2019 saw the most anti-Semitic incidents in the U.S. in at least 40 years, ADL says
by Ben Sales (JTA) — Last year saw the most anti-Semitic incidents in the United States since at least 1979, according to the Anti-Defamation League….
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Visions for the post-pandemic Jewish world: Imagining a better future
by Laura E. Adkins NEW YORK (JTA) — After nearly two months of intense social distancing, we are all finding ourselves longing for things to…
Why Victory Day is Important for Holocaust Survivors and War Veterans from Russia
by Greg Storozhakov (AJNews) – For many of the Jewish people who emigrated from the former Soviet Union recently or many years ago, the victory…
The real history behind HBO’s ‘The Plot Against America’
By Lior Zaltzman (JTA) — The new TV show based on Philip Roth‘s novel “The Plot Against America,” helmed by David Simon, the Jewish creator of “The…
A year ago, I went public with my #MeToo moment. Purim reminds me of all we haven’t learned.
by Sheila Katz WASHINGTON (JTA) — As we approach the Purim holiday, we also approach the one-year anniversary of my own going public about being sexually…