Philissa Cramer

Philissa Cramer is the Jewish Telegraphic Agency's editor in chief. Prior to joining JTA in 2020, she was a founder and editor at Chalkbeat, the nonprofit news organization covering education. She is a graduate of Brown University.

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Dozens of US rabbinical students sign letter calling for American Jews to hold Israel accountable for its human rights abuses

By Philissa Cramer May 14, 2021 1:02 pm

Israel targets Gaza with airstrikes, artillery and tank fire, ushering in a new phase of growing conflict

By Philissa Cramer May 13, 2021 6:36 pm

Israeli security forces clash with protesters during a protest against Israel's plan to evict Palestinians from the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on May 10, 2021. Itamar Ben-Gvir, a far-right Israeli lawmaker, is at right wearing a white kippah. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Jerusalem in tumult, 9 dead in Gaza, as Israel and Hamas exchange fire

By Philissa Cramer May 10, 2021 1:38 pm

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What’s going on with French Jews right now? What to know about the Sarah Halimi case and why it matters.

By Philissa Cramer and Cnaan Liphshiz April 29, 2021 3:11 pm

Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal in a screen shot from the trailer for "Here Today."

Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish are besties who dance the hora in new film ‘Here Today’

By Philissa Cramer April 22, 2021 2:50 pm

A Boston-area high school football team used ‘Auschwitz’ and ‘rabbi’ to call plays

By Penny Schwartz and Philissa Cramer March 24, 2021 2:01 pm

After losing her father, this NY paramedic went back to work responding to COVID calls

By Philissa Cramer March 22, 2021 10:53 am

First Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in 60 years, Israeli archaeologists announce

By Philissa Cramer March 16, 2021 4:49 pm

Yaphet Kotto, ‘Homicide’ and ‘Alien’ actor who was one of the first Black Jews on screen, dies at 81

By Philissa Cramer March 16, 2021 9:14 am

What happens when Rosh Hashanah falls on the first day of school? These districts are trying to figure it out.

By Philissa Cramer March 8, 2021 12:13 pm

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