(JTA) – The bright, colorful movie musical “The Color Purple,” which opens in theaters on Christmas, tells a story that has by now become a familiar part of the American canon — of a young ...
The revelations have come months after a political crisis surrounding the continued presence of former Nazis in Canada. (JTA) — In 1967, Canada’s justice minister was asked to strip ...
“Sadly, this Friday night, for our community, that feeling of refuge, calm and serenity was shattered,” wrote the president and rabbi of Melbourne’s Central Shule. (JTA) — A synagogue in ...
Cantor Jennifer Bern-Vogel was used to hearing her mother tell the story. On the evening of Nov. 9, 1938, her mother, then Marianne Katzenstein, who was 16 at the time, was in her family’s ...
Community members are appealing to Israeli officials to speed up their immigration process, which has been notoriously slow for decades. (JTA) — For the past several years, life was good for ...
Mainstream centrist organizations once reluctant to speak out about Israel’s internal deliberations were ready within hours, even minutes, of the vote to condemn the law. WASHINGTON (JTA ...