Early voting information in Maryland
Maryland residents can make use of early voting in the Nov. 8 midterm elections from Oct. 27 through Nov. 3. This includes individuals who...
‘Not all Nazis were bad,’ comments Indiana school-board candidate, drawing ire
Philissa Cramer | JTA
A local school-board candidate in a suburb of Indianapolis is drawing criticism for insisting that “not all Nazis were bad” and...
World Briefs: USPS issues new Chanukah stamp and more
USPS issues new Chanukah stamp
The U.S. Postal Service just announced the release of a new Chanukah stamp just in time for the holiday.
The stamp...
On Veterans Day, herald those who fought for American lives
Veterans Day takes place on Nov. 11 every year in honor of the date when World War I ended in 1918. Originally known as...
OU training programs provide education for future kosher certifiers
Thirty-year-old Zvi Spiegel said “it was a given” that he keep kosher, growing up in an observant home in New York. But he noted...
‘Keepers of the quilt’ Woman spearheads project to keep memories of COVID victims alive
COVID-19 has taken a toll on everyone. Though self-quarantining is no longer the norm and it has been a while since people started going...
The trials and trauma of infertility: Two families share their stories
Ellen Braunstein | Special to the JT
Ronna Flaks, 35, once retreated to the bathroom to cry at the sight of one too many swollen...
This expanding Jewish university is doing some unusual things
Stewart Ain | JTA
When New York granted university status last February to what had been known until this year as Touro College, it signaled...
A family bat mitzvah leads to a career as a rabbi
When Rabbi Jenni Greenspan was a child, her family attended a relative’s bat mitzvah ceremony. It was one of the first times she said...
World Briefs: Former Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke shares Nobel Prize in economics and...
Former Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke shares Nobel Prize in economics
Ben Bernanke, the Jewish former chairman of the Federal Reserve, shared the Nobel Prize...