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Boca Raton Synagogue in Southeast Florida distributed fruits, vegetables, grape juice, wine and other staples prior to the High Holidays, September 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

With kosher prices high, Jewish families get creative prepping for the holidays

On one message board, Orthodox women recommended stretching limited budgets by using cheaper cuts of meat to make pulled beef, and or using fewer and smaller pieces of chicken in dishes with rice.

September 29, 2023

The University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. Credit: SINITAR/Shutterstock.

Penn leaders cite academic freedom, allowing event to proceed despite some speakers’ antisemitic history

Pink Floyd musician Roger Waters and new CUNY employee Marc Lamont Hill are among the slated participants at an upcoming “Palestine Writes” literary festival on the University of Pennsylvania campus.

September 14, 2023

Chabad rabbis have arranged for a special production run of 15,000 bottles of kosher honey from a honey factory outside Kiev, following import disruptions caused by the ongoing war with Russia. Credit: Chabad.org/News.

Chabad’s Ukraine food aid shifts from imports to local production

“We have big freezers and have been working since after Passover to prepare the items,” said Yehoshua Vishedski at Vaad HaKashrut of Ukraine.

September 7, 2023

Brain neurons associated with Tay-Sachs disease: A 3D-illustration shows swollen neurons with membraneous lamellar inclusions due to accumulation of gangliosides in lysosomes and demyelination. Credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock.

Genetic testing offers options, mom says ahead of Tay-Sachs Awareness Month

The fatal disease is 10 times more prevalent among Ashkenazi Jews as the general American public.

August 28, 2023

The blazes that swept through Lahaina on the island of Maui last week represented one of the most deadly fires in U.S. history. Photo courtesy of Ido Sarfati.

Federations to distribute $249,000 to Jewish organizations in Maui

“We don’t know everyone’s immediate and long-term needs until they come to us, but the more resources the organizations have, the better we can serve,” said Ellyn Mortimer, who lead a Jewish organization on the island.

August 18, 2023

Tiphereth Israel Synagogue in Alliance, N.J. A former Jewish farming colony began in Alliance in the 1880s. Credit: Google street view screenshot.

New Jersey Jewish farming colony archive receives $100,000 Mellon Foundation grant

The Alliance Heritage Center at Stockton University preserves and interprets the story of the farming community, which began in the 1880s.

August 17, 2023

Rabbi Shlomo Litvin, co-director of Chabad of the Bluegrass in Lexington, Ky., as well as chairman of the Kentucky Jewish Council. Credit: Courtesy.

Chabad not going away after antisemitic incidents in Kentucky, rabbi says

“There is no reason for a Jewish student in Lexington to be afraid,” said Rabbi Shlomo Litvin of Chabad at the University of Kentucky.

August 15, 2023

X, formerly Twitter. Source: Screenshot.

Secure Community Network tells X (Twitter): Stop boosting Jew-hatred

The official security organization of North American Jewry noted that anti-Jewish content is on the rise on the social media platform following the verdict in the trial of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter.

August 10, 2023

Children at the Pardes Jewish Day School in Scottsdale, Ariz., play on covered equipment, July 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

Arizona schools adjust to sweltering heat as kids start new academic year

Despite a summer of record high temperatures, it’s business as usual in the Grand Canyon State.

July 27, 2023