Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Columbia University students pass college’s first-ever Israel boycott referendum September 29, 2020
  President Lee Bollinger responded that the university "should not change its investment policies." The post Columbia University students pass college’s first-ever Israel boycott referendum appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Hannah Dreyfus
• Mike Pompeo’s Yom Kippur visit to Thessaloniki posed ‘dilemma’ for Greek Jews September 29, 2020
  Hosting the secretary of state on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar was a difficult decision. But the city's head rabbi says it had enormous significance. The post Mike Pompeo’s Yom Kippur visit to Thessaloniki posed ‘dilemma’ for Greek Jews appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Cnaan Liphshiz
• ‘Avoidance is no longer an option’: This Yom Kippur, rabbis across the country focused their sermons on racial injustice September 29, 2020
  With no shortage of current events to mine, spiritual leaders chose to call on their white congregants to act rather than merely acknowledge racism in America.  The post ‘Avoidance is no longer an option’: This Yom Kippur, rabbis across the country focused their sermons on racial injustice appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Gabe Friedman
• I co-officiated a wedding with Justice Ginsburg — and it exposed a tension in Orthodox life September 29, 2020
  As I reflect on that most memorable time in light of the justice's passing, there was a painful irony hovering over that ceremony. The post I co-officiated a wedding with Justice Ginsburg — and it exposed a tension in Orthodox life appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Rabbi Avram Mlotek
• Bibi Shapiro, the 6-year-old whose ‘Avinu Malkeinu’ went viral, sang at Central Synagogue’s Yom Kippur services September 29, 2020
  The inspirational story keeps growing. The post Bibi Shapiro, the 6-year-old whose ‘Avinu Malkeinu’ went viral, sang at Central Synagogue’s Yom Kippur services appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Philissa Cramer
• Congress members join global task force to combat online anti-Semitism September 29, 2020
  Along with the U.S., the global panel includes members of the national legislatures of Australia, Canada, Israel and the United Kingdom. The post Congress members join global task force to combat online anti-Semitism appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Marcy Oster
• Hezbollah is keeping secret arms depot in Beirut neighborhood, Netanyahu tells United Nations September 29, 2020
  The Israeli leader also asserted that Iran will have enough enriched uranium in a few months for two nuclear bombs. The post Hezbollah is keeping secret arms depot in Beirut neighborhood, Netanyahu tells United Nations appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Marcy Oster
• Norway will extradite suspect in deadly 1982 bombing of Paris Jewish restaurant to France September 29, 2020
  Walid Abdurahman Abu Zayed can make a last resort appeal to Norway's Justice and Public Security minister. The post Norway will extradite suspect in deadly 1982 bombing of Paris Jewish restaurant to France appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Marcy Oster
• Maryland Jewish day school principal donates bone marrow to 2-year-old girl after joining registry during school drive September 29, 2020
  Two years ago, Rabbi Yossi Kastan of the Berman Hebrew Academy modeled how to properly swab his cheek for the Gift of Life Registry. The post Maryland Jewish day school principal donates bone marrow to 2-year-old girl after joining registry during school drive appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Marcy Oster
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg balanced being American and Jewish — her delayed funeral is no exception September 29, 2020
  The venerated justice cherished two identities — being an American and being a Jew — even when they failed to easily harmonize. The post Ruth Bader Ginsburg balanced being American and Jewish — her delayed funeral is no exception appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
  Jonathan D. Sarna