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

Israel

A ‘historic’ day in Israel ends with a political compromise — and big questions about the future

By Philissa Cramer March 27, 2023

Culture

Kanye West: ‘Watching Jonah Hill in 21 Jump street made me like Jewish people again’

By Philissa Cramer March 25, 2023

Culture

This Jewish studies professor won $60,000 on ‘Jeopardy!’ — despite missing out on a question about Yom Kippur

By Philissa Cramer March 24, 2023

An employee of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, right, hands out an aid package to a Jewish woman in Kharkiv, Ukraine during the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. (Courtesy of JDC)

Israel

Far-right Israeli minister finds enemy in JDC, the mainstream American Jewish aid group

By Philissa Cramer March 17, 2023

Israel

Pro-Israel stalwarts Miriam Adelson and Noa Tishby join chorus condemning judicial reforms as protests enter 10th week

By Philissa Cramer March 12, 2023

Culture

Chaim Topol, Israeli actor who played Tevye in 1971 ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ film, dies at 87

By Philissa Cramer March 9, 2023

Obituaries

Judy Heumann, Jewish disability advocate who spurred a movement, dies at 75

By Philissa Cramer March 5, 2023

United States

Planned ‘Day of Hate’ against Jews passes by with packed synagogues and no violence

By Philissa Cramer February 26, 2023

Israel

US Reform rabbis join monthly Women of the Wall protest that recent proposed legislation would have barred

By Philissa Cramer February 22, 2023

United States

Neo-Nazis rally outside Broadway preview of ‘Parade,’ about an antisemitic murder

By Philissa Cramer February 22, 2023

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