Minutes after the announcement that the bodies of six hostages had been found in the Gaza Strip, the main organization of hostage families announced that it would “stop” the country in protest.  On Sunday night, tens of thousands of people heeded...

Just over a week after the Jewish Light first reported on an incident at Nipher Middle School in the Kirkwood School District —where a Palestinian flag in a classroom sparked allegations of Holocaust denial—social...

(JTA) — Israeli swimmer Ami Dadaon won a gold medal Friday in the men’s 100-meter freestyle S4, his third career Paralympic gold medal and Israel’s second in as many days in Paris. Dadaon, 23, finished the race with a time of 1:20.25, finishing...

(JTA) — Israeli Asaf Yasur won a gold medal Thursday in taekwondo, Israel’s first medal at the Paris Paralympics. Yasur defeated Turkish opponent Ali Can Ozcan by a score of 19-12 in the gold medal match for the 58-kilogram weight class in the...

Kamala Harris did not surprise during her first sit-down televised interview with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, on Thursday evening. On all topics, she reiterated comments she has made before and emphasized that she would extend the broad...

University of Michigan security broke up a pro-Palestinian student “die-in” demonstration Wednesday and police arrested four people, in the latest sign that campus activism across the country is resuming as the fall semester begins. None of the...

If you have a Netflix account, you have most likely heard about the hit TV show “Fauda.” What you may not know is that the show’s cocreator and lead star, Lior Raz, is not only a skilled actor and screenwriter. Raz is a man of many talents....

Aug. 29, 1897 — First Zionist Congress Starts Spearheaded by “The Jewish State” author Theodor Herzl, the First Zionist Congress opens in Basel, Switzerland, for three days of meetings with roughly 200 attendees. Herzl invites Jews and non-Jews...

I'm not going to kid you, but with the St. Louis Cardinals playing so poorly, I've been searching for new shows to spend my valuable lounging time on. Recently, I've been spending a lot of time on Netflix binge-watching six seasons of "Vikings." I tell...

The police department in Melrose, Mass., said on Tuesday that it is still trying to determine the cause of a broken fence and charred Jewish tombstone at the Workmen’s Circle Cemetery on the outskirts of the city, one of several area plots owned and managed by...

Just one month after Israel’s national soccer team returned to the Olympics for the first time in nearly 50 years, the country is facing a potential ban from international competition in the world’s most popular sport. FIFA, the global soccer governing...

The federal government will spend nearly $150 million more this year than it did in 2023 to secure religious organizations, a jump aimed at addressing a rise in antisemitism since Oct. 7.  The Department of Homeland Security announced last week that...