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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Religion

Ethiopian Israelis celebrate Sigd holiday under the shadow of war

By Philissa Cramer November 13, 2023

A haredi volunteer for the Zaka emergency response service searches through the debris in Kibbutz Be'eri, near the border with Gaza, on October 20, 2023. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel

Israel revises Oct. 7 death toll down to 1,200 as long process of identifying victims nears close

By Philissa Cramer November 12, 2023

Global

Melbourne synagogue evacuated on Shabbat as tensions over Israel-Hamas war flare in Australia

By Philissa Cramer November 12, 2023

Global

On 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht, Holocaust survivors say they feel familiar antisemitism

By Philissa Cramer November 9, 2023

Religion

Some Jewish musicians are asking Jewish critics of Israel to stop singing their songs at protests

By Philissa Cramer November 8, 2023

Religion

30 days after Oct. 7, a Jewish world wracked by grief is marking a traditional milestone of mourning

By Philissa Cramer November 5, 2023

United States

Mothers Against College Antisemitism, a new Facebook group and movement, has 42K members and counting

By Philissa Cramer November 3, 2023

Global

Police in at least 3 European countries arrest suspects for allegedly planning terror attacks tied to Israel-Hamas war

By Philissa Cramer November 1, 2023

Israel

Israel’s UN envoy says he’ll wear Nazi yellow star until other countries condemn Hamas

By Philissa Cramer October 31, 2023

Israel

Fighting underway inside Gaza as Israel says it will ‘expand’ operations but not to full extent planned

By Philissa Cramer October 27, 2023

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