Hate in Charlottesville: The day the Nazi called me Shlomo
By Ron Kampeas CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (JTA) — The white supremacists, for all their vaunted purpose, appeared to be disoriented. Some 500 had gathered at a…
Religion
Jewish Federation of Edmonton is helping to renew Jewish Studies at the University of Alberta
By Debby Shoctor (EJNews) – For decades, Jewish studies at the University of Alberta has formed an important link between the university and Edmonton’s Jewish…
How Tisha b’Av can help us understand the refugee experience
By Josefin Dolsten NEW YORK (JTA) — For many Jews, Tisha b’Av is centered around mourning the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. But…
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,…
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…