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By Luke Tress (JTA) — In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted in southern Italy, burying the nearby Roman city of Pompeii in scalding stone and ash. The catastrophe famously entombed, and preserved, the city’s villas, workshops, and a gladiator barracks … Read More
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — The leader of one Jewish nonprofit described Donald Trump’s return to the presidency as “terrifying.” Another called it a “serious setback.” And yet another welcomed the news, calling the president-elect “a proven ally in the … Read More
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — “Turn your anxiety into action.” The phrase — which if not a translation of a Yiddish expression might as well be — was the message of an email sent Monday to activists by Jewish Women … Read More
By Rabbi Elie Kaunfer (JTA) — How are we supposed to celebrate Simchat Torah this year with a full heart? The very name of this holiday — “the joy of the Torah,” celebrating the completion of the annual Torah cycle … Read More
By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — In 2001, Yom Kippur fell on Sept. 26, two weeks after the terror attacks that brought down the World Trade Center. By then, the major denominations had already written special prayers to be said during … Read More
By Jacob Gurvis (JTA) — In Raleigh, North Carolina, a field will display 1,200 Israeli flags. In New Orleans, a local artist will paint silhouettes of hostages. In the Bay Area, a rabbi is leaving her synagogue’s sanctuary open all … Read More
By JTA Staff (JTA) — After last school year’s pervasive anti-Israel protests, spring encampments, and an unprecedented rise in antisemitic incidents on campus, Hillel International and campus Hillels have been working overtime to ensure that college and university campuses this … Read More
By Andrew Lapin (JTA) — When universities issued statements about Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks and the war in Gaza last year, many led to intense blowback, donor revolts and — in some cases — high-profile leaders resigning. No statement, it … Read More
By Ron Kampeas (JTA) — When Democrats descend on Chicago tonight (Aug. 19) to nominate Kamala Harris, the party will be unified on much, but riven by a major issue that has also preoccupied American Jews for 10 months: Israel’s … Read More
By Andrew Lapin and Philissa Cramer (JTA) — As Tim Walz was inveighing against trends in Holocaust education in his 2001 master’s thesis, the high school where he worked was employing one of those methods: a “game” that, by today’s … Read More
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