How do we celebrate Purim in a time of mourning? We’re not the first Jews to face that question.
by David I. Bernstein JERUSALEM (JTA) — A colleague on the faculty of Pardes, the learning community based in Jerusalem, described to me how in…
Arts
Mark your calendars Edmonton! Matchmaker Aleeza Ben Shalom is coming!
By Regan Treewater-Lipes (AJNews) – Jewish viewers the world over, and secular audiences alike, fell in love with the disarming smile and enchanting nature of…
Black Jewish NHL player Jordan Harris has a goal: to diversify hockey
by Jacob Gurvis (JTA) — Growing up watching hockey, Jordan Harris knew how rare it was to see a player like him on the ice….
In Oscars acceptance speech, ‘Zone of Interest’ director denounces ‘dehumanization’ in Israel and Gaza
by Andrew Lapin (JTA) – As widely predicted, “Oppenheimer,” the biopic of Jewish nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, swept a number of categories at Sunday’s…
How Israeli hostages in Gaza wound up on display outside an Academy Awards afterparty
by Philissa Cramer (JTA) — Attendees at the Academy Awards on Sunday night could see some of the most searing footage of the last year…