Topic: Jewish Community

Jewish Stereotyping Comes to … Hymie’s?
While some talk of boycotting the Main Line Jewish deli that is the setting of a new Trump ad, the real question ought to be: Does the commercial perpetuate cringeworthy Jewish caricature?
By Larry Platt
Commemorating October 7 in Philadelphia
Join Philly organizations using prayer, art and light to memorialize the lives lost, harmed and disappeared on the first anniversary of an infamous day in Israel
By Lauren McCutcheon
Note to Self — There Are Still Hostages
Activist Liz Hirsh Naftali was in Philly this week to speak at a screening of Sheryl Sandberg’s October 7 documentary Screams Before Silence. Her gripping family story and her fight to keep the hostages front of mind reminds us that human rights transcend politics
By Larry Platt
Biden’s Delaware Rabbi Stands by his Man
In conversation with the editor of The Forward, Rabbi Michael Beals doubles down on the value of wisdom and makes a Biblical case for the president after a disastrous debate performance
By Jodi Rudoren
Everyone Has Much to Learn about Israel and Gaza
During Passover week a longtime university president reflects on antisemitism and threats to free speech on campus
By Elaine Maimon
Claudine Gay’s Enemies Are Not Our Friends
Just a month after Penn President Liz Magill stepped down, a rabbi and author reflects on how culture warriors weaponized Jewish grief and forced Harvard University’s president to resign
By Jay Michaelson
Ali Velshi On Young People Who Don’t Understand the Holocaust
The MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member laments the vast ignorance of the most basic facts of recent world history
By Ali Velshi
The War Comes to the Penn Boardroom
Wealthy Jewish donors in revolt. Pro-Palestinian students shouting vile things. A university President embattled. Isn’t this just what the terrorists want?
By Larry Platt
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on Anne Frank
The MSNBC host welcomes Israeli illustrator David Polonsky to discuss the universal experience of love, puberty, and the world's most famous child author
By Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Art Spiegelman
The MSNBC host speaks with the cartoonist about his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel Maus, depicting his father's experience during and beyond the Holocaust
By Ali Velshi