On this episode of Up Close, we hear directly from a woman “chained” in her marriage and whose husband is now marrying someone else. Lonna Kin has been trying for ten years to get a Jewish divorce, or get, from…
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Viewing King David as a Real Historical Figure
It’s The Jewish Channel’s brand-new show, Up Close. News anchor Steven I. Weiss goes in-depth on the issues with interviews and small panels. On this first episode, we explore historical leaders Thomas Jefferson and the Biblical figure of King David.…
Did Anti-Jewish Hate Crimes Really Drop Last Year, Or is Something Else Going On?
Latest hate crime stats show Jews as most victimized; details of former Israeli Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger’s alleged crimes revealed; Lihi Lapid, Israeli journalist and wife of Israel’s finance minister Lihi Lapid talks about her novel “Woman of Valor” and…
About Those Iran Nuclear Negotiaions… And All the Treats of Thanksgivukkah
Thanksgivukkah treats to light, wear and eat (product info here); Israel provides aid to the Philippines; New Jersey’s second-largest city has a 36-year-old mayor and he’s Jewish; former Israeli Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger indicted on fraud charges; Newsweek senior editor…
Dr. Ruth Answers The Jewish Channel Viewers on Sex
The U.S. agenda for Israeli-Palestinian peace; Comic artist Art Spiegelman (Maus) gets a retrospective at The Jewish Museum; Dr. Ruth Westheimer vistis TJC’s “The Salon”; the editors of Kaddish: Women’s Voices share their experiences; and more.
Turning Rambam & Solomon Schechter Into Fictional Characters
Obama’s latest directive on Iran; Paula Abdul’s bat mitzvah in Israel; a new film in Yiddish, “The Pin,” opens in NY and LA; the doors of the Cairo Geniza come to NY; “The Model Apartment” gets an Off-Broadway revival; author…
Why Did a Jewish Organization Give Michael Bloomberg $1 Million?
The Fight for the Life of Young Idan Zablocki; Interview With NYC Republican Mayoral Candidate Joe Lhota
A young couple, Amanda and Akiva Zablocki, fight for the life of their child, Idan, and you can help at YouCaring.com; NYC Republican Mayoral candidate Joe Lhota’s sits down for an interview with TJC; Met Council hires a new CEO;…
Scandal Rocks Jewish Anti-Poverty Organization; Leading NYC Mayoral Candidates on Circumcision Controversy, Affordable Housing for Ultra-Orthodox
Scandal rocks one of the Jewish world’s biggest charities as the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty’s CEO William Rapfogel leaves the organization over financial malpractices, NYC mayoral candidates Christine Quinn and Bill Thomspon chat about the issues with TJC, Israeli…
Peace Talks Get Started, and What’s Kosher at the Fancy Food Show
Peace talks begin, vigilante justice for an alleged child molester in Israel, kosher food goes fancy with Jewish food expert Gil Marks, and the history of Borscht Belt comedy is explored in the documentary “When Comedy Went to School.”
The Internet Project That Could Change Jewish Learning Forever
Reactions to the news of renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks; Israeli quilt artist Maya Haimovich comes to America; one-man show “Buyer and Cellar,” starring Michael Urie, takes the audience inside Barbra Streisand’s home; and co-creator of Sefaria.org, Joshua Foer, talks about…
The Protest Against Brooklyn DA’s Office for Sam Kellner
Protest supporting Sam Kellner, anti-sex abuse advocate in the ultra-Orthodox community; Israel attacks Syrian arms site; a new documentary by director Arik Bernstein tells Israeli history through home movies; the 26-year-old, award-winning author of The People of Forever Are Not…
There’s a New President of Iran: What are His Nuclear Ambitions?
New Iranian president; Jewish comedian Bruce Vilanch takes the stage; Texas-style barbecue goes kosher with the Hakadosh BBQ food truck; Yiddish is revived through performance and a new documentary, “Yiddish: A Tale of Survival.”
How the Lack of Ultra-Orthodox Representation in Israel’s New Government Is Changing Things in the Jewish State
New Israeli law gives women a voice in choosing rabbinic court judges; more protest over drafting the ultra-Orthodox into the IDF; a new documentary spotlights the Jews of Nigeria; autistic children get to shine onstage, and more!
A Legendary Jewish U.S. Senator Dies at 89
The Fight Over Drafting the Ultra-Orthodox Into the Israeli Army
The ultra-Orthodox draft begins in Israel; the Oakland Athletics’ Nate Freiman and others share what it’s like to be a Jewish major leaguer; the Gesher Theater brings “Enemies: A Love Story” to the stage; and more.
Israel Now in Outright Military Conflict With Syria’s Assad
Latest developments in the escalating conflict between Israel and Syria; Slate’s “Dear Prudence” columnist, Emily Yoffe, discusses Jewish influences on her approach to giving advice; stars shvitz and plotz their way through the Drama Desk Awards; and late Jewish artist…
First Legal Women’s Prayer Service at the Western Wall in Decades
Protest gets violent at Women of the Wall’s first prayer service at the Kotel after landmark court decision; will conflict escalate in the Middle East after Israel’s strike on Syria?; Meredith Ganzman speaks to Jewish celebs at the Drama Desk…
Israel Increasingly Ensnared in Syrian Civil War
Reactions to Israel’s strike of Syria; Jewish community unites against sex trafficking; Jewish billionaire-philanthropist Michael Steinhardt auctions off Judaica collection at Sotheby’s; and The Acting Company turns 40; and novelist Maggie Anton sits down for an interview about her new…
Women’s Prayer Services Now Legal at the Western Wall
New court decision for women at the Western Wall; progress toward Israeli-Palestinian peace, via the Arab League; Israeli designer Elie Tahari’s unlikely journey to the heights of the fashion world; author Rachel Shukert on “Starstruck,” her young adult novel set…
Investigation Reveals Second Questionable Identity With Connections to Broyde’s Scholarship
A new TJC News investigation reveals another questionable identity associated with Judaic and legal scholar Rabbi Michael Broyde; a profile of formerly blacklisted screenwriter Walter Bernstein; Yiddish theater goes to the circus in the Folksbiene’s “The Megile of Itsik Manger”;…
How President Barack Obama’s Visit to Israel Continues to Have Impact
The aftermath of Obama’s visit to Israel; mezuzah burnings in Brooklyn; and actor Shia LaBeouf talks about “The Company You Keep,” his Passover practices, and working with Robert Redford.
Is The Catholic Church’s New Pope, Francis I, Good for the Jews?
Pope Francis I’s relationship with the Jewish community, a new exhibit explores the impact of the Civil War on American Jews, world-famous cupcakes fit for Passover, and more of this week’s Jewish news.
Your New Israeli Government, and What it Means for the Ultra-Orthodox
Netanyahu forms a new coalition government — without the ultra-Orthodox; three female members of Knesset break the law for a cause by praying with prayer shawls at the Western Wall; in America, Jewish women get awarded for “making trouble” by…
Is Netanyahu Losing His Chance To Lead Israel for Four More Years?
What VP Joe Biden had to say at the AIPAC Policy Conference; can Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet the extended deadline to form a coalition government?; American and Israeli teens come together in song for the 20th anniversary of…