10 heartwarming Jewish stories from 2020, a year to otherwise forget
by Gabe Friedman (JTA) — There’s no sugarcoating it: 2020 was a difficult, trying, tragic year. But just because COVID-19 dominated the headlines and our…
Opinion
How Pixar’s ‘Soul’ borrows from an ancient Jewish idea
by Rabbi Benjamin Resnick (JTA) — Pixar’s “Soul,” released on Friday on Disney+, is a tender balm of a movie about an aspiring jazz musician…
Faith based leaders, organizations have responsibility to advise on moral Implications of COVID-19 vaccine distribution decision
NEW YORK/GENEVA – As governments and international organizations work together to determine who will get the COVID-19 vaccine first, and how quickly, the World Jewish Congress…
I knew Hanukkah celebrated defeating the Greeks. Then I moved to Athens and the story got complicated.
by Rabbi Eliran Shabo ATHENS, Greece (JTA) — When my wife and I arrived in this capital city on Sept. 1 to serve as rabbinical…
Roald Dahl’s family apologizes ‘for the lasting and understandable hurt’ caused by his anti-Semitism
by Philissa Cramer (JTA) — Thirty years after Roald Dahl’s death and months before the expected release of a new movie about his life, the…