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Top 10 moments for Jews in 5777. (JTA Collage)
September 21, 2017, 9:32 am
10 moments that mattered to Jews in 5777
Things are getting more peculiar by the minute; here are a few of the good, bad, and perplexing events of last year
By Josefin Dolsten
Elana Sztokman and the entrance to the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion campus in Jerusalem. (Sztokman photo: Courtesy of Sztokman; HUC photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/via JTA)
September 18, 2017, 4:21 pm
Formerly Orthodox, this feminist Jewish leader found a new home in Reform
Past head of Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance Elana Sztokman says her new denomination puts people first and gives women agency in their own lives
By Josefin Dolsten
Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaking at the opening of Cornell Tech, a collaboration between Cornell University and the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology, on New York’s Roosevelt Island, Sep. 13, 2017. (Josefin Dolsten, JTA)
September 14, 2017, 2:06 am
Cornell and Technion institute open high-tech campus in NY
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Gov. Andrew Cuomo among attendees at inauguration of research center at Roosevelt Island
By Josefin Dolsten
Nordic Resistance Movement sympathizers participating in an anti-immigrant demonstration in central Stockholm, November 12, 2016. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
September 13, 2017, 2:36 am
Swedish neo-Nazis plan to march near synagogue on Yom KIppur
Gothenburg community leaders fear harassment from Nordic Resistance Movement, far-left counter protesters on Judaism's holiest day
By Josefin Dolsten
Illustrative photo of a Jewish couple getting married. (Justin Oberman/Creative Commons)
September 12, 2017, 2:33 am
UK Jewish couple hold ad-lib wedding after bomb threat clears hall
With all 2018 guests forced to evacuate hotel, Gaby and Dan Rosehill put together an impromptu ceremony, chuppah and all
By Josefin Dolsten
Deevee Kashi is the founder and CEO of Deed, a startup that offers an easy way for millennials to volunteer. (Courtesy of Kashi/via JTA)
September 9, 2017, 3:10 am
With Deed, a former nightlife promoter makes Tinder for volunteering
Targeting New York millennials, Israeli-American Deevee Kashi's app has fed nearly 70,000 hungry, mentored 5,000 youth, and even brought some couples together
By Josefin Dolsten
Volunteers attempt to recover Iraqi Jewish archival material from the flooded basement of the Mukhabarat, Saddam Hussein’s intelligence headquarters, 2003. (Photo by Harold Rhode, Courtesy of the U.S. National Archives)
September 8, 2017, 11:06 pm
Despite protests, US to return trove of Jewish artifacts to Iraq
Historic Iraqi Jewish Archive had been found in flooded basement of the Iraqi secret services headquarters in Baghdad after Second Gulf War
By Josefin Dolsten
Mike Tolkin, the youngest candidate in the Democratic primary for New York mayor, at a city cafe, Sept. 5, 2017. (Josefin Dolsten/JTA)
September 7, 2017, 4:05 am
The Jewish millennial trading tech success for a dark horse NYC mayoral bid
Mike Tolkin isn't expected to beat out incumbent Bill De Blasio, but the entrepreneur has big plans for the Big Apple if he does
By Josefin Dolsten
Jewish Food Society founder Naama Shefi, right, and program director Ellie Backer in Tenafly, NJ, August 15, 2017. They conduct weekly cooking sessions in order to preserve Jewish recipes. (Josefin Dolsten/JTA)
September 2, 2017, 10:19 am
The Jewish Food Society wants to preserve your grandma’s recipes — before they’re lost forever
One part food, one part history and a dash of storytelling, this nonprofit dishes out both culinary arts and Jewish culture
By Josefin Dolsten
Houston residents and rescuers make their way out of a flooded neighborhood after it was inundated with rain following Hurricane Harvey, August 29, 2017. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
August 31, 2017, 5:50 am
Houston Jewish community ‘could take years’ to recover from Harvey
Seventy-one percent of the city's 63,700 Jews live in areas devastated by high flooding, including 12,000 seniors
By Josefin Dolsten
About 100 "Bnei Menashe" (Sons of Menashe) from India landed at Ben Gurion Airport, on June 25, 2015, immigrating to Israel (Flash90)
August 28, 2017, 11:10 pm
Israel mulling outreach to ‘emerging’ Jewish communities
Government committee to propose easing visa regulations for visitors with Jewish roots to tour, study in Israel
By Josefin Dolsten
Larissa Raphael showing off her potato-onion knishes in Brooklyn, August 2, 2017. (Josefin Dolsten/JTA)
August 23, 2017, 9:14 pm
The Michelin star pastry chef who makes knishes better than bubbe
From the mushroom Gruyere to the poblano jalapeno cheddar, Larissa Raphael’s savory, flavorful creations are not exactly those of your grandfather's favorite deli
By Josefin Dolsten
An anti-Nazi protest in front of the German legation in New York, 1933. (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
August 23, 2017, 12:44 am
When American Jews fought Nazis — in New Jersey
In 1930s Newark, Jewish gangsters led the 'Minutemen' in defending the community against pro-German anti-Semites
By Josefin Dolsten
A screenshot from Huffington Post editor Lydia Polgreen's Twitter account from August 18, 2017. (Screen capture: Twitter via JTA)
August 19, 2017, 12:57 am
HuffPost’s Bannon headline ‘Goy, bye!’ sparks backlash
Twitter users slam news site for 'mashup tribute' to Yiddish and Beyonce, say headline 'offensive,' and in 'poor taste'
By Josefin Dolsten
Shir HaMaalot participants after Friday night services in Brooklyn, July 14, 2017. (Josefin Dolsten/JTA)
August 18, 2017, 3:55 am
How these young Jews found spirituality outside the synagogue
A diverse cohort of millennials are founding independent prayer groups where leadership is shared among the congregants
By Josefin Dolsten
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