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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

This article initially appeared in My Jewish Learning’s Shabbat newsletter Recharge. To sign up to receive Recharge each week in your inbox, click here. This Shabbat, like every Shabbat, synagogues around the world will pray for the welfare of their...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Second gentleman Doug Emhoff recently delivered a major address on antisemitism in Pittsburgh, trying to convince Jewish...

(JTA) — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson condemned the shooting of an Orthodox Jewish man who was walking to synagogue, but drew blowback for not mentioning the victim’s Jewish identity. Other political leaders have also condemned the shooting, which...

When Jonathan Greenblatt used his platform as the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League on Monday to condemn a certain act of bigotry, his longtime predecessor atop the ADL, Abe Foxman, took notice — not just of what Greenblatt said but also of what he...

This story was originally published on Moment.com. Sign up for the Moment Minute.  Just in time for Halloween, I have a few movies to recommend that have Judaism at their core. If you haven’t been paying much attention to horror movies lately,...