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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 493

Jackie Hajdenberg

Exterior view of Silver Moon Bakery, known for its challahs, and which faces possible eviction due to nonpayment of rent. (Jackie Hajdenberg)
January 17, 2025, 6:14 pm
Silver Moon Bakery, NYC spot known for its challah, faces eviction over rent dispute
The popular Morningside Heights spot is famous for its Jewish confections, but the landlord alleges the business has overstayed its lease and owes more than $200,000 in back rent
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Schechter Queens students participate in school activities, including a Hanukkah dreidel competition. (Courtesy Schechter Queens/Queens Hebrew Academy via JTA)
January 12, 2025, 1:14 am
North America’s first Solomon Schechter Conservative day school turns Orthodox
As parents and students voice traditional preferences amid a nationwide shift among Jewish denominations, Solomon Schechter Queens rebrands itself as Queens Hebrew Academy
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The repurposed 1916 diary used by Charlotte Buchsbaum to document her life and the end of World War II. (Left image courtesy of Helaina Ferraoili. Center, right images screenshots via TikTok vi JTA)
December 19, 2024, 2:16 am
How a Jewish teen’s description of New York life in 1945 is going viral on TikTok
Charlotte Buchsbaum, who grew up in Brooklyn, wrote about going to bar mitzvahs, celebrating Passover and cheering the US victory over Japan. Now she has an audience of millions
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The Tel Dan Stele on display at the Jewish Museum in New York. (Courtesy of the Jewish Museum. Photo by Christine Butler via JTA)
December 14, 2024, 3:13 pm
Tel Dan Stele, oldest archaeological evidence of King David, comes to NY’s Jewish Museum
The ancient artifact, which dates to the 9th century BCE, is on view through January 5
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Left to right: Dani Kogan, Deborah Greenblatt, Julian Voloj, Francil Tejada and Bradley T. Borden hold copies of 'We Are Brooklyn: Stories of Hope,' a comic book celebrating the diversity of the borough and of participants in the We Are All Brooklyn Fellowship Against Hate, November 18, 2024. (Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA)
November 29, 2024, 2:28 am
To fight hate, these Brooklyn-based nonprofit professionals wrote a comic book together
Six members of the We Are All Brooklyn Fellowship Against Hate tell their stories in a project initiated by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rep. Josh Gottheimer speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
November 16, 2024, 1:17 am
Jewish Democrat Josh Gottheimer declares bid for New Jersey governor
A pro-Israel moderate, US House member pledges that he would use law enforcement ‘against the antisemites who are harassing Jewish or any other communities all over this state’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji Kaplan (Kieran Culkin) take a train to Majdanek while on a tour of Poland in 'A Real Pain.' (Courtesy Searchlight Pictures via JTA)
November 6, 2024, 2:51 am
In ‘A Real Pain,’ Jesse Eisenberg connects on- and offscreen with his ancestors’ Poland
Now in theaters, the latest film from the Jewish writer, director and actor features a semi-autobiographical heritage tour full of pathos, banter and fast-paced humor
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Illustrative photo of young Jewish women engaged in discussion. (Jewish Life Photo Bank/Laura Ben David)
November 2, 2024, 8:42 pm
Israel or abortion rights: College-age US Orthodox women face tough call at ballot box
Torn between two candidates with diametrically opposed value systems – and sharing some of each – young female voters debate whether support for the Jewish state trumps all else
By Jackie Hajdenberg
B'nai Jeshurun, a synagogue on Manhattan's Upper West Side, in March 2022. (Noam Galai/Getty Images/JTA)
October 31, 2024, 7:11 pm
New York synagogue reveals sexual assault allegation against renowned late rabbi
Marshall T. Meyer led Upper West Side’s B’nai Jeshurun from 1985 to 1993; synagogue says allegations ‘credible,’ removing his name from rabbinic training program
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The Park Slope Food Co-op. (CC-BY Stevendamron, Flickr)
October 22, 2024, 8:11 pm
Jewish members of New York co-op health food store file complaint over antisemitism
Jewish and Israeli members of Brooklyn’s Park Slope Food Coop allege anti-Jewish, anti-Israel harassment commonplace, say no action taken against member who performed Nazi salute
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Former KKK president David Duke, left, announced on his radio show Oct. 15 that he is endorsing Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein. (Photos via YouTube, Wikimedia via JTA)
October 17, 2024, 6:37 am
Former KKK leader David Duke endorses Jill Stein in US presidential race
Leading white supremacist and antisemite says he’s backing the Jewish candidate over Trump because of former president’s ‘full-throated subservience to Israel and the Jewish lobby’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A sukkah banner distributed by Hakhel, the Goldberg-Polins' synagogue in Jerusalem, features Hersh's face with the word meaning light. Shlomit Sattler hung the banner in her Jerusalem sukkah. (Courtesy Sattler)
October 16, 2024, 6:33 pm
In new take on tradition, UK group urges families to ‘save seat in sukkah’ for hostages
Board of Deputies of British Jews’ initiative hearkens back to the age-old Jewish practice of inviting symbolic guests to temporary huts built for the Sukkot holiday
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Jewish passengers who were kicked off a Lufthansa flight on May 3, 2022, were greeted by the police once they arrived in Frankfurt. (Courtesy via JTA)
October 16, 2024, 3:16 am
In record, US fines Lufthansa $4m for denying boarding to Jewish passengers in 2022
Department of Transportation says fine over incident in which 128 Jews were prevented from boarding is the largest ever against an airline for civil rights violations
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Screen capture of the Town and Village Synagogue in New York. (Google Maps: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 15, 2024, 9:39 pm
After bomb threat during Yom Kippur service, Manhattan synagogue prayed on street
400 people attending opening Kol Nidre service at Town and Village synagogue were forced to abandon building, but were determined to not let hoax ruin proceedings
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A view of the Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland, California, from a video posted to social media in March, 2024. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 12, 2024, 6:49 pm
Palestinian cafe in California offers ‘Sweet Sinwar’ drink for October 7 anniversary
New menu at Oakland eatery also features ‘iced in tea fada’ celebrating ‘intifada’, inverted red triangles; Jewish groups decry glorification of Hamas terror group, deadly massacre
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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