PHILISSA CRAMER
Singer and influencer Montana Tucker arrives for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 4, 2024, wearing a dress with a yellow ribbon meant to call attention to the Israeli hostages in Gaza. (JTA: Photo by Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images)
February 6, 2024, 12:15 am
Montana Tucker wears yellow-ribbon, Recording Academy CEO pays tribute to Nova victims at 2024 Grammys
“Music must be our safe space. When that’s violated, it strikes at the very core of who we are,” says CEO of the Recording Academy, Harvey Mason Jr.
By PHILISSA CRAMER
J. Smith-Cameron at the 81st Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 7, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (JTA: Gilbert Flores/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty Images)
January 8, 2024, 1:11 pm
Why Golden Globes attendees wore yellow ribbon pins to the 2024 awards ceremony
Yellow ribbons are a longstanding symbol of readiness to welcome home prisoners or hostages.
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Demonstrators carry a banner reading "Against antisemitism, racism and the extreme right" during a rally at the Square des Martyrs Juifs in Paris, Nov. 12, 2023. (The Times of Israel: Michel Stoupak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
November 14, 2023, 12:36 pm
Mass rallies in France to oppose antisemitism
Mass rallies in France to oppose antisemitism contrast with wave of pro-Palestinian marches worldwide.
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Participants in a ceremony in Jerusalem tied to shloshim, the 30-day mark after a Jewish death, light memorial candles on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. (Screenshot)
November 7, 2023, 9:00 am
A traditional milestone of mourning
30 days after Oct. 7, a Jewish world wracked by grief is marking a traditional milestone of mourning.
By PHILISSA CRAMER
The new stamp. Photo: USPS
October 5, 2023, 9:14 am
USPS releases RBG stamp
The stamp shows Ginsburg wearing her black judge's robe and signature white collar.
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Writer/director/executive producer Greta Gerwig poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film Barbie, in London. Photo: Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP
July 30, 2023, 5:20 pm
Barbie director wants you to feel like it’s Shabbat
Gerwig is winning acclaim for transforming Barbie from a stagnant symbol of capitalism and women's oppression into a canvas for exploring self-discovery, through an accidental jaunt from the toy world into the real one.
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Author and Rabbi Harold Kushner is pictured with his best-selling book, When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Photo: Ron Bull/Toronto Star via Getty Images
May 1, 2023, 3:46 pm
Rabbi Harold Kushner, whose works of practical theology were best-sellers, dies at 88
'He reached everybody’s heart. It wasn’t just the Jewish heart. He reached the heart of every human being'
By Ben Harris and PHILISSA CRAMER
Al Jaffee speaks during an event at New York Comic Con in 2017. Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Mad Magazine
April 20, 2023, 11:26 am
Al Jaffee of Mad Magazine fame dies, aged 102
Al Jaffee died nine decades after returning from Lithuania and less than three years after the iconic cartoonist retired from Mad.
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Bob Iger, bottom left, and Doja Cat, bottom right, are among the Jewish entrants on Time Magazine's 100 most influential people list for 2023. Photo: Time
April 17, 2023, 1:38 pm
Jews make Time’s 2023 Most Influential list
The magazine’s annual list includes politicians, business titans, artists and innovators from around the world, from President Joe Biden to a YouTube sensation with 145 million subscribers.
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Kanye West. Photo: AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
March 29, 2023, 10:43 am
Kanye announces he is now a fan of Jewish people
"Watching Jonah Hill in 21 Jump street made me like Jewish people again," Kanye West said on Instagram.
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Security cameras hang across the street from the Park East Synagogue in New York City. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
March 2, 2023, 12:24 pm
Planned ‘Day of Hate’ a fizzer
Day passes by with packed synagogues and no violence.
By PHILISSA CRAMER
A panel discussion at the JFNA General Assembly in Chicago on October 30, 2022. (Jewish Federations of North America)
November 3, 2022, 12:58 pm
President Herzog: Vote should be ‘respected’
'The results may or may not be to your liking, but the vote of the Israeli people should be respected.'
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Julia Haart and her family compete on Celebrity Family Feud, hosted by comedian Steve Harvey. Photo: ABC/Christopher Willard
August 16, 2022, 1:00 pm
Winning ‘Celebrity Family Feud’
The Haart family from My Unorthodox Life family recently won $25,000 for anti-child marriage group on Celebrity Family Feud.
By PHILISSA CRAMER
A Ukrainian soldier named Alex keeps Golda Meir's biography in his backpack. Photo: Screenshot from Twitter
March 16, 2022, 10:22 am
Jewish leaders inspiring Ukrainians
Former Israeli prime minister Golda Meir is a hero to Ukrainians in the fight against Russia
By PHILISSA CRAMER
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