(JTA) -- Edan Alexander, the American-Israeli soldier freed after 584 days in Hamas captivity, received a hero’s welcome in New Jersey. His emotional return marks the longest any known hostage was held since Oct. 7 and highlights ongoing concerns for...

As Israeli cities come under renewed missile fire from Iran, Donald Trump says he’ll decide within two weeks whether the U.S. will intervene. Meanwhile, Iran flatly rejects renewed talks unless Israel halts its bombing campaign, intensifying global...

(JTA) -- As Iran escalates its assault on Israel by striking a hospital, Donald Trump remains publicly noncommittal about potential U.S. intervention. With pressure mounting from Israeli leaders and conflicting reports about Trump’s plans, his ambiguity...

The documentary “Marlee Matlin is Not Alone” will open in theaters on June 20. The film, which played the prestigious Sundance Festival to good reviews, explores the life of actress MARLEE MATLIN, 59, who is deaf. It. Word is that the film covers...

Next month, in St. Louis—the city with the largest Bosnian community outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina—we gather to mark 30 years since the genocide in Srebrenica. We write to remember what happened, to honor the victims and survivors, and to reflect...

(JTA) -- If, as Irving Kristol wrote, a neoconservative is a liberal who’s been mugged by reality, then what do you call an “America First” president who is cheering Israel’s attacks on Iran, increasingly claiming credit for them and seemingly...

Immigration agents arrested Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller and mayoral candidate, in immigration court on Tuesday. “While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained...

(JTA) -- As the Israel-Iran conflict halts air travel, 1,500 Birthright Israel participants were evacuated by cruise ship to Cyprus in a bold rescue mission. The unprecedented maritime operation, involving Israeli forces and support from Florida Gov....

(JTA) -- As the Israel-Iran war halts flights, Jewish summer camps across the U.S. are scrambling to fill gaps left by over 100 missing Israeli counselors. Camps like NJY, Ramah Berkshires, and Eden Village are now urgently hiring to maintain programs,...

Leonard A. Lauder, who helped build his Jewish family’s business into a cosmetic empire and a significant driver of philanthropy, Jewish and otherwise, died at his home in Manhattan on June 14 at the age of 92. As president of The Estée Lauder...

Fascism wasn’t always a bad word in the U.S. In the 1940s and 1950s, one of the charges levied by the House Un-American Activities Committee was “premature antifascism.” Largely directed at people who had opposed the Nazis and Franco during the...