WASHINGTON — As midnight arrived on the East Coast, it appeared increasingly likely that Donald Trump would retake the presidency — a victory that would reshape the United States and that could change its relationship with Israel.  By the beginning...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, saying he no longer trusted him, a drastic step while Israel is fighting on multiple fronts, faces domestic political turmoil and is contending with regional and global...

Did you know the best Jewish TV show you’ve never heard of came out in 2019? I knew it, but for some reason, writing about Amazon’s “Undone,” the animated TV show from Jewish “Bojack Horseman” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg and “Bojack”...

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...