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Philissa Cramer

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Philissa Cramer is editor in chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

A woman walks past the rubble of damaged buildings following the Sept. 8 earthquake in Moulay Brahim, Morocco. (Photo/JTA-Carl Court-Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Moroccan earthquake comes on eve of major Jewish pilgrimage and amid etrog harvest

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and Eliyahu Freedman September 11, 2023September 11, 2023
People walk past the Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store where three people were shot and killed the day before, on Aug. 27, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Sean Rayford-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Man who killed 3 Black shoppers in Jacksonville carried a swastika-decorated gun

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer August 28, 2023August 28, 2023
Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Huwara in February 2023. (Photo/IDF Spokesperson's Unit CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inNews

Israeli woman killed in West Bank shooting, 2 days after Israeli father and son shot to death in Huwara

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer August 21, 2023
Jurnet's House in Norwich, England, was built and owned by a Jewish family in the 12th century and could become a Jewish heritage center. (Photo/Evelyn Simak via Creative Commons)
Posted inWorld

The British town where the antisemitic blood libel theory was born could get a Jewish heritage center

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer July 14, 2023July 14, 2023
Helen Mirren and co-star Lior Ashkenazi (left) attend a press conference ahead of the Israeli premiere of the movie "Golda" in Jerusalem on July 13, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inTV & Film

Helen Mirren plays Golda Meir in a new film. The two are also (kind of) related.

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer July 13, 2023July 13, 2023
Amichai Chikli, head of Israel's Diaspora Affairs and Combat Antisemitism Ministry (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israel to invest $40 million in North American Jewish day schools

Jackie HajdenbergPhilissa Cramer by Jackie Hajdenberg and Philissa Cramer May 19, 2023
Challah and matzah ball soup are now available in "The Sims," a virtual simulation game played by millions of people.
Posted inGames

‘The Sims’ video game adds Jewish foods, a longtime request of Jewish players

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer May 18, 2023May 18, 2023
Author and Rabbi Harold Kushner is pictured with his best-selling book, "When Bad Things Happen to Good People," in 2001. (Photo/JTA-Ron Bull-Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Rabbi Harold Kushner, author of ‘When Bad Things Happen to Good People,’ dies at 88

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer, Ben Harris and JTA May 1, 2023May 1, 2023
Left: Al Jaffee speaks during an event at New York Comic Con, Oct. 6, 2017 in New York City. (Photo/JTA-Bryan Bedder-Getty Images for Mad Magazine) Right: The cover of "Fold This Book," a 1997 collection of Jaffee's work.
Posted inObituaries

Al Jaffee, iconic Mad Magazine cartoonist who also inked Chabad comic, dies at 102

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA April 11, 2023April 11, 2023
Chaim Topol performs at the SeriousFun London Gala, Dec. 3, 2013. (Photo/JTA-David M. Benett-Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Chaim Topol, Israeli actor who played Tevye in 1971 ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ film, dies at 87

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

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