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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shares with former President Donald Trump his autobiography at Trump's estate, Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, July 26, 2024. (Amos Ben-Gershom, Israel Government Press Office)

‘History’s greatest comeback’: Netanyahu congratulates Trump

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished November 6, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered enthusiastic congratulations to President-elect Donald Trump, saying his victory heralds a “powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America.” “Dear Donald and Melania Trump,...

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump holds a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Oct. 27, 2024. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump retakes presidency, heralding new era for the United States, its Jews and its relationship with Israel

Ron Kampeas, Ben Sales, JTAPublished November 5, 2024

WASHINGTON — As midnight arrived on the East Coast, it appeared increasingly likely that Donald Trump would retake the presidency — a victory that would reshape the United States and that could change its relationship with Israel.  By the beginning...

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, left, chats with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in the Pentagon, June 25, 2024. (Ariel Herman)

Israeli defense minister Gallant, fired

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished November 5, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, saying he no longer trusted him, a drastic step while Israel is fighting on multiple fronts, faces domestic political turmoil and is contending with regional and global...

Jewish Comedian Alex Edelman to Star in New ‘The Office’ Reboot set in Midwest

Jewish Comedian Alex Edelman to Star in New ‘The Office’ Reboot set in Midwest

By Lior Zaltzman, KvellerPublished November 4, 2024

Could “The Office” finally get its first openly Jewish character?! For those of you confused about why “The Office,” which stopped airing way back in 2013, could get any new characters at all, you might have missed the news that the hit sitcom,...

This is the best Jewish TV show you’ve never heard of

This is the best Jewish TV show you’ve never heard of

By Lior Zaltzman, KvellerPublished November 4, 2024

Did you know the best Jewish TV show you’ve never heard of came out in 2019? I knew it, but for some reason, writing about Amazon’s “Undone,” the animated TV show from Jewish “Bojack Horseman” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg and “Bojack”...

Jehu Destroying The Temple and Statue of Baal, 1569 print by Maarten van Heemskerck, Prints Department, Royal Library of Belgium

Why Trump is being compared to the obscure biblical king Jehu on the Christian right

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTAPublished November 3, 2024

Fans and critics of Donald Trump have compared him to some of history’s most famous rulers: Cyrus the Great, Adolf Hitler, King David and more.  But on the eve of the election, a celebrity pastor named Jonathan Cahn wants his evangelical followers...

LEKET ISRAEL volunteers pick produce for the needy.
(photo credit: COURTESY LEKET ISRAEL)

A food insecurity crisis is deepening in Israel: How a St. Louis connection is making a difference

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished November 1, 2024

Food insecurity affects millions of people worldwide. It is especially significant in Israel, where relief often comes from Leket Israel, the national food bank. Translated from Hebrew, leket means “gleanings.” The concept of sharing a portion...

A frame from a new Kamala Harris ad filmed at Hymie's, the same Philadelphia Jewish deli that served as the setting for a Donald Trump ad. (Screenshot)

Hymie’s, the Philly Jewish deli featured in a Trump ad, is now the setting for a Harris spot

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 31, 2024

Hymie’s, a popular Philadelphia Jewish deli, raised some Jewish hackles when it served as the scene of the Republican Jewish Coalition’s closing ad — featuring Jewish actors playing older women who, after supporting Democrats, were switching their...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. (Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images)

Chicago school board president resigns amid backlash over antisemitic social media posts

Published October 31, 2024

The president of the Chicago public school board resigned Thursday after only a week on the job following two days of backlash over his history of antisemitic social media posts. Rev. Mitchell Ikenna Johnson had defied calls to resign just a day before,...

Police at a Jewish community event in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, June 5, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Ahead of election, Jewish security groups are monitoring conspiracy theories, Jewish polling sites and foreign interference

Luke Tress, JTAPublished October 31, 2024

Conspiracy theories. Bomb threats. Anti-Israel protests. Street violence.  Jews have been the targets of all these things this year, as reports of antisemitism have spiked during the Israel-Hamas war. Now, less than a week before Election Day, security...

Jason Alexander, center, performs some Fiddler in Jerome Robbins’ Broadway. Courtesy of La Mirada Theatre

PJ Grisar

Jason Alexander lives out a lifelong dream, playing Tevye in ‘Fiddler on the Roof’

By PJ Grisar, The ForwardPublished October 31, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Jason Alexander showed up to a Zoom call with a full beard. Was it for a role? “If it’s not, I don’t know what...

Seth Meyers in a scene from his comedy special “Dad Man Walking.”

Is Seth Meyers Jewish? His wife, kids and jokes are.

By Benyamin Cohen, The ForwardPublished October 31, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Late Night with Seth Meyers could have been called Late Night with Seth Trakianski. Meyers’ great-grandfather was...

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