Barbra Streisand, actor, director, entertainer, writer and activist, will receive the 10th anniversary Genesis Prize in a ceremony in Los Angeles in October. The Genesis Prize honors Jewish people who have distinguished themselves in their chosen fields and for the benefit of Jewish causes and the State of Israel. Stan Polovets, founder and chairman of the Genesis Prize Foundation, cited Ms. Streisand as “one of the world’s most beloved and admired performers.” She has delighted [...]

Three Jewish candidates have announced runs for the U.S. House of Representatives seat currently held by Rep. George Santos, the Republican congressman arrested on 13 federal criminal charges connected to accusations that he misled donors and misrepresented his finances to the public and to government agencies. Santos, who represents New York’s 3rd Congressional District, which covers parts of Queens and Long Island, also falsely claimed to be Jewish, and spread a series of other falsehoods [...]

The 2023 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish literature is awarded to Iddo Gefen for Jerusalem Beach, a book of short stories that draws on the Israeli writer’s personal background as a neurocognitive researcher. Also honored is the book’s English translator, Daniella Zamir, the first time the prize committee has honored a translator, a sign that the prize is expanding to include non-English-language works. Gefen is a PhD student at Columbia University, researching how storytelling [...]