Twenty-one years ago today, I was in Israel on a work trip and decided to meet a friend for lunch in Jerusalem. I had grown up with non-kosher Sbarro’s at home and going to Israel and eating the kosher versions of my favorite non-kosher foods from my youth was always fun. My friend and I […]
About a month ago, I went a little viral, but not for a good reason. I posted an infographic that I thought was super clever and summed up an important unified theory that took us nearly fifteen years to develop in our organization. It combined our original branch Keter (which restores the good name of […]
This week on Kveller, Lynn Levy penned an article about why she didn’t bring her young sons to her nephew’s bris in an Orthodox shul because it has a mechitzah. While Levy has begrudgingly gone to Orthodox shuls herself for the sake of peace in the family with her sister-in-law and brother-in-law, she decided that […]
For days, President Biden shaking hands or not shaking hands for his Middle East trip was in the news, because apparently he didn’t want to shake the hand of the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, but also didn’t want to snub him too much. So his team announced that due to rising Covid cases there’d […]
For nearly two decades, Jew in the City has worked to challenge misconceptions about Orthodox Jews by sharing authentic stories of Jewish life. That mission expanded with the launch of the JITC Hollywood Bureau, an initiative dedicated to improving the representation of ALL Jews on screen and behind the scenes in the entertainment industry. Created […]
Over the weekend, Anne Frank began trending on Twitter and for the worst reason imaginable: “Anne Frank had white privilege,” began one tweet. “Bad things happen to people with white privilege also but don’t tell the whites that.” “Yes, all white people are safe,” said another Twitter user. “No one is saying the Nazis didn’t […]
