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A family prays during an outdoor Yom Kippur service at Sinai Temple during the coronavirus pandemic, undated. (Getty Images via Al Seib/JTA)

September 24, 2022, 11:11 pm

As holiday season arrives and COVID fears ebb, US synagogues try for a new normal

With virus deaths falling globally, community-wide guidelines make way for a patchwork approach as the Jewish world prepares for 3rd High Holidays under pandemic concerns

By Jackie Hajdenberg

September 17, 2022, 1:28 am

Fake toes for sale? Ad for Orthodox women raises questions on modesty gone too far

As debate rages over whether the offer was serious or a prank, some say the fact no one can be sure is itself the problem

By Jackie Hajdenberg

The outside of the church that formerly housed Temple Montefiore in Las Vegas, New Mexico. (Courtesy: Las Vegas Jewish Community Inc.)

September 13, 2022, 9:03 am

A tiny New Mexico Jewish community wants its historic synagogue building back

For 65 years, local Jews have had to travel to Santa Fe for regular services. Now, with a crowdfunding effort until the end of September, they hope to repurchase Temple Montefiore

By Jackie Hajdenberg

The Marvel character Sabra first appeared in a comic strip in 1980. (Wikimedia Commons/Design by Mollie Suss via JTA)

September 13, 2022, 3:48 am

Excitement, and backlash, quickly follow news of Marvel’s Sabra superhero arrival

Set for release in 2024, new flic to feature Israeli actress Shira Haas as Sabra, an Israeli hero who debuted with a cameo in a 1980 ‘Incredible Hulk’ comic

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Goldie's Bagels in Columbia, MO is giving away free bagels and coffee to those who cannot afford to pay. (JTA)

September 4, 2022, 2:17 pm

Missouri bagel shop goes viral for Talmudic effort to feed unhoused

A former campus Hillel educator, Goldie’s Bagels founder Amanda Rainey aims to imbue Jewish values into its daily operations

By Jackie Hajdenberg

An aerial view of the University of California, Davis campus. (Wikipedia/Arlen/CC BY)

August 31, 2022, 6:09 am

Campus police probing antisemitic banners at UC Davis as ‘hate incident’

University chancellor says he’s sickened by incident, which featured 4 men hanging signs that read ‘Communism is Jewish’ and ‘The Holocaust is an anti-white lie’

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Altadeña Middle School in the Kyrene School District. (Screenshot via Google Maps, JTA)

August 27, 2022, 2:08 am

US federal investigation says Arizona school failed to stop antisemitic harassment

Kyrene School District did not act to protect Jewish middle school pupil after other students made Nazi salutes, harassed her on social media, US Department of Education says

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Rebecca Stanfel, board president of the Montana Jewish Project, shakes hands with Bishop Austin Vetter of the Helena Diocese during a ceremonial signing of the building over to the Jewish community. (Screenshot: Facebook Live, via JTA)

August 26, 2022, 10:41 pm

Jewish community buys back first synagogue in Montana from Catholic Diocese

After lengthy fundraising campaign, local nonprofit purchases two-story Helena synagogue for undisclosed amount; it was originally sold for $1 in 1935

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein speaks at a news conference at the Chabad of Poway synagogue, April 28, 2019, in Poway, California. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)

August 26, 2022, 10:35 pm

‘Challah’ and ‘tefillin’ were code words in the Chabad of Poway’s tax fraud scheme

Former rabbi of the synagogue targeted in 2019 by an antisemitic shooter received a 14-month term for his part in the scheme; as a co-conspirator is sentenced, new details emerge

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Argentina President Alberto Fernandez, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

August 26, 2022, 8:15 am

Jewish groups slam Argentine president for comparing COVID deaths to Holocaust

Alberto Fernández comes under fire for repeated comments on death toll, stating ‘the pandemic has killed between one and two Holocausts’

By Jackie Hajdenberg

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 26, 2022, 7:00 am

Ex-cop connected to police killings resigns job securing Louisville Jewish community

Umbrella group says protests over hiring of Josh Judah made it ‘impossible’ for him to fulfill role as security adviser

By Jackie Hajdenberg

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

The Daily Tar Heel unpublished an opinion column criticizing study abroad in Israel, citing threatening messages aimed at the writer.(Getty)

August 24, 2022, 7:59 am

US college student paper pulls anti-Israel column after author threatened

Carson Elm-Picard says he and his mother received threatening messages from Jewish students for article suggesting travel to Israel is supporting ‘apartheid’

By Jackie Hajdenberg

The Lehrhaus is inspired in part by Frankfurt's Jewish House of Free Study, where intellectuals of the early 20th century like Bertha Pappenheim, Leo Lowenthal, and Martin Buber lectured and learned. (Getty Images. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg/ JTA)

August 21, 2022, 2:54 am

Boston’s Jews are getting a ‘Jewish tavern’ – to study religious texts, drink beer

Combining the Old Country secular Torah study house and the kretshme, or Yiddish pub, the Boston Lehrhaus seeks to woo all denominations with food, cocktails and meaningful classes

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Miriam Eskenasy, left, speaks with Angela on 'The Rehearsal.' (HBO/ screenshot)

August 17, 2022, 6:47 am

Hebrew tutor Miriam stole the show on ‘The Rehearsal.’ Here’s what she has to say

Hired to give lessons to Nathan Fielder’s fake family on the hit HBO series, Miriam Eskenasy, who came to the US via Romania and Israel, has a fascinating tale of her own

By Jackie Hajdenberg