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Katharina von Schnurbein speaks at a European Jewish Congress event in Vienna, in this undated photo. (Courtesy)

Interview

How the EU antisemitism warrior became a defender of kosher slaughter, circumcision

The bloc’s point person for fighting Jew-hatred, Katharina von Schnurbein, is an influential advocate for Jewish customs many consider controversial in Europe

These Jewish gay dads show how parenting benefits from a shifting division of labor

By Robert Philpot

In Vienna, updated Freud Museum slips in an exhibition space and Holocaust memorial

By Rich Blaustein

How a 21-year-old UK model with Down syndrome became a global face for inclusivity

By Renee Ghert-Zand

June 26, 2023, 9:23 am

How the EU antisemitism warrior became a defender of kosher slaughter, circumcision

The bloc’s point person for fighting Jew-hatred, Katharina von Schnurbein, is an influential advocate for Jewish customs many consider controversial in Europe

By Canaan Lidor

Paul Morgan-Bentley, author of 'The Equal Parent,' left, with son Solly and husband Robin. (Courtesy)

June 26, 2023, 3:02 am

These Jewish gay dads show how parenting benefits from a shifting division of labor

In ‘The Equal Parent,’ UK author Paul Morgan-Bentley argues that parents are already sharing the load in rearing kids, which is great for families – now society needs to adapt, too

By Robert Philpot

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June 25, 2023, 3:48 pm

Small Town American Judaism

Yehuda Kurtzer dives into small town American Jewish life with Rabbi Rachel Isaacs of Waterville, Maine, director of Colby College’s Center for Small Town Jewish Life

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June 25, 2023, 1:42 pm

Wesley K. Clark on how democracy can prevail

The former NATO supreme allied commander helps us understand the defining global conflicts of our times

Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky in Kyiv on his first day back since before the Russian invasion, May 16, 2022. (Courtesy)

June 25, 2023, 10:13 am

Israel tells Russia to not lecture it on Holocaust memory, in spat over envoy remarks

Russian’s Foreign Ministry pans Israeli ambassador in Kyiv, who said Ukrainians see resistance fighters who collaborated with the Nazis as ‘heroes’

By ToI Staff

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in Charleston, South Carolina, October 18, 2019. (Warren LeMay via Creative Commons via JTA)

June 24, 2023, 1:00 pm

Charleston rabbi resigns, leaving South Carolina over anti-LGBTQ legislation

Greg Kanter, one of three rabbis at historic Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim congregation, tells community his family will move ‘to a place that will not target us and our human rights’

By Andrew Lapin

Sigmund Freud's visitors' room couch. (Hertha Hurnaus/ Sigmund Freud Privatstiftung)

June 24, 2023, 6:51 am

In Vienna, updated Freud Museum slips in an exhibition space and Holocaust memorial

Beset by challenges during the pandemic, the half-century-old institution is seeing new life after expanding its focus and seeking out younger visitors with a massive renovation

By Rich Blaustein

Eliza Kanner is entering her third season as a cheerleader for the New England Patriots. (Courtesy of the New England Patriots/Dwight Darian)

June 24, 2023, 3:18 am

Meet Eliza Kanner: Israel advocate by day, New England Patriots cheerleader by night

Her day job is senior development officer at Combined Jewish Philanthropies, the Boston-area Jewish federation. Since 2021, she’s also an NFL cheerleader

By jacob gurvis

Amari Bailey participates during the NBA basketball Draft Combine in Chicago, May 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

June 23, 2023, 11:43 pm

Jewish guard Amari Bailey drafted 41st overall by Charlotte Hornets

UCLA player, son of former NFL wide receiver Aaron Bailey, is heading to North Carolina; team is in process of being sold by Michael Jordan

By jacob gurvis

Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal poses on the balcony of the curved building of the new Jewish educational and cultural complex in Berlin, Germany, June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

June 23, 2023, 11:14 am

Germany’s biggest Jewish educational, cultural center since Holocaust opens in Berlin

Pears Jewish Campus will host 550 students in Chabad schools, along with movie theater, music studio, library, kosher deli and huge indoor basketball court and gym

By Kirsten Grieshaber

Gideon Taylor addresses guests during a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Luxembourg Agreement on reparations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Israel, in Berlin, Sept. 15, 2022. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images)

June 23, 2023, 8:16 am

Gideon Taylor, CEO of Jewish Community Relations Council-New York, to step down

Transition comes as the city’s Jewish community contends with antisemitic attacks and waning support for Israel among progressive officials

By julia GERGELY

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

International fashion model Ellie Goldstein (Courtesy)

June 23, 2023, 5:13 am

How a 21-year-old UK model with Down syndrome became a global face for inclusivity

Recently seen on the cover of British Vogue and an inspiration for a new Barbie doll, at only 5 feet and born with a disability, Ellie Goldstein is not your average supermodel

By Renee Ghert-Zand

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 22, 2023. (AP/Dmitry Serebryakov)

June 23, 2023, 5:12 am

Russian court rejects appeal to release WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich

Reporter must remain in jail on espionage charges until at least late August

By AP and JTA

File: Morgan Halleb packs Pink Peacock food for delivery. (Pink Peacock/ via JTA)

June 23, 2023, 2:21 am

Glasgow’s queer Yiddish-speaking cafe shuts after alleged antisemitic threats

The Pink Peacock, which operated on a ‘pay-as-you-can’ basis, closes doors after ‘astonishing amount of antisemitic vitriol,’ claim owners

By Jacob Judah