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TBT's Kesher Inclusion Committee Throughout February, we have been highlighting members of Jewish Buffalo who face disability in their lives. Today, Robin Kurss, a member of Federation’s professional team, pays special tribute to the members of Temple Beth...Generous Giving and Grateful Receiving
Generous Giving and Grateful Receiving By Erin Casper This week’s Torah portion, Terumah, opens with G-d telling Moses to instruct the Israelites to bring gifts “from every person whose heart is so moved.” The gifts G-d describes are a range of materials so the...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
- Trump can’t deport Columbia undergraduate pro-Palestinian activist, Jewish judge rules March 25, 2025Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald said the Trump administration had not shown that Yunseo Chung poses a foreign policy risk. -- The post Trump can’t deport Columbia undergraduate pro-Palestinian activist, Jewish judge rules appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Ben Sales
- These Modern Orthodox and observant Jews want to change their community’s conversation around the Gaza war March 25, 2025Lamenting the death toll in Gaza and questioning Israeli policy in the West Bank, Smol Emuni US holds a conference in NYC. -- The post These Modern Orthodox and observant Jews want to change their community’s conversation around the Gaza war appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Andrew Silow-Carroll
- 200,000 tourists a month are visiting the Nova massacre site in southern Israel March 25, 2025The site where more than 360 people were killed on Oct. 7 is now one of the most-visited destinations in Israel. -- The post 200,000 tourists a month are visiting the Nova massacre site in southern Israel appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Philissa Cramer
- Leonard Bernstein faces his longtime rival in a new play March 25, 2025Based on a real-life meeting between two musical greats, the Jewish maestro confronts his adversary, conductor and former Nazi Herbert von Karajan, in off-Broadway's “Last Call.” -- The post Leonard Bernstein faces his longtime rival in a new play appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Chava Pearl Lansky
- Mike Huckabee, in confirmation hearing to be ambassador to Israel, says he won’t set US policy there March 25, 2025Huckabee affirmed that he supported Israel annexing the West Bank but opposed displacing Palestinians. -- The post Mike Huckabee, in confirmation hearing to be ambassador to Israel, says he won’t set US policy there appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Grace Gilson
- In New York City, 2 former allies divided by Trumpian style are vying to represent their Orthodox neighborhood March 25, 2025Simcha Felder is a career politician. Heshy Tishler is best known as rabble-rouser who embraces the MAGA mantle. -- The post In New York City, 2 former allies divided by Trumpian style are vying to represent their Orthodox neighborhood appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Ben Sales
- Kitty Dukakis, dead at 88, was the first Jewish spouse of a US presidential candidate March 25, 2025Dukakis took flak for her intermarriage, which she said made her more connected to her Jewish identity. -- The post Kitty Dukakis, dead at 88, was the first Jewish spouse of a US presidential candidate appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Philissa Cramer
- For the first time, an undergraduate pro-Palestinian protester is facing deportation March 25, 2025Yunseo Chung, 21, is a junior at Columbia University who has lived in the United States for 14 years. -- The post For the first time, an undergraduate pro-Palestinian protester is facing deportation appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Philissa Cramer
- What Jewish groups are saying ahead of Mike Huckabee’s confirmation hearing to be Israel ambassador March 25, 2025The former Arkansas governor and evangelical pastor is a staunch Christian Zionist who has called for Israel to control the West Bank in perpetuity. -- The post What Jewish groups are saying ahead of Mike Huckabee’s confirmation hearing to be Israel ambassador appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Ben Sales
- Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, compassionate voice in the Orthodox world, dies in road accident at 43 March 24, 2025The Monsey, New York resident was an early and outspoken voice about LGBTQ inclusion in the Orthodox Jewish community. -- The post Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, compassionate voice in the Orthodox world, dies in road accident at 43 appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Jackie Hajdenberg