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

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

Obituaries

Richard Belzer, eminently recognizable Jewish comedian and character actor, dies at 78

By Philissa Cramer February 20, 2023

Sports

Yeshiva U basketball team forfeits crucial game, citing inadequate warmup time after Shabbat

By Philissa Cramer February 19, 2023

Israel

‘Mind your own business,’ Israel’s Diaspora minister tells US ambassador about judicial reform urging

By Philissa Cramer February 19, 2023

Culture

American Jews created historic summer camps. Or did summer camps create American Jews?

By Philissa Cramer February 17, 2023

Israel

Mass protest in Jerusalem as Knesset advances judicial reforms over widespread objections

By Philissa Cramer February 13, 2023

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