Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Philissa Cramer (JTA) May 12, 2024 — Despite steep backlash including protests from other competitors, Israel’s Eden Golan placed fifth in the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night after delivering a rousing final…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) May 7, 2024 President Joe Biden aimed straight at American Jewish anxieties of the moment in a speech commemorating the Holocaust, pledging to keep alive the memory of Hamas’s…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Jessica Goldfarb, JFGC Communications Specialist As the holidays of Yom HaShoah, Yom HaZikaron, and Yom Ha’Atzmaut approach, their significance has taken on a new and profound meaning this year. Against the backdrop of…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Luke Tress, Jackie Hajdenberg Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte’s statement on campus protests nationally and closer to home can be found at the end of this post along with links to Jewish Federations…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Jacob Gurvis (JTA), April 19, 2024 — As Jews around the world read the haggadah at their seder tables every year, they encounter a passage instructing them to see themselves as if they…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA), April 15, 2024 —  Republicans and Democrats in Congress are uniting to pass a bill that would create a national coordinator of the fight against antisemitism — though it…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Noah Goldman, JFGC Israel & Global Jewry Associate The conflict between Israel and Hamas has now extended for six months—a duration not anticipated nor chosen by those involved, yet one with no clear…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Asaf Elia-Shalev (JTA) — Organizations and individuals around the world have donated at least $1.4 billion toward Israel’s recovery from the attack of Oct. 7, according to a new report published by Israel’s…

https://charlottejewishnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Beyond-the-Runway.mp3 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Shira Firestone April 2024 The inaugural Beyond the Pink Runway Breast Cancer Fundraiser, held on March 2, at Queens University of Charlotte’s Sandra Levine Theatre, was a resounding testament to the strength,…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Listen to this article https://charlottejewishnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Security-Funding-Post.mp3 By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA), March 28, 2024 — Seven major Jewish organizations that lobbied for federal security grants for synagogues and other institutions have decried $30.5 million in…