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Afro-centric humor: Roslyn native James “The Sha” Beamon is this year’s Funniest Jewish Comedian. Gloria Davidson
July 17, 2019, 12:00 pm
Breaking the comedy color barrier
By Steve Lipman
Students at the Negev region’s first hackathon in Beersheva. Photo courtesy Siraj
May 29, 2019, 1:29 pm
Tech boomlet for Bedouins
Leaders of NGO bringing Start-up Nation to the Negev here to spread the economic word
By Steve Lipman
The community responds with a show of affection to vandalism at Chabad Jewish Community Center of Flagstaff, Ariz. KNAU Public Radio via Facebook
May 1, 2019, 1:17 pm
Chabad in the crosshairs
Over the years, the popular outreach group has often been a target of hate
By Steve Lipman
Peter Schrag’s “The World of Aufbau” tells the story of the German-language newspaper that was a lifeline for generations of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, and of Holocaust survivors, who made new lives for themselves in the U.S. Among them was Albert Einstein, pictured on the book’s cover.
April 24, 2019, 1:03 pm
The Aufbau connection
An émigré newspaper bound together a family, and Hitler’s refugees
By Steve Lipman
Can you decipher this? The new emoji haggadah is bound to strike up conversation at the seder table. (Courtesy of Martin Bodek)
April 3, 2019, 12:30 pm
The Haggadah, symbolically speaking
By Steve Lipman
Gorfinkel’s haggadah tells the story of Passover in graphic form. Pictured here, a portion of the cover. (Courtesy of Koren Publishers)
April 3, 2019, 11:50 am
Exodus story now a graphic novel
By Steve Lipman
A mourner carrying a temporary memorial marker for Joyce Fienberg, who was killed in the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, Oct. 28, 2018. JTA
April 1, 2019, 11:51 am
A Pesach for Pittsburgh
By Steve Lipman
Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein at a Passover food distribution site in Lod, Israel, as part of his work with the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. IFCJ
February 18, 2019, 11:48 am
The Jewish bridge to evangelicals
Remembering the complex interfaith legacy of Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
By Steve Lipman
February 13, 2019, 11:40 am
Writing opportunity for local high school students
Federation launches partnership with Fresh Ink for Teens
By Steve Lipman
Al Jolson in “The Jazz Singer.” Getty Images
February 11, 2019, 11:27 am
Jews and blackface: A complicated story
By Steve Lipman
Rabbi Bob Alper
February 6, 2019, 1:04 pm
What’s so funny about a stand-up rabbi?
The ‘pope’s comedian’ to perform at Clark temple
By Steve Lipman
Edelman: MOT was Super Bowl MVP. Getty Images
February 6, 2019, 11:28 am
Julian Edelman, one tough Jew
Undersized Patriots receiver makes history as Super Bowl MVP
By Steve Lipman
Tibor Baranski on why he risked his life to rescue Jews: “The physical life is nothing.” Courtesy STEVE LIPMAN
January 30, 2019, 11:24 am
A Holocaust hero, but ‘Uncle Tibor’ to me
Remembering Tibor Baranski, who saved thousands of Jews in wartime Budapest
By Steve Lipman
Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. Getty Images
January 30, 2019, 11:09 am
Increasing threat from extremists on the right
Reaction to two new reports suggest fault lines on assessing danger from both sides
By Steve Lipman
Sign of the times: Members of the Community Security Service force outside a synagogue. Courtesy of CSS
January 23, 2019, 11:42 am
Alarmed, and armed
Three months after Pittsburgh, security concerns testing synagogues. ‘Even rabbis are carrying’
By Johanna R Ginsberg and Steve Lipman
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