Miscellaneous Features

Jewish Online Resources 12/2/22

By Reporter staff

A variety of Jewish groups are offering educational and recreational online resources. Below is a sampling of those. The Reporter will publish additional listings as they become available. 

The Museum of Jewish Heritage will hold the New York Jewish Book Festival on Sund…

Play Ball: Jewish baseball roundup 2022

By Bill Simons 

Baseball 2022 featured a robust Jewish presence. Over a dozen Jewish players notched Major League Baseball roster spots, and most committed to joining Team Israel for the March 2023 World Baseball Classic. Two Jews received All-Star Game invitations. For the first time, thr…

Honor Flight honors Elsie Doetsch

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman

Elsie Doetsch resisted going on an Honor Flight for years. The flights, sponsored locally by Twin Tiers Honor Flight, transport veterans to Washington, DC, to honor their service, allowing them to visit memorials and reflect on their time in the armed services at no…

50th Anniversary: "Stones"

By Marc S. Goldberg

I arrived to edit The Reporter in 1981, right out of journalism school, with fresh ideals and ideas on how to grow the newspaper.

Three milestones stand out when I think back over my 19 years editing The Reporter: changing the style and tone of the newspaper, creating a…

50th Anniversary: "Jewish–community–newspaper"

By Judith S. Huober

Jewish. Community. Newspaper: My recollections of my tenure at The Reporter involve progress and struggle in these areas, which together combine to describe our mission and our very identity. Indeed, I recall much progress, and much struggle, in what was in some ways a t…