Articles from the July 22, 2022 edition
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Mothers of IDF lone soldiers reunite with sons, daughters in Jerusalem
(JNS) - Thirty-five mothers of lone soldiers currently in Israel on a special trip with the Momentum organization thought they were attending an educational seminar at the new Nefesh B'Nefesh Campus...
Obituary - BRITTANY WILKINS
Brittany (Brie/Hawke) Wilkins, 36, of Orlando, passed away July 13, 2022. She fought a very strong fight against colon cancer for the last three years. She kept overcoming the odds but couldn’t beat the last complication. Brie was known as a w... Full story
By BA.5 is pummeling Jewish summer camps, sickening campers and canceling visiting days
(JTA) — So many campers were sick with COVID-19 last week at Ramah New England that its director, Rabbi Ed Gelb, put out a call to families: Would any nurses be willing to come to camp for a few days to help? “We have a large and capable nursing sta...
Exiled from Russia, Pinchas Goldschmidt is formally out as Moscow's chief rabbi after 29 years
(JTA) — Pinchas Goldschmidt, who left Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, is no longer the chief rabbi of Moscow after 30 years with the title. The board of the Moscow Jewish Religious Society voted last month to support a contract extension f...
Weekly roundup of world briefs
Idaho to gets first ‘mikvah’ as part of $3.5 million Chabad construction project (JNS) — A new $3.5 million construction project at Chabad Lubavitch of Idaho in Boise will include the state’s first Jewish ritual bath, also known as a mikvah, reporte...
Monty Norman, British Jewish 'James Bond' theme composer, dies at 94
(JTA) – With a single driving guitar riff, the man born as Monty Noserovitch changed pop-culture forever - although he had to fight to get the credit for it. British Jewish composer Monty Norman, w...
Andrew Garfield, Julia Garner and Adrien Brody make this year's long list of Jewish Emmy nominees
(JTA) — Jewish TV shows and performers are well represented on the list of 2022 Emmy nominations, with actors including Seth Rogen, Julia Garner, Andrew Garfield and Henry Winkler making the cut. It was a particularly good year for Jews in comedy, as...
UNRWA materials urge Palestinians to take up 'hobby' of killing Israelis
(JNS) — Educational materials produced by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) contain content that encourages jihad, violence and martyrdom, in addition to promoting anti-Semitism, according t...
German museums return five Nazi-looted artworks to heirs of Jewish banker
(JNS) - Several German museums have handed over five artworks to the heirs of a Jewish banker who was forced to sell them when he faced persecution by the Nazis during World War II. The Nazi-looted pieces of art were returned to the family of Carl...
The US and Israel want to unite the Middle East against Iran
WASHINGTON (JTA) - It has become a kind of mantra in Washington and Jerusalem: Integrate much of the Middle East, including Israel, into a single security system to keep Iran in its place. The issue...
