WASHINGTON (JTA) — Douglas Emhoff told a group that brings Jews and Muslims together that his history-making role as the second gentleman and as the first Jewish spouse of a president or vice president has brought him closer to Judaism.
(JTA) Comic artist Neal Adams, who passed away at age 80 in New York City on April 28, is best known for having revolutionized Batman and other iconic comic book characters for both the DC and Marvel brands.
(JNS) The alumni list of the Jewish Federations of North America’s (JFNA) National Young Leadership Cabinet reads like a “who’s who” across the Jewish world of philanthropy, politics, art and business. And many of them proudly credit their cabinet experience as defining their lifelong Jewish journey.
(JTA) – Orrin Hatch, who died Saturday at the age of 88 from complications from a stroke after a lengthy political career that made him the longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate, was a devout Mormon from Utah.
(JNS) The Biden administration held a virtual White House Passover seder on Thursday for the second year in a row.
(JNS) Deborah Lipstadt, U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominee to the position of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, was officially confirmed to the position by the U.S. Senate on March 30.
(JTA) — As the only Israeli in the National Basketball Association, Deni Avdija has not been shy about his Jewish and Israeli pride.
(JTA) — Estelle Harris, the Jewish actress who played George Costanza’s mother on the sitcom “Seinfeld,” died Saturday at the age of 93.
(New York Jewish Week) — New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a consumer alert on Friday urging Jews to be mindful of discriminatory pricing practices at car washes in the days leading up to Passover.
(JNS) Madeleine Albright, the first woman to hold the position of U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer at the age of 84.
