Six years ago, Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, who is no stranger to controversy, made headlines for lambasting the Israel Defense Forces over its continued mandatory draft of women. Levinstein, who founded Israel’s first religious pre-military academy,...

The annual Home Depot Menorah Experience was held Sunday, Dec. 3 at the Brentwood location of the hardware chain. More than 300 attendees built menorahs from scratch to take home. Now in its 10th year, the event offers an opportunity for kids to get...

Delmar Hall in the University City Loop on Saturday, Dec. 2 was the scene of a packed house for the 13th annual Hanukkah Hullaballoo music extravaganza. The Brothers Lazaroff and friends offered up original material and covers, ranging from The Band’s...

As we approach this year's Hanukkah celebration, which begins Dec. 7, Chabad urges the community to embrace their Jewish heritage in a big way. Big in the form of a new public mega-menorah to be installed at Kiener Plaza Park,...

(JTA) — Attend or watch footage of a campus pro-Palestinian demonstration these days and you are likely to see someone carrying a sign reading “Decolonization is not a metaphor.”  Almost immediately after the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct....

(JTA) — Throughout Hollywood history, many stars of Jewish ancestry have soft-pedaled that heritage, changing their names or speaking rarely, if at all, about their Jewishness. No one can accuse Barbra Streisand of either. The singer and actress...

The Israel Defense Forces resumed combat operations in the Gaza Strip on Friday morning after Hamas broke a week-long ceasefire by firing rockets at the Jewish state. The military said it was conducting a wave of airstrikes across the coastal enclave. “Hamas...

Congregation Temple Israel’s Rabbi Michael Alper has been promoted to senior rabbi alongside his wife, Rabbi Amy Feder. Feder has served as the synagogue’s senior rabbi since 2010 with support from Alper. A statement released by TI said, “Over...

Most Jewish college students no longer feel safe on campus, a stark contrast to how they described their feelings prior to Oct. 7, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation League. Before Oct. 7 — when Hamas attacked Israel,...

(New York Jewish Week) — At least two protesters brandished signs with swastikas at an anti-Israel protest targeting the annual Rockefeller Christmas tree lighting in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday night. One demonstrator held a sign with the Nazi...

(JTA) — Hamas has claimed responsibility for a shooting attack in the Ramot neighborhood of east Jerusalem that killed three and wounded six on Thursday morning, in what the Palestinian terror group said was retaliation for Israel’s war against...

(JTA) — Elon Musk called his recent endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory “foolish” and said he was “sorry for that post” on X, the social media platform he owns and renamed from Twitter. But speaking at the New York Times Dealbook...