Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Flash floods put a dangerous damper on the first night of Sukkot in NYC September 29, 2023
  The holiday that starts Friday night is meant to be celebrated outside. But rain has triggered a state of emergency. -- The post Flash floods put a dangerous damper on the first night of Sukkot in NYC appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Ben Sales
• Street fights over prayer offer liberal Israelis a chance to define a Judaism they can believe in September 29, 2023
  Secular Jews who resent the Orthodox establishment have an opportunity to embrace Judaism on their own terms, writes a scholar at the Shalom Hartman Institute. -- The post Street fights over prayer offer liberal Israelis a chance to define a Judaism they can believe in appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Dr. Masua Sagiv
• In Chicago, a Black-led church and a Jewish community are addressing painful history through a Sukkot festival September 29, 2023
  The Chicago Sukkah Design Festival aims to build connections between the predominantly Black West Side community of Lawndale and the city’s Jewish community — which was once centered in that neighborhood. -- The post In Chicago, a Black-led church and a Jewish community are addressing painful history through a Sukkot festival appeared first on Jewish […]
  Lindsay Eanet
• A NYC exhibit explores the etrog’s journey around the Jewish world September 29, 2023
  "Etrog: The Wandering Fruit" is now on view at the Bernard Museum of Judaica, located inside Temple Emanu-El on the Upper East Side. -- The post A NYC exhibit explores the etrog’s journey around the Jewish world appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Rachel Ringler
• Memorials to Ukrainian Nazi allies in Detroit, Philadelphia enter spotlight after Canadian Parliament scandal September 29, 2023
  Jewish leaders have pressed for a reckoning in Philadelphia, but their counterparts in Detroit aren't taking the same approach. -- The post Memorials to Ukrainian Nazi allies in Detroit, Philadelphia enter spotlight after Canadian Parliament scandal appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Andrew Lapin
• Ted Deutch left Congress to head a Jewish organization. Can he find the ‘nuance’ that he seeks? September 29, 2023
  One year after taking over the American Jewish Committee, the former Florida lawmaker defends centrism in an increasingly polarized world. -- The post Ted Deutch left Congress to head a Jewish organization. Can he find the ‘nuance’ that he seeks? appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Andrew Silow-Carroll
• A chance discovery connected US soccer star Matt Turner to his Jewish roots September 29, 2023
  The U.S. men's national team goalie reflects on finding his great-grandmother's emigration papers, a moment that changed his relationship to his own identity. -- The post A chance discovery connected US soccer star Matt Turner to his Jewish roots appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Joseph D'Hippolito
• Dianne Feinstein, long-serving Jewish senator from California, dies at 90 September 29, 2023
  The long-serving Jewish senator from California was a leading Democratic voice for more than three decades. -- The post Dianne Feinstein, long-serving Jewish senator from California, dies at 90 appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Ron Kampeas
• Sukkot is a holiday of homecoming and homelessness September 29, 2023
  "What exactly is lost when you lose home and what is gained when you recover it" asks the emeritus Jewish chaplain at Yale University. -- The post Sukkot is a holiday of homecoming and homelessness appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Rabbi James Ponet
• 85 years after Kristallnacht, Germany to begin rebuilding grand synagogue in Hamburg September 29, 2023
  “The Bornplatz Synagoge will rise again and become a monument of remembrance, serving as the visible center for the vibrant Jewish life in our city,” Rabbi Shlomo Bistrizky said. -- The post 85 years after Kristallnacht, Germany to begin rebuilding grand synagogue in Hamburg appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Jackie Hajdenberg