“These are my people” As Jews, we often feel like we are fighting fires. Whether it’s advocating for truth in the media or literally defending our lives, something is always ablaze. If we’re going to clear the air between us and the rest of the world, we’re going to need some help. Enter Aston Bright. […]
Mitchell Silk recalls the immense responsibility of working just steps from the White House, representing as an Orthodox Jew, where he faced a critical national security challenge. While navigating a complex sanctions issue, Silk came up with a breakthrough idea during Rosh Hashanah.
A new MENA category encompassing all citizens with ethnic origins in the Middle East (which includes Israel/Judea) and North Africa has been approved and will appear on the next nationwide census, which is conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau. Since October of 2023, many American Jews have reconsidered their position in […]
The groundbreaking study on Jewish representation in contemporary television, that we collaborated on with the USC Norman Lear Center, has garnered recognition from some of the most prominent media outlets in the industry. The more this information gets out to Hollywood executives, the more chance we have to move the needle in terms of improving […]
There’s been a strange smell in our kitchen pantry for some time now. I’m not proud to admit it, but it’s been nothing short of an olfactory nightmare. My husband and I have searched for the stench many times to no avail. Odors do have a knack for being hard to trace, after all. We’ve […]
Rabbi Gabriel Negrin’s family has been in Greece for a very long time – since the 4th century BCE, to be exact. Negrin, who has been the rabbi of Athens since he was 26-years-old, explains that the Jewish community of Greece is called “Romaniot.” “I can trace our family background [directly] to the 11th century.” […]
