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Shira Hanau
Screenshot from a video clip of a rocket landing in Holon, Israel, May 11, 2021, that circulated on social media. (Screenshot)
May 12, 2021, 1:33 pm
TikTok, Twitter videos bring images of Israel-Gaza conflict home to US Jews
But some say snippets on social media don’t paint a complete picture, leading viewers to assume the worst about Israel or to think it’s not vulnerable to rocket attacks
By Shira Hanau
Some Trump-supporting Jews gather in front of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue as part of a protest to stop antisemitism, October 15, 2020. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
May 11, 2021, 9:06 pm
Pew study: 75% of US Orthodox Jews identify as Republicans, up from 57% in 2013
Underlining growing polarization in community, 2020 survey finds that among all American Jews, 71% are or lean Democratic
By Shira Hanau
Faye Schulman lights a candle at a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising at a UJA Federation building in Toronto in 2013. (Vince Talotta/Toronto Star via Getty Images via JTA)
May 10, 2021, 9:47 pm
Holocaust survivor whose photos documented the partisan resistance dies
Faye Schulman, 101, was able to survive 1942 liquidation of Lenin Ghetto by photographing Nazi officials; she escaped and joined the partisans
By Shira Hanau
Illustrative: Two boys kayaking down a river at summer camp (Yobro10; iStock by Getty Images)
May 8, 2021, 6:05 pm
New US summer camp for Orthodox Jews bars vaccinated individuals
‘Health coach’ behind Camp Hikon cites various debunked claims about danger of COVID shots, emblematic of skepticism in community; so far, no children are signed up
By Shira Hanau
Jordan Burnette, the suspect in a series of synagogue attacks in the Riverdale section of the Bronx on May 3, 2021. (Screen capture/WCBS-2)
May 6, 2021, 6:24 am
Release of suspect in Bronx synagogue attacks reignites debate over bail reform
Several groups object to decision and call for allowing judges to set bail for perpetrators of hate crimes, while progressives say move would roll back recent progress on issue
By Shira Hanau
Illustrative: In this October 4, 2020, photo, two women walk with children during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP/Kathy Willens)
April 23, 2021, 4:50 am
Childhood illness RSV surges in Orthodox Brooklyn, after receding during COVID
Some doctors speculate that as cases of respiratory syncytial virus dropped off during lockdown, children did not develop normal immunity, leading to fresh flair up of disease
By Shira Hanau
Camp Modin in Maine was one of the few Jewish camps to open last year. It plans to follow the same playbook this year. (Courtesy of Howard Salzberg/ via JTA)
April 21, 2021, 2:47 am
Needed now more than ever, what US Jewish summer camp will look like this year
Things couldn’t look more different than just a year ago, with affordable rapid testing, vaccinated staff, and logistical plans in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19
By Shira Hanau
Joshua Kushner and Karlie Kloss attend The 2019 Met Gala in New York City, May 6, 2019. (Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic via Getty Images)
April 20, 2021, 6:53 pm
Josh Kushner’s former Israeli yeshiva leaks his baby’s name
Yeshivat Reishit in Jerusalem announces birth of Levi Joseph Kushner to its alumnus and Karlie Kloss, before couple made name public
By Shira Hanau
A young woman and member of the Lev Tahor community in the Canadian city of Chatham, Ontario, Nov. 29, 2013. (Rick Madonik/Toronto Star via Getty Images, JTA)
April 20, 2021, 11:24 am
Feds charge extremist Jewish sect Lev Tahor with exploiting, kidnapping children
Five leaders of the fanatical ultra-Orthodox group, now located in Guatemala, charged over the arranged marriage of a 12-year-old, other crimes
By Shira Hanau
Robbe Moshe Dov Ber Beck (L) meets with Iran's then president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (Screen capture: YouTube)
April 17, 2021, 12:21 am
Leader of extremist anti-Zionist Haredi sect, who met Ahmadinejad, dead at 87
Rabbi Moshe Dov Ber Beck, a top figure in Neturei Karta who held talks with Iran’s former president after anti-Semitic UN speech, dies of COVID complications
By Shira Hanau
Illustrative: A Yeshiva University student wears a face mask on the grounds of the university in New York City, March 4, 2020. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images via JTA)
April 16, 2021, 4:06 am
Yeshiva University plans to end in-person Hebrew lessons indefinitely
Courses in subject will be asynchronous starting in the fall of 2022, turning a pandemic-induced move into a permanent measure
By Shira Hanau
Steven M. Cohen served as research professor of Jewish social policy at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and director of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at Stanford University. (Forward via JTA)
April 13, 2021, 11:41 pm
Head of Association of Jewish Studies quits over meeting with disgraced academic
Noam Pianko steps down after revealing he met Steven Cohen, who is accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct
By Shira Hanau
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks at an event at the new Settlement Community Center in the Bronx borough of New York, March 26, 2021. (Carlo Allegri/Pool Photo via AP)
April 13, 2021, 10:13 pm
Cuomo once said of Sukkot: ‘These people and their f**king tree houses’ — NYT
New York governor reportedly expressed frustration with campaign appearance at Jewish holiday event during his run for attorney general in 2006
By Shira Hanau
Culture Minister Chili Tropper (2rd R, front) and Miri Regev (3rd R, front), pose for a photo with the torch lighters of the Israeli 73th Independence Day Ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, on April 12, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 13, 2021, 7:45 am
Independence Day torch lighters span in age from 18 to 102
Ofri Butbul,18, saved the life of an elderly man she had gotten to know as a volunteer, while 102-year-old Yemenite Torah scholar Yaish Giat owns a spice shop
By Shira Hanau
NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Yang, (Yang for New York)
April 11, 2021, 10:14 pm
Courting Orthodox Jews, New York mayoral candidate Yang visits Brooklyn
Hoping to win Democratic primary, Yang stops by local Toys 4 U, as he seeks support for his campaign, which includes stepping back from oversight of yeshivas’ secular education
By Shira Hanau
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