Three student teams from San Diego Jewish Academy have advanced past the first round of applications for the internationally recognized Diamond Challenge, one ...
(JTA) — Lizzi Heydemann didn’t plan what she was going to say to Pope Leo XIV. But when the Chicago rabbi found herself face-to-face with the new pontiff during a Vatican visit alongside a delegation of Chicago leaders, she thanked him for the way he has spoken about the war in Gaza. “I said, you... […]
(JTA) — Amir Tibon’s memoir about his family’s ordeal during the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and Laura Hobson Faure’s history of Jewish children who fled from Germany to France during World War II are among the finalists for the 2026 Sami Rohr Prize. The annual award — which alternates each year between works of... […]