Hillel portal offers another option for college scholarship search By Larry Sokoloff Jan 21, 2022 Jewish students looking for college scholarships know it can be time-consuming and often overwhelming. Luckily, some of the legwork has been done already, with Bay Area institutions managing Jewish-specific scholarships and Hillel International offering a web portal for college scholarships throughout the U.S. and Canada. Some of the scholarships lead to unexpected places, such as… Read More
Sports For new president of Baseball Hall of Fame, it’s all about tradition Josh Rawitch’s day-to-day is similar to that of any nonprofit executive: He speaks to stakeholders, supervises senior staff and fundraises. But in his… By Jacob Gurvis, JTA Jan 21, 2022
U.S. Synagogues consider welcoming the stranger, and protecting their own The rabbi offered the man at the synagogue door a warm place to stay and a cup of tea. But the gesture, seen by most Jews as a commandment to welcome the… By Yonat Shimron, RNS Jan 20, 2022
U.S. Texas rabbi who escaped hostage situation wants to correct the record Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, the man at the center of the Colleyville, Texas, synagogue hostage crisis last weekend, says that he is looking for another… By Andrew Lapin, JTA Jan 19, 2022
U.S. US officials meet with Jewish groups about security post-Colleyville Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the United States considers the hostage-taking at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, “an… By Andrew Lapin, JTA Jan 19, 2022
U.S. As rabbi was held hostage, interfaith colleagues helped end standoff If there’s a word that comes up repeatedly when friends discuss Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, the rabbi who was taken hostage with three others at his… By Yonat Shimron, RNS Jan 18, 2022
U.S. FBI accused of minimizing antisemitism of Texas hostage-taker This piece first appeared in the Forward. British authorities arrested two teenagers Jan. 16 in connection with the Shabbat attack on a Texas synagogue in… By Lauren Markoe, Forward Jan 18, 2022
Religion During hostage crisis, Jews turned to prayers for moments of danger Jews who pray according to traditional liturgy each morning recite a line that is usually symbolic: “Blessed are you, God, who frees the captive.” On… By Philissa Cramer, JTA Jan 16, 2022
U.S. ‘Simply a mensch’: Meet the rabbi who was taken hostage in Texas Over the course of a harrowing 12 hours on Saturday, the entire world found out just what the Jews of Colleyville, Texas, think of their hometown rabbi.… By Andrew Lapin, JTA Jan 16, 2022