Arthur Frommer, ‘wandering Jew’ who launched a travel guide empire, dies at 95
Arthur Frommer on a trip to Berlin in the 1950s. (Courtesy Frommers.com)
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
November 20, 2024
(JTA) — Arthur Frommer, whose empire of travel guidebooks...
Former NY Jewish Week staffer Miriam Reinharth, 69, dies after being hit by ambulance on Upper West Side
Miriam Reinharth organized community forums and literary events for the New York Jewish Week from 2007-2012. (Courtesy Steven Greenhouse via Facebook)
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
November 14,...
Felice Gaer, Jewish organization official who championed human rights for all, dies at 78
Felice Gaer, at right, then chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, takes part in a news conference presenting its report card...
Jewish leaders weigh in about their priorities under a second Trump term
(Getty Images; JTA illustration)
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
November 10, 2024
(JTA) — The leader of one Jewish nonprofit described Donald Trump’s return to the presidency as “terrifying.”...
Meet two rabbis who are trying to fight ‘toxic polarization’ — one Jewish text at a time
Campaign signs, in Hebrew, in support of Donald Trump (left) and Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz. (Getty Images; JTA illustration by...