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Jackie Hajdenberg

A student raises her hand in class. (Courtesy Alexander Muss High School in Israel via JTA)
June 23, 2023, 6:45 am
Reform movement to end standalone semester-in-Israel program as enrollment declines
The Union for Reform Judaism’s Heller High program, where high school students spend a semester in Israel, to merge with Alexander Muss High School in Israel
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Portraits of Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, founder of Hebrew Union College, left, and Rabbi Sally Priesand, the first American woman ordained as a rabbi, right. (Courtesy/Hebrew Union College and the National Portrait Gallery via JTA. Design by Mollie Suss)
June 22, 2023, 4:53 am
National Portrait Gallery to display image of 1st ordained US woman rabbi
Rabbi Sally Priesand will be featured in prestigious Smithsonian Institution, along with prominent 19th century Reform rabbi, Isaac Mayer Wise
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Helen Mirren as Golda Meir in Guy Nattiv's film 'Golda.' (Jasper Wolf)
June 16, 2023, 10:46 pm
Helen Mirren’s Golda Meir biopic gets US release date
Movie by Oscar-winning Israeli filmmaker Guy Nattiv will begin playing in theaters on August 24
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2023. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
June 15, 2023, 6:46 am
US House passes resolution calling on Russia to free Jewish WSJ reporter
Non-binding measure introduced by Republican Michael McCaul of Texas urges immediate release of journalist Evan Gershkovich as well as jailed ex-marine Paul Whelan
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Ed Sheeran performs on NBC's 'Today' at Rockefeller Plaza on June 6, 2023 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images via AFP)
June 14, 2023, 6:40 am
Ed Sheeran is popular — but Talmud more so, per stadium attendance
British singer-songwriter came close to setting attendance record at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey this week; a 2012 celebration of Talmud study had him beat
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Jewish children's book author Caroline Kusin Pritchard visits the Jewish Theological Seminary (courtesy, Caroline Kusin Pritchard via JTA)
June 12, 2023, 11:36 pm
Children’s book to depict Jewish Theological Seminary’s library during 1966 fire
Volume from author Caroline Kusin Pritchard will look at how neighbors pitched in to help save books that were damaged by extinguishing water
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Micaela Diamond (L) and Ben Platt during the opening night curtain call for 'Parade' at New York City Center, November 1, 2022. (Bruce Glikas/WireImage/GettyImages via JTA)
June 10, 2023, 12:49 pm
Broadway’s ‘Parade’ cast says Mourner’s Kaddish before performances
Star Micaela Diamond says before almost every show, they stand in a circle and say Jewish prayer for the dead
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Illustrative: Kosherfest, the world's largest kosher trade show. (Josefin Dolsten/ JTA)
June 9, 2023, 5:00 pm
After 3 decades Kosherfest food fair bites the dust, reflecting a changing industry
The decision comes as kosher food has gone mainstream, with some 40% of packaged food and drink sold in the US certified kosher as of 2018
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Aerial photo of Miami Beach. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
June 8, 2023, 3:18 am
Miami Beach to pay $1.3 million to settle Jewish congregation’s discrimination suit
Orthodox synagogue accused city of prejudice by sending inspectors more than once a week on average, for two years; congregation agrees to change noise, parking practices
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Canadian soldiers attend the NATO military exercises at a training ground in Kadaga, Latvia, on September 13, 2021. (Roman Koksarov/AP)
June 7, 2023, 8:27 am
Canadian Army sergeant fined for antisemitic jokes during training course
K.E. Bluemke, who pled guilty, not demoted; 12 participants in course — one of whom was Jewish — complained of remarks made about Jews, including crack about Holocaust
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Los Angeles leaders cut the ribbon for the unveiling of a new mural in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood. (Pictured from left to right: Ilan Davidson, President of LA County Commission on Human Relations; Robin Toma, executive director of LA County Commission on Human Relations; Supervisor Lindsey Horvath; Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky; Jeff Abrams, ADL Los Angeles regional director; Rabbi Rebecca Schatz, Temple Beth Am; Rabbi Noah Farkas, President and CEO of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles; Senator Ben Allen. Image courtesy of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles)
June 6, 2023, 10:33 am
New mural showcases Jewish diversity near site of antisemitic shootings in LA
‘The Common Thread,’ painted by Iranian-Jewish artist Cloe Hakakian outside event venue in heavily Jewish Pico-Robertson neighborhood, is first of ‘Summer of Solidarity’ campaign
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Alfred Moses stands in front of the Codex Sassoon, which he purchased for more than $30 million and will be donating it to the ANU Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv. (Perry Bindelglass for The American Friends of ANU The Museum of the Jewish People via JTA)
June 2, 2023, 4:39 pm
Alfred Moses sees the Codex Sassoon he bought for over $30 million for the 1st time
Surrounded by family, the 93-year-old former US ambassador views the 1,200-year-old Bible, which he donated to the ANU Museum in Tel Aviv ‘for the Jewish people’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
A side-by-side comparison of the 1985 edition of the JPS Tanakh and the 2023 gender-sensitive edition demonstrates slight changes in the English translation. (Design by Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA)
May 31, 2023, 5:51 pm
Backlash over ‘gender-sensitive’ Hebrew Bible translation that uses ‘God,’ not ‘He’
New online edition of the Tanach available via Sefaria doesn’t use either masculine or feminine pronouns for God
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, April 18, 2023. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
May 24, 2023, 5:52 am
Russia extends detention of jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich
Parents of American Jewish journalist wait outside Moscow courtroom to catch first glimpse of son, who was ordered to remain in prison until August 30 at least
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Vegetarian food sold at the restaurant Village Green on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem, April 17, 2008. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 22, 2023, 5:03 pm
Conservative movement okays dining at meat-free eateries without kosher certificates
Rabbis rule it’s kosher to eat at unsupervised vegan and vegetarian restaurants, say many of their members already see ‘no obvious kashrut problems’ in doing so
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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