(JTA) — Tom Lehrer never identified closely with his ancestral Judaism. But the famed satirist and mathematician, who died Saturday, July 26 at 97, wrote one of the first popular songs about a Jewish holiday.(I’m Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica debuted in 1990,...
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Netanyahu leaves White House without fanfare or announcements
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left the White House after two days of meetings with the Trump administration — but without the public appearances or breakthrough announcements of his previous trips.Instead, Netanyahu released multiple statements...
‘Unfathomably horrific’ to ‘major step towards a real peace’: US Jewish groups respond to Trump’s Gaza comments
(JTA) — Reactions from partisan American Jewish groups to President Donald Trump’s proposals for Gaza — that “all” Palestinians leave and the United States “take over” the territory — began flowing in just as soon as their leaders picked their jaws up off the floor on...
Jewish community springs into action as devastating Los Angeles-area fires widen
(JTA) — Daniel Sher’s voice broke as he related the latest to members of his Pacific Palisades synagogue. Kehillat Israel had just sent a message saying that its building had so far survived the devastating Palisades Fire, but, the associate rabbi noted, so much had...
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