Europe’s Jews prepare public Hanukkah events to ‘drive out darkness’
By Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Before the attack on a Christmas market in Berlin on December 19, 2016, Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal had planned to…
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Trump’s Israel envoy pick shakes up American Jewish status quo
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) -– Nearly six years ago, when President Barack Obama was set to elevate one of his top emissaries to the…
A Syrian Jew’s message to Aleppo: Keep tradition and don’t lose hope
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — Although Poopa Dweck has never been to Aleppo, her New Jersey home evokes the smells of a kitchen…
Report: Trump transition team checking possible locations for Jerusalem embassy
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The transition team for President-elect Donald Trump is already checking into possible locations in Jerusalem for the U.S. Embassy, according to an…
How Hanukkah sufganiyot became a national treat in the Netherlands
By Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Though they are considered a caloric hazard in Israel, sufganiyot are a rare Hanukkah treat for many Jews in…