President Donald Trump has selected a new special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, elevating a Miami businessman and fundraiser named Yehuda Kaploun to the role.
“Yehuda is a successful businessman, and staunch advocate for the Jewish Faith...
Streit’s, the kosher food company that’s best known for its matzah, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
And while many things have changed since the matzah bakery was first opened on Rivington Street on the Lower East Side in 1925...
By Zachy Hennessey, Israel21c
• Published April 7, 2025
As Passover approaches, families around the world prepare to gather for the traditional Seder meal. While many are familiar with the basic elements of the Haggadah — the ancient text that guides the Seder — there are some fascinating facts you might...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 7, 2025
A powerful night of resilience, reflection, and healing is coming to St. Louis. On April 28, just two days before Israel’s official day of remembrance, the local community will hear directly from Deborah Ben-Aderet, a survivor of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks....
(JTA) — A Republican senator called Chuck Schumer “Fuhrer,” using Adolf Hitler’s title as an epithet for the Jewish Senate minority leader.
“Here’s the main thing you’ve got to understand. Republicans are independently minded. Democrats...
A joint resolution proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders to block the sale of bombs and other weapons to Israel was voted down in the Senate on Thursday.
The resolution was rejected by a tally of 82-15, with Democrats compromising all of the “yes” votes....
(JTA) — Last year, New York’s attorney general started investigating a car wash that, her office suspected, was scamming Jewish customers.
Now, Letitia James is ordering that business to end its “Passover special” — a car-cleaning offer that...
Princeton University has become the latest in a string of Ivy League universities to have its federal funding threatened by the Trump administration amid investigations of antisemitism on campus.
The university’s president, Christopher Eisgruber,...
As he walked up to his Tesla just days after his twins’ b’nai mitzvah last month, Peter Katz was surprised to find a sticker with a swastika.
Another one offered an explanation. It read “Heil Elon.”
People have vandalized Tesla dealerships,...
In early March, during a family trip to Tel Azekah near Beit Shemesh, three-and-a-half-year-old Ziv Nitzan from Moshav Ramot Meir stumbled upon an extraordinary piece of history—an ancient scarab amulet dating back approximately 3,800 years.
The young...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published April 1, 2025
Not everyone is a fan of sardines. Perhaps you have tried them and enjoyed them, or didn’t enjoy them, or perhaps you are thinking, “Why would I want to eat sardines?”
Sardines are among the healthiest, most sustainable and least expensive fish...
Washington, D.C.’s Jewish federation is allocating $180,000 to help laid-off federal workers, the latest way the Trump administration’s slashing of the federal government is rippling out to Jewish organizations.
The sum is a multiple of 18, which...
