Most Jews in the New York tri-state region think of Jackson Township, NJ, as only the bucolic home of the Six Flags Great Adventure amusement park; but, for the past four years, it has been the focal point of a major controversy, centering on the town’s growing Orthodox community’s charges of antisemitism and discrimination at the hands of the local municipal government.
read moreAs a Democrat, Dershowitz argues that the recent shift away from bipartisan support for Israel in the US presents a genuine danger for the Jewish state. He knows support for Israel among “progressives” and young Democrats, in particular, is declining.
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Visa, announced earlier its agreement to acquire FinTech infrastructure provider, Plaid
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If you grew up with images of “My Fair Lady” you’ll enjoy “Pygmalion,” the play on which “My Fair Lady”
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Fiddler on the Roof is as relevant today as it was when it first opened on Broadway in 1964.
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By Miriam Rosenbluth
With the memory of the tragic shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue still fresh and the heartbreaking murders in Jersey City still weeks away, at the end of November, Hillel, the world’s largest Jewish campus organization, partnered with the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh to sponsor an inaugural meeting of ACT – Anti-Semitism on Campus Student Leadership Assembly.
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Now starring in her own one-woman show, the gifted Renee Taylor raises an eyebrow and takes you with her on her life story, told through memories, snapshots, and clips.
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On the surface, “The Sorceress” is a delightful musical fantasy and tuneful escape from reality. Scratch a little deeper, and the timeless story of true love between boy and girl and father and child is beset by the Jewish tragedies of untimely death, cruel stepmothers, wicked and all-too-frequent governmental apprehensions, and the unspeakable horror of human trafficking.
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