Vita Fellig

2 weeks ago | thejewishstar.com | Mike Wagenheim |Vita Fellig

New Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday that he and Nir Barkat, the Israeli economy and industry minister, have agreed to create the New York City-Israel Economic Council, which will “strengthen economic ties and promote innovation between the two governments.” The new council will “deepen economic ties between our governments and serve as a gateway to the US market for Israeli businesses — forging partnerships with New York City companies, advancing innovation in areas like environmental...

2 months ago | jns.org | Vita Fellig

“There is something magical about being in the presence of a historically significant object, the oldest Hebrew book ever discovered,” David Kraemer, director of the JTS Library told JNS.

Feb 28, 2025 | thejc.com | Vita Fellig |Menachem Wecker

A group of pro-Palestinian protestors occupied a building at a prestigious university to demand an “amnesty” for two expelled student activists. The pair were kicked out after disrupting a lecture on modern Israeli history at Columbia University and were members of the Apartheid Divest activist group.

Feb 3, 2025 | thejc.com | Jay Deitcher |Ellie Grant |Vita Fellig |Josh Kaplan

In the past, Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz would walk into American progressive settings feeling like everyone was on the same page. When he attended synagogue, he figured everyone held pretty much similar values. “I rarely experience that anywhere now,” says Yanklowitz, a modern Orthodox Jew and a liberal Zionist who’s concerned with racial justice, immigrant rights, women's rights, climate change, and other progressive causes. “My politics don’t fall perfectly into partisan politics,” he said.

Feb 2, 2025 | thejc.com | Ellie Grant |Vita Fellig |Jacob Jaffa |Jane Prinsley

Trump administration officials and members of Congress issued statements on Saturday lauding the release of Keith Siegel, an American citizen who was one of three Israelis freed from captivity in Gaza earlier in the day, after 484 days in Hamas captivity. Members of the administration and some of the US lawmakers praised President Donald Trump for helping to secure the release of hostages.