Jackie Hajdenberg
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
New York, NY, United States
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In Orthodox communities where women don't read Torah, Purim offers a rare opportunity
According to the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, at least 105 women-led Megillah readings, for both mixed-gender and women-only audiences, are taking place worldwide this year. → Read More
In Mel Brooks' 'History of the World Part II,' Jewish jokes reign from BCE to the Beatles
The long-awaited sequel to Brooks' 1981 movie begins streaming March 6 on Hulu. → Read More
Elan Ganeles, American killed in West Bank attack, remembered for his wit and friendship
Ganeles, who was raised in West Hartford, Connecticut, and graduated from Columbia University, was 26. → Read More
Meet the real-life sister act behind the two new '90s Jewish American Girl dolls
Authors and twins Julia DeVillers and Jennifer Roy spoke with JTA about growing up in an interfaith household and creating the newest American Girl characters. → Read More
Torn pants of late haredi Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky will be auctioned starting at $3,200
The bidding at the Prime Judaica auction house, in the heavily haredi New Jersey city of Lakewood, begins March 1. → Read More
Jewish communities nationwide gather in person and online to observe Repro Shabbat
It’s the first time the Shabbat initiative is happening since the Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protections in June. → Read More
Chabad women come together once a year in person. The rest of the time, there's Instagram.
Instagram is playing an increasingly significant and versatile role in the lives of Chabad's women emissaries → Read More
Barcelona mayor severs ties with twin city of Tel Aviv, citing Israeli ‘apartheid’
“More than 100 organizations and over 4,000 citizens have demanded that we defend the human rights of Palestinians and for this reason... I have suspended temporarily the institutional relationship between Barcelona and Tel Aviv," Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau said Wednesday. → Read More
A Minnesota synagogue built an ice rink — and is inaugurating it with a klezmer skate
It's so cold that instruments are freezing up at the Twin Cities' Klezmer on Ice festival. → Read More
Israeli docuseries with never-before-heard confessions from Adolf Eichmann comes to Amazon Prime Video
"The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes" first aired in Israel last summer. → Read More
Jewish comedian Modi Rosenfeld, a mainstay for Orthodox audiences, is gay. So what?
"Being gay, you can keep Shabbos, you can keep kosher,” said Rosenfeld, who attends a Modern Orthodox synagogue in the East Village. “You can keep anything you want to do.” → Read More
5 rabbis sue state of Missouri over abortion bans on religious freedom grounds
The lawsuit argues that Missouri’s abortion law violates the separation of church and state. → Read More
Transgender woman who lost yeshiva job is excluded from YU-affiliated Orthodox synagogue
"I’m so sorry how things are ending up," the president of the Shenk Shul told Talia Avrahami. → Read More
How a standup show at a Chinese restaurant turned into a 30-year Jewish comedy tradition
Kung Pao Kosher Comedy, which has featured the likes of Marc Maron, Henny Youngman and Ophira Eisenberg, is moving from a Chinese restaurant into a synagogue this year. → Read More
Adam Sandler to receive Mark Twain Prize for American humor
The eight crazy nights of Hanukkah came early for the Sandman. → Read More
Yeshiva education reform activist launching independent haredi news organization
Shtetl: Haredi Free Press will launch in early 2023, adding what its founder says is serious journalism in an uncritical media ecosystem. → Read More
Jewish passengers booted off Lufthansa flight in May are getting $20,000 payouts
The German airline company is making payments to more than 100 Hasidic passengers who were denied boarding back in May. → Read More
Deeply Jewish comedy is having a moment, even as antisemitism rocks pop culture
Jewish comics are navigating a tricky social climate by leaning into their Jewishness. → Read More
London theater group cancels Nazi-Jewish ‘Romeo and Juliet’ after wave of criticism
Part of the criticism was the group’s failure to ask for Jewish actors to audition for a prominent Jewish role. → Read More
Jimmy Kimmel sketch pokes fun at Kanye West and antisemitism with ad for ‘Yentanyl’
The late-night host joked that the fake drug is a “cure” for antisemitism. → Read More