Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, killed in Poway attack, said to have shielded rabbi from bullets
by Gabrielle Birkner, Marcy Oster POWAY, California (JTA) — Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was killed in the attack at a Chabad synagogue near San Diego on…
2019
The liberation fight for Soviet Jews was a miracle. Most of us didn’t know about it.
by Izabella Tabarovsky (JTA) — In 1989, as the Soviet bloc was falling apart at the seams, the sea parted for our family, and we,…
Attack on Jewish Cafe in Winnipeg was ‘Staged,’ Police Say
(April 2019) – An incident at a cafe in Winnipeg MB that was originally reported as one of the city’s worst-ever hate crimes was apparently staged,…
Is ‘goy’ a slur?
by Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — My seders, like most, drew to a close with the annual cringe-fest known as “Sh’foch Hamatcha,” in which everyone stands…
How celebrities celebrated Passover
by Josefin Dolsten (JTA) — How was this night different from other nights? We have the same kind of dinner as Jewish celebrities. Like the…