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Monsey attack memorialized in dreidel table
When a masked man entered a rabbi’s home in Monsey, New York, on the seventh night of Chanukah last year, Joseph Gluck thought quickly. He picked up a coffee table and threw it at the attacker, who...
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Great fear in Great Neck
By Shiryn Ghermezian An anti-Semitic cybersecurity attack that took place at a Jewish high school in Long Island, NY, on Dec. 13 has left students on edge and parents contemplating whether they should...
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Who should get the vaccine first? Who is ‘essential’?
By Heather Robinson This week, as the US government launched the largest vaccine distribution program in the country’s history, rabbis and Jewish ethicists were united in support of the rollout to...
View ArticleFraudulent vaccine delivery?
By Abraham Gross NEW YORK — When David first saw the advertisement on his local Long Island community Whatsapp group inviting people like him and his wife, both over 65, to sign up to get the COVID-19...
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Anti-Semitism ‘Cow’ takes Twitter to task
NEW YORK — An anonymous Twitter account that “mooed” at anti-Semitic tweeters before quitting the platform returned Jan. 4 to take the platform to task one last time. Antisemitism Cow (Screenshots from...
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Ossoff wins in Georgia; Senate flips
By Philissa Cramer Jon Ossoff, a Jewish 33-year-old former executive of a documentary film company, has done what seemed nearly impossible a few years ago: won a Senate election as a Democrat in...
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Sheldon Adelson dies
WASHINGTON — Sheldon Adelson, the multibillionaire casino mogul, conservative donor and philanthropist, has died in Los Angeles at the age of 87. While he may be best known for his political...
View ArticleBiden era symbolizes a different Jewish world
WASHINGTON — When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took office as US president and vice president on Wednesday, Jan. 20, Biden was the oldest person ever to occupy the White House, and Harris is the first...
View ArticleCOVID overwhelms Los Angeles, Arizona
By Stewart Ain LOS ANGELES — In Los Angeles, the Jewish funeral homes cannot keep up with the bodies. Some family members are being forced to wait a week or even longer for burials. A more contagious...
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GameStop’s Jewish angles
NEW YORK — Even if you never pay attention to stock market news, you have probably gotten the sense that something unusual is happening right now, and it has to do with something called GameStop. The...
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Deaths of major rabbis leaves Orthodoxy reeling
JERUSALEM — Four times on Sunday, Jan. 31, Orthodox men carried the body of a beloved Torah scholar wrapped in a black and white prayer shawl through the streets of Jerusalem to a freshly dug grave....
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Nikki Haley breaks with Trump
WASHINGTON — Nikki Haley has broken with Donald Trump in a move that puts her at the front of the potential Republican presidential pack for moderate conservatives. US Ambassador to the UN was one of...
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Advocating for inclusion
By Larry Luxner NEW YORK — When Israeli-American violinist Itzhak Perlman debuted at Carnegie Hall in 1963, he performed while seated — a consequence of the polio that left him unable to walk without...
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Andrew Yang dives into education controversy
By Hannah Dreyfus, New York Jewish Week via JTA NEW[dropcap] YORK — New York mayoral candidate Andrew Yang has affirmed “parental choice” and charged that there is a “complete lack of trust” between...
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Concern about Greene, Boebert; but the Colorado rep. also has Jewish support
WASHINGTON — A Congressional district in northwest Georgia is represented by Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has shared anti- Semitic and other hate messages on social media, including a denial of 9/11....
View ArticleCOVID vaccine and pregnancy: many confused, afraid
NEW YORK — For much of the last year, the young mothers of Lakewood, NJ have experienced the pandemic as much as a nuisance as a matter of life and death. That’s not to say the community hasn’t...
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Texas crisis: 130,000 suffer again
By Andrew Lapin DALLAS — One year ago, Dallas’ Jewish community convened a “health crisis management team” to coordinate the local response to the brand-new COVID-19 pandemic. Now the community has...
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Touro: COVID spurs interest in healthcare careers
By Larry Luxner, JTA NEW YORK — Aaron Skaist, 26, has been around ambulances and medical personnel most of his life. His father established Toronto’s first Hatzoloh volunteer paramedic service 18 years...
View ArticleFirst hard data: Jews and COVID
NEW YORK — One year after COVID-19 first walloped Jewish communities in the US, a scientific study has established: • COVID restrictions and recommendations work best when they are tailored...
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NYC mayoral races argues over yeshiva educations
NEW YORK — When Bill de Blasio ran for mayor of New York City in 2013 and for reelection in 2017, oversight of secular education in haredi Orthodox yeshivas wasn’t a major part of the race. New York...
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