(JTA) — At first glance, the recent celebration outside a northern New Jersey synagogue looked a lot like a bar or bat mitzvah party. Dance music blared from the speakers, many of the men wore kippahs and there was enough food coming off...

  (JTA) — Argentine soccer icon Lionel Messi, widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, has built one of football’s most decorated careers. Throughout his illustrious career, Messi has cultivated a...

(JTA) — Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement to end fighting following weeks of negotiations brokered by the Trump administration, which had left Jerusalem out of separate talks aimed at ending the U.S.-Iran war. Secretary of State Marco...

  (JTA) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he could not endorse states that privilege one religion over another, including Israel and Saudi Arabia, during a one-on-one interview with ABC’s Jonathan Karl on Sunday. “Democratic...

  (JTA) — At least three times each school year, middle school pupils at the Oakland Hebrew Day School write divrei Torah, or essays on a Torah passage. They read a section of the Torah, come up with a series of questions and answers about...

  (JTA) — When veteran Israeli educator Meirav Seror asked her high school literature class in Beersheba how they might use artificial intelligence to study for their matriculation exam, she expected hesitation. Instead, the students...

  (JTA) — The front courtyard of the Amal high school in the western Galilee village of Yanuh Jat, with its stone terraces, flower-lined walkways and wooden bench circles, looks more like a retreat center than a typical school. Inside the...

(JTA) — TEL AVIV — A raucous crowd of football fans filled the narrow strip of grass between Tel Aviv’s music center and Bloomfield Stadium, home to the Maccabi and Hapoel Tel Aviv soccer teams. Threading their way through them toward the concert...

(New York Jewish Week) — A group of pro-Israel activists has filed a cease and desist motion in response to a prominent Brooklyn grocery store’s decision to boycott Israeli products, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency has learned. The letter was sent...

  In 1911, the chemist George de Hevesy faced an unusual problem. He suspected that the landlady of the building where he lived was saving money by serving him — and the other tenants — the same food repeatedly. When he confronted her,...

  (JTA) — For years, critics and supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alike have seen Hungary’s Viktor Orban as a model for his politics. Netanyahu long called Orban a “true friend” who consistently backed Israel...

  MEGIDDO, Israel -- The road into Megiddo runs past roads, fields and small villages in northern Israel. Low hills break up the farmland. On a bright day, it could be middle Missouri. It does not look like a place living under constant...