The latest news from the New York Jewish Week.
When Matt Axelrod mingled with congregants one weekend last fall during kiddush, a few commented on the fact that he had shaved his beard. He merely nodded and smiled back. What Axelrod, who is the cantor at Congregation Beth Israel (CBI) in Scotch Plains, N.J., couldn’t reveal at the time was that he had been […]
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will not extend the mandate of Blue and White leader Benny Gantz to form a coalition government. Gantz’s mandate expires on Monday at midnight. On Saturday night he requested a two-week extension, usually a formality, in light of delays in reaching an agreement caused by the coronavirus crisis […]
(JTA) — An all-star team of Jewish celebrities (and some non-Jewish ones) are putting on a virtual Passover Seder — which is sure to include plenty of music and comedy — on Saturday night to raise money for a Center for Disease Control fund for first responders working during the coronavirus outbreak. The full list, […]