Articles from the September 9, 2022 edition
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Johnny Depp is directing a film about Jewish Italian painter Modigliani
(JTA) – Riding a wave of tabloid notoriety after winning his highly publicized defamation lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, Johnny Depp is planning to direct a biopic about a different troubled f...
Obituary - JOSEPH IRWIN GOLDSTEIN
On Sept. 16, 1945, Joseph Irwin Goldstein was born to Ralph and Ida (Greenberg) Goldstein in Charleston, South Carolina. A few years later the family, along with his sister, Marlene, moved to the...
How the 1972 Munich Massacre unfolded, through the eyes of athletes in the Olympic village
(JTA) — Bobby Jones headed to bed on Sept. 4, 1972, expecting a grueling practice schedule the next day. After a standout sophomore season at the University of North Carolina, the future NBA Hall of Famer was in Munich as a member of the U.S. men’s O...
Weekly roundup of world news briefs
Maccabi Haifa reaches Champions League group stage for first time since 2009 (JNS) — Maccabi Haifa FC has reached the Champions League group stage for the first time since 2009. The team will get between $26 million to $30 million due to Maccabi H...
'The U.S. And The Holocaust' asks hard questions about how Americans treated Jews and immigrants during wartime
By Andrew Lapin (JTA) — One of the first people introduced in Ken Burns’ new documentary series about the Holocaust is Otto, a Jewish man seen in the series’ first episode who tries to secure passage to America for his family but gets stymied by th...
Jewish Google employee who protested an Israeli contract resigns after alleging 'retaliation'
(JTA) — A Jewish Google employee who led activism against a major contract with Israel’s government resigned, citing what she said was retaliation. “Due to retaliation, a hostile environment, and illegal actions by the company, I cannot continue to w...
1,200-year-old rural estate discovered in Negev Desert in southern Israel
(JNS) - A 1,200-year-old luxurious rural estate-the first of its kind in the Negev-was exposed in the archaeological excavations carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority and funded by the gover...
Koshersoul,' fuses African-American and Jewish culinary histories
(JTA) — The James Beard Award-winning chef Michael Twitty released a book of recipes and essays that fuses Jewish and African-American culinary histories this week. Twitty, 45, won acclaim for his 2018 book “The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through Afr...
