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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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