Mah jongg isn’t just a game. It’s a way of life.
by Jessica Turnoff Ferrari (This article originally appeared on Kveller.) For Jewish women of a certain age, playing mah jongg is as inevitable as eating Chinese…
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Jewish Agency’s Isaac Herzog blames ‘killing fields of social media’ for rising anti-Semitism
by Sam Sokol JERUSALEM (JTA) — Social media are spreading anti-Semitism, Jewish Agency chief Isaac Herzog told American Jewish leaders meeting here, and are “a…
Talmud Torah Society votes NO to JCC lease agreement with Federation
By Deborah Shatz (EJNews) – A heated meeting was held by the Edmonton Talmud Torah Society on February 11, 2019 to decide whether or not…
Ilhan Omar’s anti-Semitism controversy, explained
by Emily Burack (JTA) — An anti-Semitism scandal surrounding Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., erupted this week. There are seemingly 10,000 hot takes and think pieces…
Spike Lee: The Jewish character in ‘BlacKkKlansman’ added a lot of ‘complexity’ to the film
by Naomi Pfefferman (JTA) — In one of the pivotal scenes of Spike Lee’s Oscar-nominated film “BlacKkKlansman,” Ron Stallworth, the first black cop on the…