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Jackie Hajdenberg

Alfred Moses stands in front of the Codex Sassoon, which he purchased for more than $30 million and will be donating it to the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. (Perry Bindelglass for The American Friends of ANU The Museum of the Jewish People via JTA)
June 2, 2023, 4:39 pm
Alfred Moses sees the Codex Sassoon he bought for over $30 million for the 1st time
Surrounded by family, the 93-year-old former US ambassador views the 1,200-year-old Bible, which he donated to the ANU Museum in Tel Aviv ‘for the Jewish people’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A side-by-side comparison of the 1985 edition of the JPS Tanakh and the 2023 gender-sensitive edition demonstrates slight changes in the English translation. (Design by Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA)
May 31, 2023, 5:51 pm
Backlash over ‘gender-sensitive’ Hebrew Bible translation that uses ‘God,’ not ‘He’
New online edition of the Tanach available via Sefaria doesn’t use either masculine or feminine pronouns for God
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
May 24, 2023, 5:52 am
Russia extends detention of jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich
Parents of American Jewish journalist wait outside Moscow courtroom to catch first glimpse of son, who was ordered to remain in prison until August 30 at least
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Vegetarian food sold at the restaurant Village Green on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem, April 17, 2008. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 22, 2023, 5:03 pm
Conservative movement okays dining at meat-free eateries without kosher certificates
Rabbis rule it’s kosher to eat at unsupervised vegan and vegetarian restaurants, say many of their members already see ‘no obvious kashrut problems’ in doing so
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Sotheby's auctioneer Benjamin Doller takes bids on the Codex Sassoon in New York City on May 17, 2023. - (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
May 18, 2023, 12:32 am
Codex Sassoon, oldest near-complete Hebrew Bible, purchased for $38.1 million
Rare, 1,100-year-old manuscript to be displayed at ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv after former US envoy to Romania submits winning bid
By Jackie Hajdenberg and Asaf Shalev
Israeli singer Ishay Ribo performing at the Sultan's Pool in Jerusalem, on September 21, 2022. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
May 16, 2023, 4:29 am
Ishay Ribo to be 1st Israeli to headline Madison Square Garden
Orthodox star popular with both secular and religious fans to perform at iconic New York venue in September
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Illustrative: Students at Harlem Hebrew Academy charter school have Hebrew incorporated into all subjects save for English language arts. (Courtesy: Hebrew Public)
May 6, 2023, 4:13 pm
Harlem Hebrew, decade-old bilingual Manhattan school, to shutter next month
Decision to close weeks before summer break ‘difficult but necessary,’ says head of Hebrew-language charter schools network
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man. (Courtesy)
May 5, 2023, 11:32 pm
Jewish meditation leader Jonathan Omer-Man dies at 89
Rabbi’s 1990 meeting with Dalai Lama was recalled in best-selling book ‘The Jew in the Lotus’; also founded an egalitarian, nondenominational Jewish community in Los Angeles
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Rabbi David Kasher will be the director of the new Hadar West Coast. (Courtesy Hadar Institute via JTA)
May 5, 2023, 10:56 am
Hadar Institute to bring its egalitarian Jewish learning brand to California outpost
New York City-based organization expands activities to West Coast; will partner with Jewish community educators and leaders in Los Angeles and San Francisco to provide programming
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Israeli customs authorities uncover suitcases filled with hundreds of Fruit Roll-ups at Ben Gurion International Airport. (Screenshot/Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 4, 2023, 4:00 am
Americans caught trying to smuggle suitcases full of Fruit Roll-Ups into Israel
Israeli customs stop at least 2 couples with more than 650 pounds (295 kilograms) of sugary snack, as country experiences dire shortage due to TikTok craze
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Actor Brett Gelman proposed to his longtime girlfriend, musician Ari Dayan, in Jerusalem last month. (Screenshot via Instagram via JTA)
May 2, 2023, 1:10 pm
‘Stranger Things’ star Brett Gelman proposes to girlfriend in Jerusalem
Actor, also known for his role in ‘Fleabag,’ pops the question to singer Ari Dayan, who says she ‘can’t wait for Mr. Gelman to become Mr. Dayan’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Barbra Streisand presents the award for best musical at the Tony Awards in New York on June 12, 2016. ( Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
May 2, 2023, 10:42 am
Barbra Streisand to get the ‘Jewish Nobel’
Star will donate $1 million Genesis Prize award to groups protecting environment, promoting women’s health, combating disinformation, aiding people of Ukraine
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The OpenAI logo is seen on a cellphone in front of a computer screen displaying the ChatGPT home screen, in Boston, on March 17, 2023. (Michael Dwyer/AP)
May 2, 2023, 10:25 am
Skver Hasidic movement bans use of artificial intelligence as window to ‘heresy’
New York-based traditionalist sect says AI chatbots and ChatGPT in particular are open to limitless abominations
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Illustrative: Nazi troops in front of Amsterdam's Bijenkorf square in 1941. (Public domain)
April 29, 2023, 3:09 am
Dutch archives on 300,000 accused Nazi collaborators to open to the public in 2025
In a country notoriously slow to accept responsibility for mistakes and distance itself from its occupiers, a discussion on collaboration might soon take place in the open
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Stern College for Women, part of Yeshiva University, in New York. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
April 25, 2023, 2:41 pm
Yeshiva U said to reverse decision to cut women’s Talmud classes, following petition
1,400-plus signatories urged Stern College to offer Gemara lessons even with low enrollment, suggested endowed position to honor late rabbi who taught core Jewish text for decades
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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