(JTA) — Like most synagogues, Congregation Beth El in South Orange, New Jersey added new rituals after the Oct. 7,2023 attacks that killed 1,200 in Israel, saw another 251 taken hostage, and launched a grinding war between Israel and Hamas. The...
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Pope Francis, who advanced church’s relationships with Jews
(JTA) — Pope Francis, who significantly advanced the Catholic Church’s relationship with Jews by actively promoting dialogue, reconciliation, and a strong stance against antisemitism — relations that were tested after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war — died...
Peter Yarrow, Jewish musician and activist of Peter, Paul and Mary fame
(JTA) — Peter Yarrow, one-third of the hit-making 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, and a Jewish activist who promoted Israeli-Palestinian coexistence and other progressive causes, died Tuesday, Jan. 7 at age 86.The longtime resident of Manhattan’s Upper West...
Arthur Frommer, ‘wandering Jew’ who launched a travel guide empire
(JTA) — Arthur Frommer, whose empire of travel guidebooks led one interviewer to call him the “quintessential wandering Jew,” died Monday, Nov. 18 at his home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He was 95. Starting in 1957 with the bestselling Europe on 5...
Adam Abeshouse, Jewish producer of classical recordings
(JTA) — Adam Abeshouse, a producer of classical music whose resume included three Grammy Awards as well as side gigs performing on Broadway in the pit orchestra of Fiddler on the Roof and setting up his synagogue’s sound system, died last month at his home in...
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