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'The Baroness Rothschild': A moving tribute to jazz and friendship - review

The Baroness Rothschild blends history, jazz, and powerful performances into a moving theatrical experience.

 Neta Plotkin takes on the role of baroness.
DJ Raphi entertains the kids, leading them through fun dance moves set to catchy music.

'Go big and go home': North American families make aliyah in the shadow of war

Shelly Levine presents Israeli properties at the London  aliyah fair in mid-June.

As global antisemitism rises, demand for Israeli real estate is growing

A Piper PA-28 Cherokee, light aircraft built by Piper Aircraft, UK, 8th September 1975; Illustrative.

Three Israelis killed as small plane crashes in Maryland woods, aircraft found following day


‘Israelis have been raping Palestinian women,’ University of Illinois prof. claims

Professors critiqued arguments that Hamas persecutes LGBTQ+ in Gaza as "homophobic" during a conference on Palestine and imperialism.

 Rutgers University scene at College Campus, 2013

In New Jersey, a flag-waving Jewish community faces down a pro-Palestinian protest

Hundreds from the local Jewish community came streaming down the mains street of Teaneck, New Jersey, clad in Israeli flags to meet pro-Palestinian protesters.

 Protestors, calling for ceasefire in Gaza, attend a demonstration near Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., March 28, 2024.

Activists protest October 7 first aid, burial group at NJ synagogue

The event had planned to hear first-hand accounts of the ZAKA workers and their search and rescue operations on October 7.

 Zaka personnel work at a field with destroyed cars from the October 7 massacre, near the Israel-Gaza border, January 22, 2024.

Bert Pogrebin, attorney and partner to leading feminist Letty Cottin Pogrebin, dies at 89

Bert and Letty Pogrebin's 60-year marriage embodied support, impactful careers, and family devotion. Bert, a renowned labor lawyer, passed away at 89, leaving a legacy of integrity.

 The Manhattan skyline is pictured from the Summit at One Vanderbilt observatory in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., April 14, 2023.

New Jersey school apologizes for anti-Israel Ramadan letter

The widely circulated note, which offered seemingly innocent information regarding the month of Ramadan, included some anti-Israel comments. 

A 'Welcome to New Jersey' sign

Two arrested as hundreds protest Teaneck Synagogue Israel real estate expo

Teaneck for Palestine organized the protest March against what they said on social media last Friday was the "immoral marketing of stolen Palestinian land."

 Teaneck High School

A New Jersey man came to Israel for his son’s birth but joined the IDF to fight Hamas

He hadn’t been on reserve duty since he left for the US, but he called his officer. They were both in shock. On October 8, Elimelech joined his tank unit, attached to a mandatory service brigade.

Reservist Lior Elimelech

NJ man faces life in prison after pleading guilty to 2022 spree of violent antisemitic attacks

In April 2022, Dion Marsh perpetrated a series of attacks against Orthodox Jews in and around Lakewood, a city in central New Jersey that is a hub of Orthodox Jewish life.

 A man wearing a “Nationalist Social Club 131” (NSC 131) shirt shows his swastika tattoo during a pro-police rally, following weeks of protests against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. June 27, 2020.

Feds to investigate Teaneck, NJ, school district where students held pro-Palestinian walkout

The US Department of Education has opened an investigation into a New Jersey school district that has come under fire for what Jewish parents allege is an antisemitic climate since October 7.

 Teaneck High School

The duffel bag brigade: A New Jersey group helping Israel's war effort

A New Jersey ad hoc group springs into action with supplies for Israel’s war effort.

 ONE NIGHT’S load of duffel bags awaits processing at Newark International Airport.