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Influencer Myron Gaines performs Nazi salute, denies Holocaust death toll at Ohio University event
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (557+ words) The school's student newspaper and Hillel chapter condemned Gaines' appearance on campus. The influencer Myron Gaines visited Ohio University last Thursday as part of a national campus tour, performing a Nazi salute and claiming that the Holocaust's death toll had…...
Jewish basketball legend Amar’e Stoudemire to be inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (383+ words) Stoudemire converted to Judaism and played in Israel after retiring from the NBA. Amar'e Stoudemire, the American-Israeli basketball star who became a devout convert to Judaism after retiring, is reportedly headed to the hall of fame. Stoudemire will be inducted…...
For Passover, an interactive map brings the haggadah down to earth
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (1282+ words) Alon Gildoni and Ron Milo turned a Passover question into an interactive tool that traces the Exodus story across real-world locations. In 2024, as Alon Gildoni and his brother-in-law, Ron Milo, prepared for Passover in Israel, they asked themselves a puzzling…...
AI is already coming for your jobs. Your Passover song parodies may be next.
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (1532+ words) AI can produce rhymes on demand" " but can it capture the lived Jewish experience behind them? The publisher Hachette recently canceled a horror novel, "Shy Girl," after it was revealed to have been written with the help of AI. OpenAI…...
War with Iran casts a shadow as Persian Jews mark Nowruz in New York City
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (455+ words) Sharon Nazarzadeh had no idea when she put a Nowruz celebration on the calendar again at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan just how poignant the festivities would be. Nazarzadeh first marked the Persian spring equinox festival at the…...
Fortnite tops ADL’s new ‘leaderboard’ ranking video games on antisemitism safeguards
1+ week, 1+ day ago (293+ words) The ADL's Online Gaming Leaderboard ranks 10 top online games on their efforts to curb antisemitism. The online video game Fortnite tops the Anti-Defamation League's "leaderboard" ranking online video game companies on their efforts to curb antisemitism and extremism on their…...
Romania’s secret police trailed a Jewish photographer. Decades later, their files have become a film.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (847+ words) Edward Serotta did not know he was being trailed at the time. BERLIN "He had wild hair and wore jeans. He was American " and Jewish. He had a camera. That was enough to trigger surveillance by the notorious secret police…...
Matzah pizza, Miriam and a 'HUG-gadah' star in new children's books for Passover in 2026
1+ week, 3+ day ago (325+ words) Many of the books portray the holiday theme of opening one's seder table to guests. Welcoming the stranger " and opening one's home to guests at the seder " is a defining theme of Passover, the eight-day spring holiday known as the…...
In Broadway’s ‘Giant,’ Roald Dahl is a warped messenger for a vital debate about Israel
1+ week, 3+ day ago (378+ words) John Lithgow stars in a new play about the beloved children's author's antisemitic outbursts. Roald Dahl is a terrible messenger for a serious conversation about Jews and Israel. Which is part of what makes "Giant," the new Broadway play about…...
As Americans drink much less wine, kosher demand stays strong
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1454+ words) A built-in ritual market and evolving consumer base are helping kosher wine outperform the industry OXNARD, California " On Friday nights, in Jewish homes around the world, a familiar ritual unfolds: a blessing over wine, poured into a cup and passed…...