I’m retiring! My colleagues have organized a Zoom thing. Join us!
What Kampeas Covered: JTA's long-running Washington bureau chief reflects on his career https://t.co/EIqkX8Md0o
Tim Walz wrote a master's thesis in 2001 about Holocaust education, in which he argued for changes to how most schools handled the subject.
@JTAnews obtained it — and talked to former students about his school's approach to teaching the Holocaust https://t.co/CW9zqlxAuS
My earlier post said I had over 100 students sign up for my introductory series on Ladino with @jewlearn. Make that over 200! Exciting to see the interest continue and such a vibrant and dedicated group of "elevos" (students)!
Curious about your Jewish family tree? Too intimidated to get started on researching it?
Sought-after genealogist and writer Jennifer Mendelsohn (@CleverTitleTK) is here to help, with a new 4-part intro course.
Learn more about it here: https://t.co/4HB1zuntNb
Call for pitches: We are currently accepting pitches on the history and culture of Black Jews between 800 and 1200 words. Rates begin at $150. (1/3)
cc @hey_alma@WritersofColor
The plea is to the #foodallergy community across the world- will you be silent? He has no #epipen
He could be anyone's loved 1 & like many kidnapped he has a medical condition -#BringThemHome
"Yagil, a 12 year-old boy with a severe #peanutallergy has been kidnapped to Gaza and is being held captive by Hamas. He has no auto-injecter. @shaig@visegrad24@Gil_Bashe@RealDoctorMike @DocElovitz @AvivaKlompas@StandWithUs@JReinerMD@bariweiss pls elevate
Today we discovered that 12-year-old Yagil Yaakov, one of the many taken hostage on October 7, has a severe peanut allergy.
Following the discovery, the Israeli Association for Allergy and Clinical Immunology rushed to send a letter to the international allergy associations requesting their intervention with the Red Cross and others."
In 1934, Jewish baseball star Hank Greenberg was torn about whether to play on Rosh Hashanah while his Detroit Tigers were in a close pennant race. He ultimately played — and hit 2 homers — before sitting out on Yom Kippur 9 days later. Here's that story.
https://t.co/uNU10yaPgH
This is what @amazon sent me instead of the Rosh Hashanah book I was going to read for storytime at kids services this weekend, so this is going to be fun. #RoshHashanah2023#ShanaTova
Our enterprising team at the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and @NYJewishWeek won several 2023 American Jewish Press Association Rockower Awards. Here is a look at our award-winning reporting. Congrats to all the honorees!
An actual email I received: "I’m contacting you since we help agencies liberate an additional 230,000 annually by leveraging AI-controlled infrastructure to replace the need for humans in the client acquisition process."
Pretty sure humans are still necessary.
It's not too late to sign up for our Jewish baseball event on March 9 — you can join us online or in person in Miami. Learn more and get tickets here: https://t.co/0E4DH8NNh2
A scoop: Hundreds of US Jewish leaders have pledged not to host Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli politician who today said Israel should "wipe out" the Palestinian village of Huwara, where settlers rioted on Sunday.
Here's where Smotrich is headed on his first US trip instead.
What a treat to hear from @smollinschwartz at the Jewish Digital Summit today. You can still register for more incredible speakers like her! https://t.co/X4rPugUTPO #jewishdigital
I'm ready for Day 2 of the Jewish Digital Summit — are you? Word must have gotten out about how great yesterday was because people are still signing up! https://t.co/X4rPugUTPO #jewishdigital