Tag Archives: Jewish Times
‘School Ties’ at 30: How a film about antisemitism launched Brendan Fraser’s career
JTA — After a long career pause brought on by an assault-induced depression and injuries, actor Brendan Fraser is back in headlines, earning early Oscar buzz for his performance in the upcoming movie “The Whale. Read more » »
The hidden American history of one of Zionism’s foundational battles: Tel Hai
They were some of the first Jews killed defending a Zionist Jewish community in what would later become Israel. The story of how they died is national lore. But virtually no one knows anything about them. They were the “Americans” killed in the legendary Battle of Tel Hai 102 years ago. Read more » »
He helped save 10,000 Jews from the Nazis; his family only found out 63 years later
Adi Daliot was in his 60s when he found out that his father, Hubert Pollack, helped save over 10,000 Jews in Nazi Germany during the years leading up to the Holocaust. Sworn to secrecy by his co-conspirator, Jewish Anglo-German philanthropist Wilfrid Israel, Pollack kept his story quiet — even from his family. Read more » »
Matzah pajamas are the latest trend in a long history of US Jewish branding
JTA — Rabbi Yael Buechler conceived of her latest product a whole year ago, after planning ways to make the Passover seder fun for her two young sons. But it wasn’t until she started promoting the matzah pajamas she designed that she decided to make adult sizes, too. Read more » »
Singer Shlomo Artzi’s father honored for rescuing thousands of Jews in Holocaust
Yitzhak Artzi, father of popular Israeli singer-songwriter Shlomo Artzi and writer Nava Semel, was posthumously honored on Thursday for saving thousands of Jews from Transnistria during the Holocaust. Read more » »
Report: Jewish Agency accuses Evangelical contractors of ‘numerous violations’
Image via facebook By Sam Sokol The Jewish Agency (the Agency) is currently conducting an internal probe into the activities of an evangelical organization whose volunteers it had contracted to perform construction, maintenance and landscaping work at one of its facilities in the Galilee. Read more » »
Last-minute Zionist Congress deal prevents marginalization of non-Orthodox Jewry
After voting was delayed for nearly 48 hours as factions on the religious right and progressive left waged a bitter political battle, a coalition agreement was reached Thursday evening at the 38th World Zionist Congress outlining the incoming leaders of some of the world’s largest and most highly-funded Zionist institutions. Read more » »
Bernard-Henri Levy in unity plea amid right-wing Zionist Congress takeover bid
Speaking at an unusually tense 38th World Zionist Congress on Tuesday, French celebrity philosopher, filmmaker, activist, and author Bernard-Henri Levy made a plea to keep Diaspora Jewry at the heart of the Zionist movement amid an apparent bid by right-wing and religious organizations to seize control of key Zionist institutions. Read more » »
Former US diplomat and presidential adviser Richard Schifter dead at 97
Former top US diplomat Richard Schifter has died aged 97, according to American Jewish organizations and Israel’s Foreign Ministry director general. Schifter fled his native Austria to the US at the age of 15 just after the Nazi takeover of the country. The rest of his family could not obtain visas and were killed by the Nazis. Read more » »
Despite virus, Europe’s synagogues going ahead with inter-faith culture series
JTA — Every September since 2000, synagogues and other Jewish heritage sites in hundreds of cities across Europe — a continent where Jewish institutions normally stay firmly locked down for security — open to the public for a one-day event aimed at fostering ties between Jewish communities and non-Jewish Europeans. Read more » »
