Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) is a global news organization and wire service that caters to Jewish community newspapers and media worldwide. Their website features a list of 88 subscribing outlets.

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These New Yorkers were in Israel when the war with Iran began. Here's how they made it home. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

3 days ago | jta.org | Rachel Ringler

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On Sunday, June 8, New York City-based comedian Judy Gold flew to Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport. It was her second trip to Israel since Hamas invaded the country on Oct. 7, 2023, and this time, she was invited to a “Pride mission”organized by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Gold had been invited on the mission by Sarah Milgrim, an Israeli embassy staffer who was murdered in an antisemitic attack in Washington last month.
In national address, Trump threatens more attacks on Iran 'if peace does not come quickly'

6 days ago | jta.org | Philissa Cramer

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... President Donald Trump said he hoped there would be no need for more strikes like the ones he ordered late Saturday on Iran’s nuclear sites — but he said he was prepared to act again if needed. In a four-minute address broadcast from the White House, Trump called the U.S. bombing of three nuclear sites in Iran “a spectacular military success” and said they were essential for curbing the danger posed by the Iranian regime.
Journalist board of Shtetl, news site covering haredi Orthodoxy, resigns after founder renounces mission

1 week ago | jta.org | Philissa Cramer

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The three journalists who comprised the board of a news site founded to provide accountability in Orthodox Jewish communities have resigned en masse after learning that the site’s founder had renounced the mission. Larry Cohler-Esses, Adelle Goldenberg and Ari Goldman submitted their resignation from the board of Shtetl on Thursday in a letter to founder and CEO Naftuli Moster.
'The price to pay for attacking Iran has dramatically dropped': Yaakov Katz on the war so far

1 week ago | jta.org | Philissa Cramer

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Why did Israel attack Iran now? Is Israel trying to force regime change, or just end Iran’s nuclear program? And how is Israel able to assassinate Iranian officials with pinpoint accuracy while struggling to defeat a more ragtag foe closer to home? We posed these questions and more to Yaakov Katz, the former editor of the Jerusalem Post, the host of “The Jewish People’s Podcast” and the author of “Israel vs.
Israel pounds Tehran as Trump promises something 'much bigger' than ceasefire

1 week ago | jta.org | Philissa Cramer

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Israeli forces continued striking targets in Tehran on Tuesday, the fifth day of Israel’s attack on Iran’s nuclear program and the regime committed to developing nuclear weapons. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an international resolution in support of deescalation on Monday, after initially indicating that he might not.
Israel strikes Iran, against Trump's urging, and warns Israelis to expect counterattack

2 weeks ago | jta.org | Philissa Cramer

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... This is a developing story and will be updated. Israel announced that it has conducted a military strike on Iran and has warned Israelis to prepare for a potential counterattack. “Following the State of Israel’s preemptive strike against Iran, a missile and drone attack against the State of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the immediate future,” Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a statement.
A Jewish bridge builder’s burial, 15 years late: The strange afterlife of Lawrence Rubin

2 weeks ago | jta.org | Andrew Lapin

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... PETOSKEY, Michigan — The cemetery of this northern resort community, with a view of the glimmering waters of Little Traverse Bay, has a small Jewish section. On a recent Wednesday afternoon, the funeral being held here was the talk of the town. A gold box holding the ashes of Lawrence Rubin sat, on a plain white tray, next to an embossed gold medallion commemorating the great civic engineering achievement of Rubin’s life.
I joined the crowds for Boulder's Run for Their Lives on Sunday. I'm worried about next week.

2 weeks ago | jta.org | Susanna Speier

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... BOULDER, Colorado — I noticed the overcast sky immediately but didn’t see the drones above my head until they were mentioned by someone else. Drones were hovering between Star Wars-style speeder-bike moves and others were tethered to rooftops and high enough to capture the full expanse of a college town nestled into the edge of the Flatiron Mountain Range.
When it comes to Jewish events in NYC, there's a new theory: Go big or go home - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

2 weeks ago | jta.org | Rachel Ringler

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When thousands of hungry Jews descend on Governor Island later this month for what organizers are calling “The Great Nosh,” they won’t just be filling their bellies with innovative dishes by buzzy chefs. They’ll also be joining a new trend in bigger-is-better Jewish events that is sweeping New York City.
NYC’s first-ever month-long celebration of Sephardic Jewish culture is now underway - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

3 weeks ago | jta.org | Jackie Hajdenberg

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... New York City’s first-ever month-long festival celebrating Sephardic Jewish cultural achievements opens on Thursday. New York’s Festival Sefarad — which is inspired by the Festival Séfarad de Montréal, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last month — will include robust programming with more than 40 events, including Shabbat dinners, book talks, tours, workshops, films and concerts.