This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. The campus antisemitism crisis can look like an endless barrage of disturbing incidents, so my coverage is often rooted...

(JTA) — The head of the Toronto International Film Festival says he is still open to screening an Israeli documentary about Oct. 7 that had been yanked over concerns about disruption and, allegedly, about whether the filmmakers had the right to...

(JTA) — Over the weekend, the X account of the Department of Homeland Security appeared to reference an antisemitic dog whistle. And it wasn’t the first time that happened this summer. “Which way, American man?” the department’s official...

Already an honorary parade marshal, junior FBI agent and police officer, boy scout camp director, basketball official, Fox 2 morning host and five-time pediatric brain cancer warrior, 12-year-old Drew Patchin can now add “author” to his list of...

Thousands of students across Missouri will learn about the horrors of the Holocaust during the 2025-26 school year. The Holocaust education bill signed into law two years ago by former Governor Mike Parson now requires public schools to implement curriculum...

As local and federal authorities continue their investigation into the Aug. 5 antisemitic hate crime in Clayton, the Anti-Defamation League has released its first-of-its-kind interactive tool measuring how every state fights antisemitism. Called the Jewish...

Several years ago, I interviewed Andrew Newman, a member of the John Burroughs School faculty, about his work on what some call “Plastic Islands”—vast patches of ocean and river pollution composed mostly of floating debris. Newman is a professional...

True story. Recently I walked into a public restroom and saw a young mother with a little boy about 2 years old. He was rolling around on the ground — the bathroom floor! — looking under the occupied stall. I asked whether they were in line, and the...

(JTA) — Pop icon Madonna posted an urgent plea to Pope Leo Monday urging the Catholic leader to “go to Gaza and bring your light to the children before it’s too late.” The post marked one of the first times that Madonna has commented on...

Those familiar with native St. Louisan Michael Kahn’s novels might be surprised to learn that his latest one, “The Gourmet Club,” does not include St. Louis lawyer and supersleuth Rachel Gold, save for a brief cameo. After all, 11 of the 14 books...

When Nina Gilden Seavey was 12, growing up in University City, the Air Force building on Washington University’s campus burned to the ground. Her father, Louis Gilden, a Jewish civil rights attorney whose parents had fled pogroms in Ukraine before settling...

(JTA) — Beauty mogul Huda Kattan is defending herself against accusations of antisemitism after she echoed a series of antisemitic conspiracy theories about Israel in a social media video. “I feel compelled as a human to speak out for other...