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Congregation Tifereth Israel is a Historic Synagogue on the North Fork in Greenport. It is an egalitarian, inclusive, Conservative synagogue committed to strengthening Jewish values, learning and spiritual well-being as well as building a close, warm and supportive community for all who wish to join.

Three Top University Presidents Testify About Antisemitism On Campus

Penn President Resigns After Remarks At Congressional Hearing Liz Magill, president of the University of Pennsylvania, resigned on Dec. 9, four days after her response to a question about antisemitism posed to her and two other university presidents at a congressional hearing on Dec. 5. Her response angered many Jewish students, alumni and donors, and drew rebukes from Congress and the state’s Jewish governor. Magill was the first college president to resign after protests and [...]

Three Top University Presidents Testify About Antisemitism On Campus2024-01-02T16:04:02-05:00

Nationwide Swatting Spree Targets Nearly 200 Jewish Shuls, Institutions

A nationwide swatting spree [generating a law enforcement response under false pretenses] targeting nearly 200 synagogues and Jewish institutions over the weekend of Dec. 15 and 16 appears to have been a coordinated effort by an entity based outside the United States, FBI spokesman Cathy Milhoan said in a memo to law enforcement agencies. A record number of incidents and false bomb threats were tracked by the Secure Community Network across multiple states, including California, [...]

Nationwide Swatting Spree Targets Nearly 200 Jewish Shuls, Institutions2024-01-02T16:02:44-05:00

Zvika Klein

Zvika Klein has been named the new chief editor of the Jerusalem Post, succeeding Avi Mayer. Klein has been the newspaper’s Diaspora Affairs correspondent and deputy editor-in-chief. Previously, Klein, an Israeli-American, had been for 10 years the Diaspora Affairs reporter for the Makor Rishon newspaper.

Zvika Klein2024-01-02T16:00:16-05:00

Miriam Adelson

Miriam Adelson, one of the richest women in the world, sold $2 billion in stock in the Las Vegas Sands Corp, the casino company her late husband built, to buy the Dallas Mavericks basketball team. Even after the sale, which is pending approval by the NBA board of governors, she will remain the majority stockholder of the casino company, retaining 51.3% of company shares. The $3.5 billion purchase from team owner Mark Cuban would make [...]

Miriam Adelson2024-01-02T15:59:44-05:00

Sylvan Adams

Canadian-Israeli businessman Sylvan Adams has donated $100 million to Ben-Gurion University as part of an effort to rebuild the south, following the devastating Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, university officials announced at a benefit gala in Toronto on Dec. 3. Adams, a real estate magnate who moved to Israel in 2015, is perhaps best known for his support of cycling in Israel. He established the country’s first cycling institute, created an eponymous commuter bike path [...]

Sylvan Adams2024-01-02T15:59:05-05:00

Henry Kissinger

Former U.S. Secretary of State and national security advisor Henry Kissinger, arguably one of the most influential and also controversial foreign policy figures of our time, died Nov. 29 at the age of 100. His policies and strategies under former Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford brought widespread attention, both positive and negative, that changed the course of American history. Kissinger received the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to arrange the end of U.S. military [...]

Henry Kissinger2024-01-02T15:58:14-05:00

Norman Lear

Writer-producer Norman Lear, who revolutionized American comedy with such daring and immensely popular early-‘70s sitcoms as “All in the Family” and “Sanford and Son,” died Dec. 5 in his home in Los Angeles. He was 101. Lear’s shows were the first to address the serious political cultural and social flashpoints of the day — racism, abortion, homosexuality, the Vietnam War — by working new wrinkles into the standard domestic comedy formula. No subject was taboo. [...]

Norman Lear2024-01-02T15:57:38-05:00

Frances Sternhagen

Frances Sternhagen, the Tony Award-winning actress who played leading roles in stage productions of “Driving Miss Daisy” and “On Golden Pond” as formidable older women when she was so young that she had to wear aging makeup, died on Dec. 4 in New Rochelle, NY. She was 93. Miss Sternhagen won Tonys as featured actress in a play for her performances in two widely diverse productions. In a 1995 Broadway revival of “The Heiress,” based [...]

Frances Sternhagen2024-01-02T15:57:07-05:00

Suzanne Shepherd

Suzanne Shepherd, an influential New York acting teacher who found success in midlife as a character actress, including memorable turns as the mothers of Edie Falco’s character on “The Sopranos” and Lorraine Bracco’s character in “Goodfellas,” died on Nov. 17 at her home in Manhattan. She was 89. After establishing herself as a stage actress and director, Ms. Shepherd became well known as an acting instructor — her students included Gregory Hines, Bebe Neuwirth and [...]

Suzanne Shepherd2024-01-02T15:56:29-05:00

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