Category Archives: Jewish Exponent
Samuel Domsky: More Than 25 Years Later, Charity Started by Dresher Man Still Helping Philly Jews
Samuel Domsky is the founder of the Philly chapter of a national nonprofit. (Photo Courtesy of Samuel Domsky) Samuel Domsky is a Dresher resident and Temple Sinai member who has always wanted to help people. In his professional life and personal life, Domsky wants to make a difference, especially for other Jews. Read more » »
Jewish Leaders Welcome Hostage Release Agreement
Hostage Square in Tel Aviv. Photo credit: wikicommons/Chenspec. Zoe Bell National and international Jewish organizations reacted positively to Wednesday’s news of a cease-fire and hostage release agreement to end the Israel-Hamas war. Read more » »
Stop the Campus Descent Into Hate
Ilana Argentar Ilana Argentar A trunk full of books, a bicycle and $30. That’s what my mom says she and her family had with them when they left Poland as refugees in 1979. My grandparents and great-grandparents survived the Holocaust, but life in Poland after the war was still not great for Jews. Read more » »
Main Line Reform Temple Hires Eric Mollo as Associate Rabbi
Rabbi Eric Mollo (Courtesy of Rabbi Eric Mollo) Nearly 50 years ago, the Mollo family belonged to Main Line Reform Temple-Beth Elohim. Mother Holly Mollo sang in the choir. Father Thom Mollo converted to Judaism there. And daughter Alyssa received her Hebrew name at the Wynnewood synagogue. Read more » »
Canadians Describe Jew-hatred Threat ‘as Bad if Not Worse’ Than in US
A man waves a Palestinian flag during a Dec. 9, 2023 march in Toronto.(Greg Finnegan/Shutterstock via JNS.org). David Swindle Sadie-Rae Werner, a newly minted lawyer in Toronto, was walking by a Starbucks on her way to work in December when she saw a group of anti-Israel protesters. One offered her a leaflet, which Werner declined. Read more » »
BBYO Centennial Draws Thousands of Jewish Teens to Orlando Convention
Thousands of Jews attended the BBYO’s International Convention in Orlando, Florida, from Feb. 15-19. Photo by Jason Dixon Photography via JNS.org. Sergio Carmona Thousands of Jewish teens and adults from 46 countries gathered at a hotel in Orlando, Florida, for BBYO’s annual international convention. Held from Feb. Read more » »
The Audacity of Israel’s Armchair Critics
Daniel S. Marachin Daniel S. Mariaschin Since Oct. 7, the international community has been in a race to add new meaning to the word “chutzpah.” Just days ago, Josep Borrel, the European Union’s foreign minister and a former Spanish foreign minister, said, “Israel cannot have the veto right to the self-determination of the Palestinian people. Read more » »
From Tohu Vavohu to Berur V’sidur
Rabbi Eric Mollo Rabbi Eric Mollo Parshat B’reishit The book of Genesis (B’reishit in Hebrew), the first of the “five books of Moses,” offers a carefully crafted account of creation filled with many layers of meaning and interpretation. In the beginning, the universe was “tohu vavohu,” formless and void. Read more » »
In Divisive Times, Jewish Leaders Mostly Optimistic as High Holidays Begin
Menachem Wecker Nearly 60% of Americans told pollsters in late March and early April that life is worse for them than for those like them 50 years ago, and sizable majorities think the U.S. Read more » »
Virginia Antisemitism Commission Blasts Israel Boycotts, Indirectly Critiques Trump
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks at a campaign rally for Republican U.S. House nominee, state Sen. Jen Kiggans in Smithfield, Virginia, on Oct. 27. (Alex Wong/Getty Images via JTA. Read more » »
