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Category: National

Drew Weissman, Jewish immunologist, wins Nobel Prize for his work on COVID vaccines
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Araya Doheny/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman speak onstage at the Ninth Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, April 15, 2023

Drew Weissman, Jewish immunologist, wins Nobel Prize for his work on COVID vaccines

  • October 12, 2023

(JTA) — Drew Weissman, a Jewish scientist who identified the technology that made possible the […]

In Chicago, a Black-led church and a Jewish community are addressing painful history through a Sukkot festival
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Joseph Altshuler/Chicago Sukkah Design Festival An aerial view of some of the sukkahs at the Chicago Sukkah Design Festival

In Chicago, a Black-led church and a Jewish community are addressing painful history through a Sukkot festival

  • October 12, 2023

(JTA) — Earlier this month, 40 people gathered in Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood to design a […]

US imposes sanctions on network supplying Iran’s drone program
Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: U.S. Department of the Treasury U.S. Treasury Department

US imposes sanctions on network supplying Iran’s drone program

  • October 5, 2023

(JNS) — A group associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) operating in Iran, […]

As campus grapples with antisemitism concerns, Penn Hillel is vandalized by an intruder
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Wikimedia A statue of a young Benjamin Franklin at the University of Pennsylvania

As campus grapples with antisemitism concerns, Penn Hillel is vandalized by an intruder

  • October 5, 2023

(JTA) — A person whom police said had been “experiencing a crisis” entered and vandalized […]

‘Examiner’ report: State Department funds group with ties to terror in Gaza
Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: Manar al Zraiy via Wikimedia Commons The Luhaidan Building at the Islamic University of Gaza

‘Examiner’ report: State Department funds group with ties to terror in Gaza

  • October 5, 2023

(JNS) — The Phoenix Center for Research and Field Studies — affiliated with the Islamic […]

US lets Israel into Visa Waiver Program, easing travel for Israeli citizens
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images The El Al departure counter at Ben Gurion International Airport

US lets Israel into Visa Waiver Program, easing travel for Israeli citizens

  • October 5, 2023

(JTA) — As of November, Israelis will be able to enter the United States without […]

Prominent Jewish books cited in copyright lawsuit against AI companies
Courtesy of JNS. Photo credit: TSViPhoto/Shutterstock Artificial intelligence (AI) on trial

Prominent Jewish books cited in copyright lawsuit against AI companies

  • September 28, 2023

(JNS) — Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2000 novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” […]

A California county calls off ‘American Christian Heritage Month’ after fierce backlash
Rabbi Evon Yakar of Temple Bat Yam in South Lake Tahoe, California, speaks before the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors prior to the board’s vote to rescind “American Christian Heritage Month,” Sept. 19, 2023

A California county calls off ‘American Christian Heritage Month’ after fierce backlash

  • September 28, 2023

(J. Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — Two months after proclaiming that July […]

Genesis Prize CEO Stan Polovets accused of drugging and sexually assaulting woman
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images for The Genesis Prize Foundation Stan Polovets, center, with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, left, presenting the 2022 Genesis Prize to Pfizer Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla, right, in Jerusalem, Israel, June 29, 2022

Genesis Prize CEO Stan Polovets accused of drugging and sexually assaulting woman

  • September 28, 2023

(JTA) – Stan Polovets, an oil industry executive who used his wealth and connections to […]

Texas teacher reportedly fired after reading from Anne Frank’s diary to students
Courtesy of JTA. Photo credit: Stringer/AFP via Getty Images A man holds a copy of the graphic novel version of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” by Israeli writer-director Ari Folman and illustrator David Polonsky, in Paris Sept. 18, 2017

Texas teacher reportedly fired after reading from Anne Frank’s diary to students

  • September 28, 2023

(JTA) – A middle school teacher in a district outside Houston, Texas, has been fired […]

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