’s 1997 film rocked Hollywood and beyond by attempting to infuse humor into the setting of a concentration camp, to critical acclaim — and criticism by many Jews
By Stephen Silver and Gabe Friedman
File: Kanye West watches an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, January 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
December 13, 2023, 9:56 am
Kanye West to debut new album featuring top artists, antisemitic lyrics
Rapper known as Ye had been largely disowned by the music industry following hate-filled outbursts about Jews and promotion of antisemitic conspiracies last year
By Gabe Friedman
Gigi Hadid attends the Victoria's Secret New York fashion week kickoff event, at the Manhattan Center in New York City on September 6, 2023. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
November 29, 2023, 6:45 am
Gigi Hadid apologizes for claiming Israel abducts, rapes and tortures Palestinians
Supermodel of Palestinian descent says she ‘did not fact check or deeply think’ before sharing posts against Israel, which also included false accusation of organ harvesting
By Gabe Friedman
Spain's Rego Sira delivers a speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, July 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)
November 21, 2023, 4:19 am
Spanish pol who on Oct. 7 said Palestinians have ‘right to resist’ made a minister
United Left’s Sira Rego named minister of children and youth, after accusing Jewish state of ‘exterminating a people for 75 years’ in response to Israeli criticism
By Gabe Friedman
Illustrative: The City of Books library in Mexico City, June 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)
November 11, 2023, 9:37 am
US publisher removes antisemitic stereotypes from Georgette Heyer romance novel
‘The Grand Sophy’ new edition changes name and description of villainous moneylender, gets rid of reference to Jews being tight with ‘purse-strings’; UK publisher leaves book as is
By Gabe Friedman
The front doors of Congregation Beth Tikvah in the Montreal suburb of Dollard-des-Ormeau were hit with a firebomb, November 6, 2023. (B'nai Brith Canada via JTA)
November 8, 2023, 3:21 am
Molotov cocktails thrown at Montreal-area synagogue and Jewish center
Investigators find broken bottles, burn marks on front door of Jewish house of worship in Dollard-des-Ormeau, as antisemitism incidents spike in wake of Hamas attack on October 7
By Gabe Friedman
Iddo Gefen, center, seen hiking with his friend Sagi Golan, left, and another friend in an undated photo. (Courtesy of Gefen/via JTA)
October 30, 2023, 1:26 am
Israeli Sami Rohr Prize winner uses event to eulogize his good friend, killed Oct. 7
Author Iddo Gefen was set to attend Sagi Golan’s wedding to partner Omer Ohana this month, instead, he flew back to Israel an hour before the reservist’s funeral
By Gabe Friedman
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder gives Pope Francis a 'Kishreinu' (Hebrew for 'Our Bond') document marking influence of the Catholic Church's Nostra Aetate declaration on Catholic-Jewish relations, October 19, 2023. (Shahar Azran/WJC via JTA)
October 24, 2023, 4:26 pm
In a first, a Jewish organization opens an office at the Vatican
World Jewish Congress president Ronald Lauder visits Pope Francis while inaugurating the organization’s ‘representative office to the Holy See’ late last week
By Gabe Friedman
Anti-Israel protesters rally outside the Sydney Opera House, October 9, 2023. (Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images via JTA)
October 13, 2023, 2:04 am
Sydney government apologizes for pro-Palestine protest that had ‘gas the Jews’ chants
Police are investigating a separate incident in Melbourne in which a group of men allegedly said they were ‘on the hunt to kill Jews’
By Nomi Kaltmann and Gabe Friedman
Illustrative: Mothers and daughters approach Congregation Shaarei Tefila synagogue in Los Angeles on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, October 7, 2023. (Damian Dovarganes/AP)
October 10, 2023, 11:45 am
How Diaspora Jews offline for a 2-day holiday found out about the attack on Israel
Many Orthodox Jews don’t use electronics – including phones – on the normally joyous day of Simhat Torah, and only learned the tragic news through bits and pieces of hearsay
By Gabe Friedman and jacob gurvis
Susan Hall, a lawmaker for the UK Conservative Party, in the town of Ruislip near London, July 21, 2023. (Justin Tallis/AFP)
October 5, 2023, 5:35 am
UK Conservative Party candidate says Jews are ‘frightened’ by London’s Muslim mayor
Susan Hall says Sadiq Khan is ‘divisive,’ vows to defeat him ‘for our Jewish community,’ drawing backlash from British Jews
By Gabe Friedman
Carey Mulligan and Bradley Cooper in "Maestro." (Netflix via JTA)
October 4, 2023, 4:22 am
Many Jewish fans unfazed by ‘Jewface’ row surrounding new Leonard Bernstein biopic
Ticket holders at screenings of ‘Maestro’ more occupied with film’s plot than ancestry of Bradley Cooper, who plays Jewish conductor and took some heat over use of prosthetic nose
By Gabe Friedman
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