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Andrew Lapin

Andrew Lapin is the Managing Editor for Local News at the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

"The Little Liar," the new novel by bestselling Jewish author Mitch Albom, is set in Salonika, Greece, before, during and after the Holocaust. (Photo/JTA-Jenny Risher / illustration by Mollie Suss)
Posted inBooks

Mitch Albom enters new Jewish territory with Holocaust novel ‘The Little Liar’

by Andrew Lapin November 10, 2023November 12, 2023
LAPD officers get between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian activists outside The Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. The museum held a private screening of footage documenting the Hamas invasion of Israel on Oct. 7th. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested across the street outside. (Photo/JTA-Luis Sinco-Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

Brawls erupt outside LA Museum of Tolerance screening of Hamas atrocities footage

by Andrew Lapin November 9, 2023November 9, 2023
Robert Wilson (left) and Goyim Defense League founder Jon Minadeo holding up antisemitic signs at Auschwitz in Aug. 2022.
Posted inU.S.

Goyim Defense League founder Jon Minadeo sentenced to 30 days in jail for antisemitic littering

by Andrew Lapin November 2, 2023
Ventura Boulevard cutting through the Studio City area of Los Angeles. (Photo/Flickr via  Steve Hymon CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Posted inCalifornia

LA break-in investigated as hate crime after intruder allegedly tells Jewish family he wants to kill Jews

by Andrew Lapin October 26, 2023
Last April, opponents of Hebrew Union College's restructuring plan held a "Rally for our Rabbis" on the school's Cincinnati campus. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Lew Ebstein)
Posted inU.S.

Hebrew Union College to end 4 graduate programs, including 2 in Cincinnati

by Andrew Lapin October 25, 2023
A glass door at Temple Beth Israel in Fresno was smashed on Oct. 10, 2023. (Photo/@MayorJerryDyer)
Posted inNews

Antisemitism reportedly spikes and US Jews face violent threats amid climate of fear over Israel-Hamas war

by Andrew Lapin October 24, 2023October 24, 2023
Bruce Friedman, a Jewish father in Clay County, Florida, has successfully pushed his public school to remove "Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation" and has challenged hundreds of other books. (Screenshot/YouTube; Graphic/JTA-Mollie Suss)
Posted inU.S.

This Jewish dad got a version of Anne Frank’s diary banned from his Florida school district

by Andrew Lapin October 6, 2023October 6, 2023
A view of the Secure Community Network's command center in Chicago. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy SCN)
Posted inNews

Synagogue bomb threats continue despite arrest of a suspect

by Andrew Lapin October 5, 2023October 5, 2023
"You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah." (Photo/JTA-Scott Yamano-Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

Poor and working-class Jews are underrepresented in pop culture, new analysis argues

by Andrew Lapin October 3, 2023October 3, 2023
Elon Musk and Benjamin Netanyahu discuss AI and antisemitism in a livestreamed talk on X, formerly Twitter, in Fremont, Sept. 18, 2023. (Screenshot via X)
Posted inTech

Netanyahu and Elon Musk talk antisemitism and AI during friendly chat streamed on X

by Andrew Lapin September 18, 2023September 18, 2023

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