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.

From Philissa Cramer

Religion

Hadar is ordaining its first rabbis. For now, they’ll be the only ones minted by the egalitarian yeshiva.

By Philissa Cramer June 26, 2023

Culture

‘Jeopardy!’ featured a suburban Detroit synagogue once called ‘a concrete Sinai on the shoulder of Interstate 696’

By Philissa Cramer June 21, 2023

United States

Missouri school board votes not to ban ‘Maus’ from district bookshelves following criticism

By Philissa Cramer and Andrew Lapin June 21, 2023

Israel

Tel Aviv University to remove Sackler name from medical school, weeks after family set terms of opioid settlement

By Philissa Cramer June 21, 2023

United States

FBI arrests Michigan man it says was planning attack on East Lansing synagogue

By Philissa Cramer June 19, 2023

Israel

Asaf Zamir and Maya Wertheimer, prominent Israelis heading home after years in NYC, are wed by NYC mayor Eric Adams

By Philissa Cramer June 12, 2023

Religion

An app that can generate 64,000 kosher cheesecake recipes aims to prove AI’s value for Orthodox Jews

By Philissa Cramer May 24, 2023

Culture

‘The Sims’ video game adds Jewish foods, a longtime request of Jewish players

By Philissa Cramer May 17, 2023

Culture

An airplane encounter between Noa Kirel, Israel’s Eurovision finalist, and a top Orthodox rabbi has gone viral

By Philissa Cramer May 17, 2023

Israel

Israel to invest $40 million in North American Jewish day schools

By Jackie Hajdenberg and Philissa Cramer May 16, 2023

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