Tim Walz, the Minnesota governor who burst into national view after calling Republicans “weird,” will be Kamala Harris’ running mate on the November Democratic ticket.
Multiple outlets reported the choice early Tuesday, hours before Harris was...
When Tara Neuwirth arrived in New York City in June for six weeks of intensive Yiddish study at the YIVO Institute for Yiddish Research, she knew what to expect — this summer was her third time taking the course over four decades.
The first time...
By Benyamin Cohen, Jacob Kornbluh, Rebecca Massel, The Forward
• Published August 5, 2024
Josh Shapiro, the popular Pennsylvania governor, is on the short list of potential running mates for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Here’s the inside look at what could be the first Jewish Second Family: the Shapiros.
Who...
Eylon Levy became an Internet meme after the Sky News presenter Kay Burley asked him on Nov. 23 if the Jewish state values Palestinians less than Israelis since it is willing to engage in lopsided prisoner swaps, with each Israeli exchanged for many more...
WASHINGTON — There are reportedly four frontrunners to be Kamala Harris’ running mate in her bid to win the presidency. Each has pro-Israel bona fides. But only one, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish, is facing a campaign to keep him off...
Evan Gershkovich, a Jewish Wall Street Journal reporter, was one of four U.S. citizens and permanent residents released in a prisoner exchange between Russia, the United States and several other Western countries on Thursday as part of a 24-person swap.
Paul...
Fencer Nick Itkin has medaled in his second straight Olympics, winning a bronze on Monday.
Itkin, 24, a Los Angeles native and the No. 2-ranked men’s foil fencer in the world, won bronze in the individual men’s foil competition at the 2024 Paris...
On Sunday afternoons, a small group of Israeli-led activists gathers in Manhattan’s Union Square to hold signs reading “There is no military solution,” chant “Ceasefire now” and call for the return of Hamas’ hostages and an end to the occupation...
A rocket fired from Lebanon struck a soccer field in the Golan Heights, killing 12 people ages 20 and under, in the worst attack on civilians in Israel since Oct. 7.
The attack, which Israel has attributed to the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah,...
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris condemned antisemitic and anti-American displays during protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress, joining a growing number of politicians from both parties.
“I...
Everyone is suddenly calling Kamala Harris “Momala.” “The Momala Economy,” read a headline about Harris’ potential policy goals. “We need you to be Momala of the country,” Drew Barrymore told the vice president in April, in a clip going...
In a defiant speech to the U.S. Congress, Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to continue fighting in Gaza until Israel achieves “total victory” over Hamas and, in the face of virulent opposition at home and abroad, argued that the war was a shared fight for...
