New Anne Frank Center aims to reshape racism education By Yonat Shimron, RNS Sep 20, 2021 The red-brick Georgian-style home on a tree-lined street at the heart of the University of South Carolina campus has no signs out yet. It is as anonymous, for the moment, as the red-brick Dutch townhouse where Anne Frank hid with her family from German soldiers. Opened Sept. 15, on the eve of Yom Kippur, the… Read More
Israel Benny Gantz: Israel is OK with Biden efforts to reenter Iran deal Israel will not oppose the Biden administration’s efforts to reenter the Iran nuclear deal but wants to see a credible “Plan B” to rally international… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Sep 20, 2021
Sports Survey: 22% of adult Jewish gamers face antisemitism while playing More than one in five Jewish adults who play online multiplayer games faced antisemitism while playing, according to a new survey from the Anti-Defamation… By Ben Sales, JTA Sep 17, 2021
Politics A year later, the Abraham Accords draw a rare show of bipartisanship Jared Kushner had plenty of folks to praise at an event in Washington Tuesday marking the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords, the deals he brokered… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Sep 15, 2021
Politics Newsom recall fails, but scrutiny of Dianne Feinstein lingers Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom easily survived a recall election Tuesday, putting to end the possibility that a right-wing Republican could take… By Philissa Cramer, JTA Sep 15, 2021
U.S. For this Surfside rabbi, the High Holidays are for processing grief If there’s one thing Rabbi Sholom Lipskar wants to remember from the aftermath of the Surfside condo collapse in June, it’s the small cards that he… By Shira Hanau, JTA Sep 14, 2021
Politics Arizona is the first state to divest from Ben & Jerry’s parent company Arizona is divesting close to $200 million from Ben & Jerry’s parent company Unilever, becoming the first state to do so because of the ice cream… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Sep 13, 2021
Politics An oral history of the Durban Conference — a ‘festival’ of antisemitism Some of the Jewish organizational officials flying into the coastal city of Durban, South Africa, on the last week of August 2001 were excited. They… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Sep 10, 2021
Gaming All-rabbis D&D group challenged by social justice commitment The adventurers arrived at Morgur’s Mound, an archaeological site ringed with dragon bones. There they stumbled upon some treasure: a fire giant’s… By Andrew Esensten, JTA Sep 9, 2021