Atlanta Jewish Film Festival: Opening, Closing Lineups Announced
The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, the largest film-fest in Georgia drawing nearly 40,000 movie-goers each year, has announced its 2018 line up for several key nights, including opening and closing.
The festival, held at various...
On the campaign trail, IfNotNow baits 2020 candidates to condemn so-called ‘occupation’
Making headlines over the past year in targeting the mainstream Jewish community and its support for Israel, the upstart IfNowNow group has now thrown itself into the 2020 presidential ring. In the past few...
Morris Casuto, 79, Defender of the Jewish People
Morris Casuto, the Anti-Defamation League regional director who defended San Diego County’s Jewish community against antisemites while forging good relations with other ethnic and religious groups within the county, died from leukemia Friday night,...
Jewish Chicagoans play Santa for students at school named for Zionist leader
Inspired by Theodor Herzl’s famous saying, “If you will it, it is no dream,” three Chicago area synagogues made Christmas wishes come true last week for 460 students at a local public school named...
Yad Sarah inspires start of medical equipment-lending outlet in Connecticut
Yad Sarah announces the benefit of Wheel It Forward, a Connecticut-based not-for-profit organization that offers a convenient destination for anyone to easily borrow or donate durable medical equipment. Like Yad Sarah’s lending centers, Wheel It...
San Diego-area school holds ‘Blue and White’ day to raise money for Poway victims
Once again, it will be “Blue and White” day this coming Friday at the Bellus Academy in San Diego County.
Students will dress in blue and white, contribute $2 a piece, and tell customers at...
The business of saving Jewish lives, one kidney at a time
Avi Shafar, a 40-year-old man from Teaneck, N.J., went to Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx last week and donated his kidney to someone he had never met. Immediately after transplantation, within a couple of...
Herb Kohl Z”L, former U.S. Senator and Milwaukee Bucks owner, Dead at 88
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (SDJW)– While Kohls Department Store co-owner Herb Kohl served in the U.S. Senate for four terms, a sign on his door read “The Bucks Stop Here” – a pun on Harry Truman’s...
Australian Jewish leader Jeremy Jones dies at age 64
Jeremy Jones, one of the most influential figures in Australia’s Jewish community, passed away on Sept. 6 after losing a battle with cancer.
The 64-year-old was the director of international and community affairs at the Australia/Israel &...
OU, Rabbinical Council join call for day of prayer amid ongoing pandemic
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage throughout the world and within Jewish communities—and especially in light of the new virus variants discovered in the United Kingdom and South Africa—public-health guidance dictates continued mask-wearing...