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Holocaust survivor Helena Weinstock Weinrauch, who wore the same hand-knit sweater to the first Passover seder every year for the past 75 years, has died at 100. (Karen Goldfarb)
May 29, 2025, 11:57 am
Holocaust survivor and ‘dancing angel,’ dies at 100
Helena Weinrauch was known for her late-in-life passion for ballroom dancing, as well as for wearing the same hand-knit sweater at Passover every year
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
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April 16, 2025, 3:55 pm
Nova survivor opens restaurant in New York
Taboonia is the city’s second Druze restaurant — and the first to seek kosher certification.
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
A Jewish mother and an illustrator have teamed up to create an unofficial Taylor Swift haggadah for Passover this year. (Courtesy Shelley Atlas Serber, Wikimedia. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg)
April 11, 2024, 10:34 am
The exodus story you know ‘All Too Well’ gets retold in new Taylor Swift haggadah
"When we started talking about Pesach, she remarked that there are a lot of parallels between the story and themes of Pesach, and Taylor Swift’s music — and the idea was born!” 
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
A special exhibit at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, "Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race," explores how the Nazis developed racial health policies that began with the mass sterilization of individuals considered to be "biological threats." (Courtesy United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
April 4, 2024, 11:16 am
Leading American medical journal faces down its own history of endorsing Nazi race science
Titled “Nazism and the Journal,” the article is part of a series written by independent historians that focuses on biases and injustices that New England Journal of Medicine has historically countenanced
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, one of the architects of the 1998 Washington Principles, delivers remarks at a 25th anniversary convening. (Courtesy WJRO and Claims Conference)
March 11, 2024, 9:53 am
21 countries agree to updated guidelines on Nazi-looted art as researchers say much work remains
The new best practices document specifies that works sold under duress during the Holocaust are considered looted or confiscated by the Nazis
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
Eden Golan represented Israel in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. (Screenshot via Mako.co.il)
March 4, 2024, 7:01 am
Second Israeli song entry for Eurovision in dispute as contest deadline approaches
The European Broadcasting Union, which runs the competition, declined to accept the first song Israel submitted to the contest because of a ban on political messaging.
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
Stan Polovets (right) cofounder of the Genesis Prize, with some of the 2024 awardees, the parents of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Rachel Goldberg (center) and Jon Polin (left), for their activism on the hostages held in Gaza.
February 29, 2024, 9:06 am
Groups working to support Israeli hostages and their families awarded 2024 ‘Jewish Nobel’
Presented annually since 2013, the award is given by the Genesis Prize Foundation and has historically gone to Jewish celebrities or public figures.
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
(L-R) Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Sheikh Ibrahim Mogra make a statement at Lambeth Palace in London urging peace among faith communities in the United Kingdom, following the onset of the Israel-Hamas war, Oct. 17, 2023. (Doug Peters/PA Images via Getty Images)
February 14, 2024, 10:37 am
Leading British rabbi warns against Rafah invasion: ‘If I said nothing, I couldn’t live with myself’
“These words are written out of deep concern about Israel’s actions and potential actions in Rafah, making it impossible to remain silent,” Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg said.
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
A view of the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream factory and corporate headquarters. (John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)
January 18, 2024, 10:04 am
Ben & Jerry’s board calls for ceasefire in Gaza
The ceasefire call comes after Ben & Jerry’s announced in 2021 that it would no longer sell ice cream in what it termed “Occupied Palestinian Territory.”
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
A bowl of raw organic Israeli couscous. (Getty Images)
December 18, 2023, 10:10 am
Did Yale remove the word ‘Israeli’ from a campus couscous dish? Yes and no
Sophomore Sahar Tartak posted on X that a dish offered on campus named “Israeli couscous salad with spinach and tomatoes” had been renamed to remove the word “Israeli.”
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
New York City Mayor Eric Adams lights the Hanukkah candles at a reception at Gracie Mansion on Tuesday, Dec. 12. (Benny Polatseck, Mayoral Photography Office)
December 14, 2023, 12:23 pm
From Kibbutz Be’eri to the White House, menorahs retrieved from 7/10 light up for Chanukah
In the wake of the attack and in the shadow of the war it began, as well as a reported rise in antisemitism, Oct. 7-related menorahs have taken on special significance.
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
Israeli chef Shachar Yogev serves a burger made with "cultured chicken" meat at The Chicken, SuperMeat's restaurant adjacent to their production site in the Israeli town of Ness Ziona on June 18, 2021. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)
September 11, 2023, 9:55 am
Orthodox Union certifies Israeli brand of lab-grown meat as kosher — but not pareve
The O.U., the most prominent kosher certifier in the United States, now recognises poultry products from Israeli startup SuperMeat as kosher.
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
An orthodox woman protests against get refusal. (Courtesy)
September 11, 2023, 9:49 am
New Jersey court rules in favour of woman who used social media to lobby for Jewish divorce
According to Jewish law, if a husband does not give his wife a get, she becomes an “agunah,” Hebrew for “chained woman,” who is unable to divorce and therefore to remarry.
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
A gate with the inscription "Work Sets You Free" at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp memorial in Oranienburg, Germany, Jan. 25, 2019. (Omer Messinger/Getty Images)
September 4, 2023, 8:13 am
98-year-old German man charged with accessory to murder at Nazi concentration camp
Prosecutors are accusing the man of having “supported the cruel and malicious killing of thousands of prisoners as a member of the SS guard detail” at Sachsenhausen concentration camp
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
A view of the Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream factory and corporate headquarters. (John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)
August 31, 2023, 7:32 am
Unilever wins pensioner shareholder case over Ben and Jerry’s Israel boycott
In December 2022, Ben & Jerry’s independent board reached a settlement with Unilever that ensured the ice cream would continue to be sold across Israel and the West Bank.
By Jackie Hajdenberg (JTA)
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