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Justin Wolfe, left, and AJ Solomon grew up with well-off Southern New Jersey families. Both became addicted to heroin. (Courtesy photos)
The opioid epidemic
Two friends share opiate nightmare
By Joshua Needelman
Justin Wolf and AJ Solomon, a pair of Jewish kids with well-off parents and strong support systems, bonded over an all-consuming craving that altered their minds and lives.
Dan Frankel announces $600k in grants
By Chronicle Staff
Seth Klarman in Sun Valley, Calif. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
October 12, 2018, 12:41 pm
Billionaires love Israel, hate Trump, the president who’s been closest to Israel
By Ron Kampeas JTA
Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff, executive director of the Jewish Deaf Foundation (JDF) and director of Chabad of the Deaf Community in Israel, works with a student. (Photo courtesy of JDF)
October 5, 2018, 10:18 am
Rabbi works to make Jewish life more accessible for deaf community
For the High Holidays this year, one rabbi who has been deaf from birth created a prayer experience where "people don't feel deaf."
By Howard Blas | JNS
(Photo from public domain)
September 27, 2018, 6:09 pm
Dan Frankel announces $600k in grants
The grants would help fund a gateway revitalization project and boost recreation for Pittsburgh area residents
By Chronicle Staff
Justin Wolfe, left, and AJ Solomon grew up with well-off Southern New Jersey families. Both became addicted to heroin. (Courtesy photos)
September 27, 2018, 5:56 pm
Two friends share opiate nightmare
Justin Wolf and AJ Solomon, a pair of Jewish kids with well-off parents and strong support systems, bonded over an all-consuming craving that altered their minds and lives.
By Joshua Needelman
Elena Kagan, left, speaks with journalist Dahlia Lithwick at the Hannah Senesh Community Day School in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Photo by Matthew Sussman for Hannah Senesh Community Day School)
September 27, 2018, 5:42 pm
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan says she had ‘very strange Jewish upbringing’
Kagan said she loved attending Hebrew school but hit a snag when she realized her modern Orthodox synagogue had not allowed a girl to have a bat mitzvah ceremony.
By Josefin Dolsten JTA
The preteen chefs were required to create an appetizer, a main dish and a dessert in three 30-minute rounds and to include four random, pre-selected ingredients per course. (Photo from public domain)
September 21, 2018, 9:09 am
Orthodox teen wins ‘Chopped’
Rachel Goldzal, 13, of Staten Island, is the first kosher champion in the show’s history, which includes more than 450 episodes.
By JTA Reports
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, with wife Amy, announces that he will not seek a third term at a City Hall news conference. (Photo by Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images)
September 21, 2018, 9:09 am
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel will leave a city divided about his legacy
While some say he improved economic development and infrastructure, others argue he gutted the school system and ignored racial discrimination in the city and police department.
By Ben Sales JTA
Rabbi Rachel Cowan, diagnosed with brain cancer, released a video with a message for Congress in August 2017. (Photo screenshot of video, courtesy of JTA)
September 14, 2018, 8:56 am
‘A Spiritual Midwife to a Generation of Seekers’
Rabbi Rachel Cowan is remembered as ‘a powerhouse of Jewish activism’ who sought out goodness and ‘lived her word.’
By Sandee Brawarsky | New York Jewish Week
Michael Steinhardt, best known as the founder of Birthright, in New York, April 12, 2012. (Photo by Scott Eells/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
September 14, 2018, 8:55 am
Hillel Investigating Allegations Against Major Philanthropist
Claims of unwelcome sexual remarks to women Hillel employees by Michael Steinhardt; accusations by other women, to which he responds.
By Hannah Dreyfus | New York Jewish Week
Temple Anshe Hesed in Erie, Pa., formed a Judaica Committee to make decisions about what to keep as it moved to a smaller synagogue. (Photo by Alanna Cooper)
September 13, 2018, 4:35 pm
When an old synagogue downsizes, what do you do with all its stuff?
This synagogue in Erie followed the same pattern as many others in Rust Belt cities -- as the population declines, many congregations merge, shut down or downsize.
By Alanna E. Cooper | JTA
The Tufts University campus in suburban Boston has more than 5,500 undergraduates and 6,000 graduate students. (Photo by David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
September 13, 2018, 4:34 pm
Tufts students say ‘Colonizing Palestine’ class demonizes Israel
Pro-Israel groups argue the class is one-sided, pointing largely to the course description which says Israel "illegally occupies Palestine."
By Penny Schwartz | JTA
A man wears a kippah at a gathering in Berlin to protest anti-Semitism. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
September 7, 2018, 4:51 pm
Nearly half of US Jews don’t identify with organized religion, study finds
More than one in five, however, are considered “Sunday stalwarts:" those who “actively practice their faith, but they also are deeply involved in their religious congregations.”
By JTA Reports
Empire chicken has been responsible for a salmonella outbreak, but no recall has been ordered. (Photo via www.empirekosher.com)
September 7, 2018, 4:50 pm
1 dead, 17 sick from salmonella in Empire chicken
The outbreak of the food-borne infection in the leading kosher chicken seller has shown up in Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
By JTA Reports
This building in suburban Boston has been the home of Hebrew College since 2002. (Photo courtesy of Hebrew College)
September 7, 2018, 4:45 pm
Boston’s Hebrew College sells its campus to shore up its future
The move will allow the nearly century-old educational institution in suburban Boston to shed its burdensome debt.
By Penny Schwartz | JTA
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro addresses a Stand Against Hate rally at Independence Mall in Philadelphia, March 2, 2017. (Photo by Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images)
August 30, 2018, 5:19 pm
Josh Shapiro is leading the charge against Catholic clergy abuse in Pennsylvania
As the national and even global spotlight has swung his way, Shapiro spends his time at the Jewish day school giving lectures or watching his kids play soccer and basketball.
By Ben Sales
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