Ken Rosenthal, who opened a bakery café near St. Louis, with sourdough bread as its star, and built it into a small chain that would become Panera Bread, died on Feb. 14 at his home in Scottsdale, AZ. He was 81. Mr. Rosenthal’s detour from selling women’s dresses to selling baked goods proved a smart one. From 1987 to 1993, he and his three partners expanded the first café into a chain of 20 stores [...]
Danielle Sassoon, serving as the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, met with Emil Bove, the Justice Department official who ordered her to drop the case against New York City mayor Eric Adams, the center of a quid pro quo scheme in which for dropping corruption charges against him, he would enforce the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Sassoon refused and resigned her position. In her letter of resignation, she said the [...]
Alex Bregman, the third-baseman who wore a Star of David on his cap following the Oct. 7 attacks, reportedly signed with the Boston Red Sox in a $100 million deal. It makes him the top-earning Jewish player in baseball history.
Scarlett Johansson condemned a viral AI-generated video that used her likeness and those of other Jewish celebrities to depict them giving the middle finger to Kanye West. “I am a Jewish woman who has no tolerance for antisemitism,” she said, but warned, “We must call out the misuse of A.I., no matter the messaging, or we risk losing a hold on reality.” (People Magazine)
The white cars moved slowly, their cargo of coffins unbearably heavy, their silence loud. Inside, the bodies of Shiri Bibas and her two small sons, Ariel and Kfir; also Oded Lifshitz, a retired journalist — all hostages stolen from their homes on Oct. 7, returned in death. The convoy drove past Nir Oz, the kibbutz from which they had been taken. Crowds lined the road as the cars passed — somber, standing with Israeli flags [...]
Leo Geyer, a British musician and Oxford University doctoral candidate, has spent eight years studying the music written and played at Auschwitz. The orchestras, made up of inmates, were ordered to play marching tunes at camp events. Geyer’s discoveries comprise 210 fragments, some complete scores. Geyer came upon the forgotten manuscripts by chance in 2015 when he first visited Auschwitz while working on a commemorative piece of music to honor the late Sir Martin Gilbert, [...]
A full-scale replica of the secret annex where Anne Frank penned her famous diary opened in New York City on Jan. 27 as the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The exhibit at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan represents the first time the annex has been completely recreated outside of Amsterdam, where the space is a central part of the Anne Frank House museum. While the original annex has been intentionally left [...]
Nearly 200 Columbia University faculty members sent a letter to the school’s interim president, urging stronger safety measures for Jewish students. (Columbia Spectator) Boston University rejected a proposal from Students for Justice in Palestine to divest from Israel. “The endowment is no longer the vehicle for political debate,” the school’s president said. (Algemeiner) A Massachusetts middle school student performed a Nazi salute in class, prompting the principal to assure parents that “appropriate action would [...]
When millions of Yiddish-speaking Eastern European Jews perished in the Holocaust, their stories, culture, and way of life were wiped out. One survivor, the novelist Chaim Grade, made it his life’s mission to keep their memory alive. In scores of stories, poems and novels, Grade faithfully recreated the world he lost in pre-war Europe, vividly reimagining his formative years in Vilna and the yeshivas he attended. After his death, his wife Ina Hecker kept his [...]
Tikkun Olam Seeks Volunteers To Help With Charitable Projects Rabbi Suzan Lipson Leads Event Focused On Fruits, Nuts And Wine The shul’s first Tu B’Shevat Seder for Women brought together dozens of members and guests to explore the holiday focused on trees coming to life after a cold winter. The seder plate for this holiday featured fruits, nuts and red and white wines in varying proportions to illustrate life-giving properties. The [...]
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