Hallelujah to Howie Roseman, the Jewish Genius Behind the Eagles’ Trip to the Super...
I’m an Eagles fan, which means I spend a lot of time thinking and saying terrible, hurtful things about the Eagles. And, in recent years, few were the people who seemed riper for the...
Brooklyn author traces the history of Brooklyn’s Syrian Jewish community
The Syrian community in Brooklyn has a 100-year history, and author Sarina Roffe has captured it and more in her book “Branching Out From Sepharad”. Her ambitious and deeply researched book traces two rabbinic...
Jewish NFL Owners To Make History
No, Julian Edelman, the all-star receiver for the New England Patriots and author of the PJ Library-sponsored children’s book about overcoming obstacles, won’t be on the field at U.S. Bank Stadium on Feb. 4....
Oscar nominations 2018: 5 Jewish takeaways
If one thing jumps out about the nominations for the 90th annual Academy Awards, it’s the lack of big Jewish headlines to be plucked from them. “The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro’s latest fantasy-tinted...
Holocaust Survivor And Inventor Of Kosher ‘Meals On Wheels’ Program Dies
Yehoshua Hershkovitz, who started the first kosher “Meals On Wheels” program out of his Brooklyn kitchen, died Monday, the New York Times reported. He was 92.
In 1975, Hershkovitz founded Tomche Shabbos (“supporters of the Sabbath”)...
Italian who survived Auschwitz as a child given top honor
A Jewish woman who was one of the few Italian children to survive deportation to a Nazi death camp has been made a senator-for-life in Italy.
President Sergio Mattarella's office said Friday that he chose...
Men’s soccer’s Cuperman selected to Jewish Sports Review All-America First Team
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Averett University junior David Cuperman named to the 2017 Jewish Sports Review Men's Soccer All-America First Team for Division II and III, the publication announced in its January/February issue.
Cuperman, a...
Award season features notable Jewish actors, performers
Award season notes and asides
Almost everyone praised Seth Meyers for his skillful hosting of this year’s politically charged Golden Globe awards. Meyers appeared on “The Ellen Show” a few days before the Globes and...
Who knew there were Jews in India?
Let’s just say that India is not high on the bucket list of those who enjoy traveling.
You’ve heard the litany of naysayers: air pollution, litter and foul smells, a crush of people desperate and...
US Jewish groups call on Netanyahu to stop deportation of African migrants
The Anti-Defamation League and the refugee protection group Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) have sent an open letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressing “grave concerns” over an Israeli government plan to deport or...