JITC’s “Like a Jew” Wins Gold Telly Award for Social Impact

What does it mean to “act like a Jew”? For decades, television and film have often answered that question through tired stereotypes: neurotic, greedy, awkward, entitled, loud. But Jew in the City’s Jewish Institute for Television & Cinema’s award-winning video Like a Jew set out to offer a very different answer — one grounded in […]

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Why Do We Still Count the Omer When We Don’t Have a Holy Temple?

  Dear Jew in the City- If there’s no Temple anymore, why are we still counting an Omer that’s not even being brought? Didn’t other Temple-related actives just cease after its destruction? Thanks, Losing Count Already   Dear Count, That’s a pretty good question. Let’s first explain what “counting the omer” is. Leviticus chapter 23 […]

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This Orthodox Jewish Woman’s TEDx Talk About In-Laws Went Viral

When dynamic, motivational Jewish speaker and author Sarah Pachter chose to give a TEDx talk about in-law relationships, she already knew the topic struck a nerve within the Jewish community. Years earlier, an article she wrote on the subject drew more than 100,000 clicks in two days, with women deeply relating to her insights about […]

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Orthodox Women in Medicine Combat Discrimination in the U.S.

Managing busy families, religious law and saving lives during the scariest time for health professionals in recent history, Orthodox Jewish Women in medicine are a whole different class of hero. The Jewish Orthodox Women’s Medical Association (JOWMA) and Orthodox Jewish Nurses’ Association (OJNA) aim to make this seemingly impossible balance easier, by matching mentors, answering […]

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