SubscribeCloseAdvertisementNEW YORK () — If you’re going to physically block an entrance to an ICE detention center, the handbook says, don’t act nice about it.Do chant in Yiddish. Do sing Hebrew prayers.“Defiant, angry, urgent, Jewish,” reads the #NeverAgainIsNow Action Toolkit, a six-page Google Doc meant for Jews planning to protest at Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers. “The goal is to actually make it impossible for ICE and/or the Democratic Establishment to do business as usual. Find the chokepoint and shut it down — we are not f**king around here.”This is the...…SubscribeCloseAdvertisementNEW YORK () — If you’re going to physically block an entrance to an ICE detention center, the handbook says, don’t act nice about it.Do chant in Yiddish. Do sing Hebrew prayers.“Defiant, angry, urgent, Jewish,” reads the #NeverAgainIsNow Action Toolkit, a six-page Google Doc meant for Jews planning to protest at Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers. “The goal is to actually make it impossible for ICE and/or the Democratic Establishment to do business as usual. Find the chokepoint and shut it down — we are not f**king around here.”This is the...WW…

SubscribeCloseAdvertisementJERUSALEM () — Mansour Abbas, the first leader of any majority-Arab party to join an Israeli government launched his reelection campaign earlier this month with a visit to the al-Aqsa mosque, genially posing for selfies with other Muslims and stopping in front of the iconic golden Dome of the Rock for a sunny campaign portrait.Abbas, 48, head of Ra’am-the United Arab List — the political wing of the Islamic movement in Israel — is perhaps the most intriguing figure to emerge in Israeli politics in recent years. His yearlong stint in the coalition of Naftali...…SubscribeCloseAdvertisementJERUSALEM () — Mansour Abbas, the first leader of any majority-Arab party to join an Israeli government launched his reelection campaign earlier this month with a visit to the al-Aqsa mosque, genially posing for selfies with other Muslims and stopping in front of the iconic golden Dome of the Rock for a sunny campaign portrait.Abbas, 48, head of Ra’am-the United Arab List — the political wing of the Islamic movement in Israel — is perhaps the most intriguing figure to emerge in Israeli politics in recent years. His yearlong stint in the coalition of Naftali...WW…

SubscribeCloseAdvertisementUPDATE: This article was updated on June 24, 2022, after the Court released its full decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.() — The Jewish Telegraphic Agency and our partner sites at 70 Faces Media have answered the question many times over the years, a testament to its persistence in political life and its significance to American Jews: What do Jews believe about abortion?After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, the question is relevant yet again.: American Jews favor abortion rights, more than any other religious group, according to public polling....…SubscribeCloseAdvertisementUPDATE: This article was updated on June 24, 2022, after the Court released its full decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.() — The Jewish Telegraphic Agency and our partner sites at 70 Faces Media have answered the question many times over the years, a testament to its persistence in political life and its significance to American Jews: What do Jews believe about abortion?After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, the question is relevant yet again.: American Jews favor abortion rights, more than any other religious group, according to public polling....WW…

SubscribeCloseAdvertisement() — An Orthodox community in South Florida is reeling after a 3-year-old boy died when he was left in a hot car outside a Chabad-Lubavitch school, where both of his parents are teachers.According to local reports, the boy’s father found him unresponsive in the parked car at 3:45 p.m. on Monday, after another staff member at the school in Miami Gardens remarked that he had not seen the boy all day. Paramedics performed CPR at the scene and he was pronounced dead at Jackson North Medical Center.The Medical Examiner determined the cause of death to be hyperthermia,...…SubscribeCloseAdvertisement() — An Orthodox community in South Florida is reeling after a 3-year-old boy died when he was left in a hot car outside a Chabad-Lubavitch school, where both of his parents are teachers.According to local reports, the boy’s father found him unresponsive in the parked car at 3:45 p.m. on Monday, after another staff member at the school in Miami Gardens remarked that he had not seen the boy all day. Paramedics performed CPR at the scene and he was pronounced dead at Jackson North Medical Center.The Medical Examiner determined the cause of death to be hyperthermia,...WW…

SubscribeCloseAdvertisement() — So many campers were sick with COVID-19 last week at Ramah New England that its director, Rabbi Ed Gelb, put out a call to families: Would any nurses be willing to come to camp for a few days to help?“We have a large and capable nursing staff, but more help would be great,” he wrote.Gelb’s request came in an extended email about the state of the pandemic at the Palmer, Massachusetts, Jewish camp, in which he said some buildings had been transformed temporarily into infirmaries. But unlike some other camps, he said, Ramah New England would not be introducing...…SubscribeCloseAdvertisement() — So many campers were sick with COVID-19 last week at Ramah New England that its director, Rabbi Ed Gelb, put out a call to families: Would any nurses be willing to come to camp for a few days to help?“We have a large and capable nursing staff, but more help would be great,” he wrote.Gelb’s request came in an extended email about the state of the pandemic at the Palmer, Massachusetts, Jewish camp, in which he said some buildings had been transformed temporarily into infirmaries. But unlike some other camps, he said, Ramah New England would not be introducing...WW…

SubscribeCloseAdvertisementDr. Ahmad Naama, a senior ER physician at Hadassah, at the medical center’s border clinic in Poland. (Jorge Diener)This article was by and produced in partnership with . This article was produced by JTA’s native content team.AdvertisementAdvertisement…SubscribeCloseAdvertisementDr. Ahmad Naama, a senior ER physician at Hadassah, at the medical center’s border clinic in Poland. (Jorge Diener)This article was by and produced in partnership with . This article was produced by JTA’s native content team.AdvertisementAdvertisementWW…

SubscribeCloseAdvertisement() — Kristin had been trying to conceive for two years before learning that she had two blood-clotting conditions that increased her risk of miscarriage and could make pregnancy and childbirth dangerous, even fatal.So she and her husband Shai moved to a contingency plan: seeking a surrogate to carry their baby. The Jewish couple assumed they would work with someone near their home state of Ohio, like Illinois or Minnesota, where surrogacy and termination laws are more lenient.But then the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending abortion rights in the...…SubscribeCloseAdvertisement() — Kristin had been trying to conceive for two years before learning that she had two blood-clotting conditions that increased her risk of miscarriage and could make pregnancy and childbirth dangerous, even fatal.So she and her husband Shai moved to a contingency plan: seeking a surrogate to carry their baby. The Jewish couple assumed they would work with someone near their home state of Ohio, like Illinois or Minnesota, where surrogacy and termination laws are more lenient.But then the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ending abortion rights in the...WW…

SubscribeCloseAdvertisement() — When they were born, Yael came first, and then came her twin sister, Avital.The twins preserved that sequence 31 years later when they gave birth on the same day on Monday to boys at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek hospital.That’s not where the coincidences stopped, according to and an a religious news outlet. The sisters Yael Yishai and Avital Segel, who live in the Gush Etzion bloc in the West Bank, were each bearing a fourth child, and each had two girls and a boy already.The nursing staff made sure the sisters shared a room, which they appreciated. “It was so...…SubscribeCloseAdvertisement() — When they were born, Yael came first, and then came her twin sister, Avital.The twins preserved that sequence 31 years later when they gave birth on the same day on Monday to boys at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek hospital.That’s not where the coincidences stopped, according to and an a religious news outlet. The sisters Yael Yishai and Avital Segel, who live in the Gush Etzion bloc in the West Bank, were each bearing a fourth child, and each had two girls and a boy already.The nursing staff made sure the sisters shared a room, which they appreciated. “It was so...WW…

SubscribeCloseAdvertisement() — Emma Saltzberg knew she might invite criticism by competing on “Jeopardy!”From her years of experience in progressive Jewish groups, including , she knew that would likely generate negative comments from those who believe criticizing the occupation is antisemitic.So when those comments started to appear on social media, especially after IfNotNow touted her third win, and then her fourth and final contest, Saltzberg wasn’t surprised.“That was priced in to my decision to do something public,” she told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “I was totally expecting...…SubscribeCloseAdvertisement() — Emma Saltzberg knew she might invite criticism by competing on “Jeopardy!”From her years of experience in progressive Jewish groups, including , she knew that would likely generate negative comments from those who believe criticizing the occupation is antisemitic.So when those comments started to appear on social media, especially after IfNotNow touted her third win, and then her fourth and final contest, Saltzberg wasn’t surprised.“That was priced in to my decision to do something public,” she told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “I was totally expecting...WW…

As the Biden administration nears the long-awaited announcement of its National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, tensions have emerged over what definition of antisemitism the White House will use. According to Jewish Insider, “major mainstream Jewish groups” are battling against the “left” to define antisemitism, suggesting that the groups’ preferred definition, that of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, is the mainstream one. The framing determines a winner before the contest even begins — this is the power play of the term “mainstream.” Here’s how it works: A purportedly...…As the Biden administration nears the long-awaited announcement of its National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, tensions have emerged over what definition of antisemitism the White House will use. According to Jewish Insider, “major mainstream Jewish groups” are battling against the “left” to define antisemitism, suggesting that the groups’ preferred definition, that of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, is the mainstream one. The framing determines a winner before the contest even begins — this is the power play of the term “mainstream.” Here’s how it works: A purportedly...WW…