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(JTA) — Captain Bill Pinkney, a Jewish sailor who became the first African American to sail around the world solo, died Thursday. He was 87 and had suffered a fall.

Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein describes a return to the Chautauqua Institution one year after the stabbing of author Salman Rushdie.

In June, the Biden administration released its "National Strategy for Countering Antisemitism." Crafted in part with the help of groups that promote antisemitism, such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations, it should come as no surprise that the policy was moribund at birth and dodged the difficult issues, such as offering an appropriate definition of the term itself.

‘He instilled in all of us such a sense of responsibility to the Jewish community,’ his grandson tells eJewishPhilanthropy

Congregation Bonai Shalom is thrilled to announce that we have received a Torah from the Pinchas Synagogue in Prague, Czech Republic!

Wednesday, July 26

Alliance for Nonprofit Resources and UPMC Chautauqua are excited to announce the recipients of YWCA Jamestown 2023 Women of Achievement. This annual event reco

Alliance for Nonprofit Resources and UPMC Chautauqua are excited to announce the recipients of YWCA Jamestown 2023 Women of Achievement. This annual event reco

The senator from Missouri is spreading misinformation about the past in order to put a Christian nationalist spin on the present.

"For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support." George Washington, "Letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, RI"