Our Annual Campaign starts today, and we are calling upon you, our Jew in the City family, to support our mission so we can expand our efforts. Our donors are the key to our continued success and your support helps us change the world in meaningful ways, whether it’s combating antisemitism through creating authentic depictions of Jews in Hollywood, […]
LinkedIn told me that today is my 15 year anniversary for starting JITC. This picture was taken right before I launched Jew in the City, so I’d have a new headshot. Apparently I started JITC almost exactly 6 years after I survived the Sbarro’s bombing which I barely think about. My husband and I just […]
Exactly a year ago today, Jew in the City started a social media firestorm which ended with NBC removing an episode of “Nurses” that featured blatant anti-Semitism in its plot line. The episode, “Achilles Heel” includes a scene in which a young, Hasidic man named Israel is in the hospital for a shattered leg. A doctor […]
This is our mission, our branches, and our vision for repairing so many pressing issues in the Jewish world. We are asking all of our fans to partner with us to turn our dreams into reality. By giving a monthly donation at any level, you’ll be one of our Change Makers. Become a Change Maker […]
We need broader stories about the Orthodox Jewish community told. Jew in the City has tried and it has fallen on deaf ears. It’s time Hollywood confronts its Jewish bias. Watch Jew in the City speak about this and My Unorthodox Life on i24 News.
The hotly contested reality television series My Unorthodox Life debuted las week on Netflix and has inspired a cadre of criticism, backlash and responses that aim to educate its subject, formerly Orthodox Julia Haart, Netflix, viewers and the media at large that this is not a monolithic view of religious Judaism. Jew in the City’s […]
