Columbus Jewish News

Founded in 2018, the Columbus Jewish Publication Company publishes the biweekly Columbus Jewish News. Since August 9, 2018, we deliver the newspaper directly to homes across the Columbus area every Thursday. We also engage with our audience daily through our website, Columbusjewishnews.com, and our Facebook page. Our mission aligns with that of our parent organization, the Cleveland Jewish Publication Company, and the Cleveland Jewish News, as we aim to provide valuable services to the Jewish community in Central Ohio.

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Comedian Edelman discusses career ahead of Columbus tour stop

1 week ago | columbusjewishnews.com | Bill Motchan

Norman Lear was considered one of the most innovative comedy minds in the 20th century. Lear, who died in 2023, greatly influenced a new generation of Jewish comedians, including Alex Edelman. The 36-year-old Edelman got to meet his hero when he hosted “Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter” for ABC TV in 2022. “Oh, my G-d, it was the coolest thing in the world,” Edelman told Columbus Jewish News. “Look, in his time, he was television. He had eight of the top 10 shows on TV.
At No. 2, the Browns need to pick ‘Mr. Right’

2 weeks ago | columbusjewishnews.com | Andy Baskin

Two weeks separate us from the NFL Draft. The more I listen, watch and read about the draft, the more I believe the Tennessee Titans will select Cam Ward with the first overall selection. They will, unless they trade the pick, or if they decide at the last minute they want another player. But after that, it’s a scramble. Who the Cleveland Browns will pick at No. 2 is the same as the Cleveland weather – they both change every 20 minutes.
Marx Bagels now open in former Block’s storefront

2 weeks ago | columbusjewishnews.com | Becky Raspe

The Blue Ash, Ohio-based Marx Bagels officially opened for business on April 3 in the former Block’s Bagels storefront at 6115 McNaughten Road in Columbus.
Agudas Achim announces $1.5 million congregational campaign

3 weeks ago | columbusjewishnews.com | Becky Raspe

Congregation Agudas Achim in Bexley has launched a $1.5 million fundraising campaign to support the synagogue’s future. The campaign, titled “Makom Campaign: Creating Our Jewish Place from Generation to Generation,” will be conducted over the next three years and will “ensure the future vitality and sustainability of our beloved synagogue,” according to a March 25 news release from the shul.
Ignoring protesters, Huckabee pushes back gently on Dem challenges at Senate hearing

1 month ago | columbusjewishnews.com | Mike Wagenheim

Though he was interrupted some half a dozen times by anti-Israel protesters, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee appeared to emerge from a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing, during which Republicans embraced him and Democrats challenged him on some of his controversial positions, with few hiccups.
The Trump foreign-policy team’s real problem

1 month ago | columbusjewishnews.com | Jonathan S. Tobin

It was the gaffe that critics of the Trump administration have been praying for. However it happened, the inclusion of Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg in a group chat on the Signal App among the administration’s leading defense policymakers about an impending attack on the Houthis in Yemen, was a gob-smacking blunder of epic proportions.
Temple Israel hires new rabbi educator Josh Shapiro

1 month ago | columbusjewishnews.com | Becky Raspe

Temple Israel in Columbus has hired a new rabbi educator. Rabbi Josh Shapiro, who will be ordained this spring at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles, will begin his tenure with the temple on July 1.
Nelson E. Genshaft / Strip, Hoppers, Leithart McGrath & Terlecky Co., LPA

1 month ago | columbusjewishnews.com | Abigail Preiszig

For Nelson E. Genshaft, “delivering good results for clients has always been the most satisfying aspect” of his 45-year law career. Before he joined Strip, Hoppers, Leithart McGrath & Terlecky Co., LPA, with offices in Columbus and Dublin, Genshaft was a partner in Columbus law firms Wolman and Genshaft for eight years and Schwartz, Warren & Ramirez for 20 years, according to his website.
Block’s storefront to become Cincinnati-based Marx Bagels

1 month ago | columbusjewishnews.com | Bill Motchan

A new bagel shop is coming to the block. Block’s Hot Bagels, a Columbus fixture for 58 years, closed permanently, earlier this month, shortly after the death of founder Harold “Hal” Block. But freshly-baked kosher bagels will soon be back at 6115 McNaughten Road near Reynoldsburg come early April – as Marx Bagels. Like Block’s, Blue Ash, Ohio-based Marx Bagels has been around for five decades.
Oil’s surprising role behind Oct. 7 and the Abraham Accords

1 month ago | columbusjewishnews.com | Jonathan S. Tobin

Environmental extremism may be fashionable. But according to JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin, those who think that hostility to energy production or American energy independence won’t undermine Israel’s security and the chances for expanding the Abraham Accords are mistaken. He’s joined in this week’s episode of Think Twice by Jennifer Sutton, executive director of the Jewish Council for a Secure America.