Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah have intensified after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a ceasefire proposal led by the United States and France. Netanyahu confirmed that military operations on Israel’s northern border and Lebanon...

Marc Kornblatt prepared uneasily earlier this year for his daughter, Louisa, to arrive for 10 days with the family. Her homecomings once brought the comfort of movie nights and card games, but this year was different. Marc and his wife, Judith, had moved...

New Mount Sinai Cemetery welcomes the community to its annual memorial service, at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, featuring Holocaust Composer Stories and the music that defied the Nazis.  Holocaust Composer Stories is a collaboration between the St. Louis...

Here’s a recipe for strife: Start with a population that suffers from two millennia of discrimination and violence. Add a big dash of land that many in this population feel represents their homeland, and then mix in a healthy dose of a politically...

Gaya Zohar is a biology and music major. She is a typical teenager in many ways, but as a young Israeli, Zohar, 18,  spends part of every day hoping for peace. “We really hope that there will be peace in Israel, but there are still hostages in Gaza,...

St. Louis-based Be the Narrative, a Jewish nonprofit that works to combat antisemitism and build leadership skills among Jewish teens through its signature Student to Student program, is partnering with Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) to further...

A Jewish nonprofit that distributes mezuzahs has been inundated with thousands of requests from non-Jews ordering mezuzahs in solidarity. The surge follows a campaign led by Catholic actress Patricia Heaton, urging people to place mezuzahs on their doors...

After 10 years on display at Philadelphia’s Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, a document penned by James Madison linking Jewish financier Haym Salomon to the American Revolution is now for sale. The document, a sheet from the ledger...

(JTA) — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Mark Robinson, North Carolina’s Republican candidate for governor, is facing renewed criticism amid revelations that he once called himself a “Black NAZI” and a “perv” online. Josh Stein, his Jewish Democratic...

Just 11 months before World War II ended, a U.S. Army twin-engine B-26 bomber crashed in the village of Blackmore in Essex, England. Four American airmen aboard the Baby Doll III were killed. On Tuesday, Sept. 24, that flight crew was honored—80 years...

Israeli Air Force fighter jets conducted massive airstrikes on Hezbollah targets across Lebanon throughout the day on Monday to prevent the Iranian-backed terror army from firing rockets across the border. As of Monday evening, the IAF had attacked...

The mayor of Muslim-majority Hamtramck, Michigan, has endorsed Donald Trump for president after meeting with him in private.  The endorsement comes amid a wave of anger among local Muslims over the Biden-Harris administration’s support for Israel....