Articles from the September 1, 2023 edition
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Obituary - SORA FRANKEL
Mrs. Sora Frankel, 103, passed away Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023, at at her Parkland, Florida home following a brief illness. Mrs. Frankel was born Nov. 27, 1919, in New York City, New York to the late...
Obituary - GRACIA (MOORE) SMITH
Mrs. Gracia (Moore) Smith, 87, passed away Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, at her Maitland, Florida home following a brief illness. Mrs. Smith was born Nov. 2, 1935, in Orlando, Florida to the late Luther and...
By Jewish groups back gun restrictions for domestic abusers in high-profile Supreme Court case
(JTA) – Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement that it would consider a major case on Second Amendment rights, Jewish groups are joining an effort led by a Jewish organization for survivors of domestic abuse to back gun-rights restrictions f...
Israel's supporters shouldn't fear a GOP foreign-policy debate
(JNS) — Vivek Ramaswamy may not be heading to the White House, but his candidacy did serve a useful purpose in the week leading up to the first presidential debate of the 2024 election cycle. Ramaswamy’s comments about foreign policy drew fire fro...
Visiting Israel, Eric Adams meets with antigovernment protesters
(New York Jewish Week) — On his first trip to Israel as mayor, Eric Adams made all of the expected stops — meeting with the prime minister and president, visiting the Western Wall and the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum, sampling from the offerings of...
Weekly roundup of world briefs
Israeli jailed in Madagascar for smuggling tortoises (JNS) — A Madagascar court has sentenced an Israeli man to two years in prison for attempting to smuggle dozens of rare tortoises out of the country, local media reported on Monday. The man, w...
National Geographic deprecates Jewish theology and ignores archeological fact
(JNS) — Earlier this summer we saw multiple media outlets using various methods to attempt to separate Jews from their holiest site, the Temple Mount. Now National Geographic continues this trend in a long article by Andrew Lawler that privileges t...
How 'Pitching Ninja' Rob Friedman accidentally became one of the most popular Jewish personalities in baseball
(JTA) - It's safe to say that few people watch more baseball than Rob Friedman. During the MLB season - which features 30 teams playing 162 games each from April through October - Friedman spends...
Illinois governor vetoes bill for kosher-meal options in state schools, hospitals
(JNS) — Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker drew criticism from Jewish groups recently when he vetoed a bill that would have required the state’s public schools and hospitals to offer upon request kosher, halal and other religion-based dietary options. Sta...
