A new podcast chronicles the little-known stories of boxers from the Holocaust era
By Jacob Gurvis (JTA) — In the early 1930s, Victor Perez was on top of the world. The Tunisian Jewish boxer, who fought under the…
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Volodymyr Zelensky, Mila Kunis, Zoë Kravitz among Jews on this year’s Time 100 list
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)— Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s Jewish president who has been leading his country during the Russian invasion that began in late February, has been…
In trying to seize Russian assets, the US is taking a page from Chabad
by Asaf Shalev (JTA) – When the U.S. government announced that it would seek to seize the assets of VEB, Russia’s main development bank, a…
Israel’s health minister: Overturning Roe v. Wade would be ‘a fatal blow to human rights’
by Philissa Cramer (JTA) — Among the many people condemning a draft Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade is one who is…
In Israel, some Holocaust survivors from Ukraine feel ambivalent about their war-torn country of birth
by Cnaan Liphshiz HAIFA, Israel (JTA) — As a Holocaust survivor from Ukraine, Yaakov Zelikovich is heartbroken over the human suffering in his country of…