Reading for those lazy hazy crazy days of summer – Part 1
By: Rabbi Rachel Esserman (JTA Coop) – Readers of summer fiction come in several categories. Some people want light, airy, easy-to-read novels – ones that…
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Why are there no women on the Chief Rabbinate’s ‘blacklist’?
By Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) – The Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s so-called “blacklist” of Diaspora rabbis runs the denominational gamut. The rabbis on the list,…
How to Make Rainbow Falafel
By Aly Miller (The Nosher via JTA) — The rainbow bagel trend, admittedly, isn’t my favorite. Neon just isn’t that appetizing to me, and I’ve…
Police investigating dumpster fire outside Edmonton Talmud Torah
(JTA) — Edmonton police are investigating whether a dumpster outside a Jewish school was intentionally set on fire. The Edmonton Fire Department responded on the evening…
6 reasons why Macron’s speech about the Holocaust in France was groundbreaking
By Cnaan Liphshiz PARIS (JTA) — It wasn’t the first time that a French president acknowledged his nation’s Holocaust-era guilt, but Emmanuel Macron’s speech Sunday July 16 was…