Legendary British comedian and actor John Cleese, 85, is set to return to Israel for three performances this June in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Famous as a member of Monty Python and for his roles in “Fawlty Towers” and “A Fish Called Wanda,” Cleese’s...

Kingsley Wilson, the deputy press secretary at the Pentagon, last year tweeted a neo-Nazi talking point about Jewish lynching victim Leo Frank. | RELATED: X briefly allows anti-Leo Frank ‘community note’ as antisemitism flares on the platform The...

A 17-year-old Israeli girl who was critically injured in a terror attack last week has died of her wounds. Yahli Gur was one of more than a dozen people wounded when an attacker rammed his vehicle into a bus stop roughly midway between Tel Aviv and...

President Donald Trump briefly mentioned the war in Gaza in a sprawling address to Congress on Tuesday, referencing the ceasefire and hostage release deal his team helped broker in January. He also briefly spoke of plans for a “Golden Dome” modeled...

President Donald Trump threatened to pull funding from campuses that permit “illegal protests,” said he would deport foreigners involved in those protests and appeared to endorse a ban on masks at demonstrations. The threat, made on social media,...

An endless Passover seder takes center stage in “One Little Goat: A Passover Catastrophe,” by writer Dara Horn and illustrator Theo Ellsworth, award-winners who teamed up for a humor-filled, time-travel graphic novel for young people. The tale...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Brad Lander, one of two Jewish candidates in New York City’s crowded mayoral race, drew on his background and the city’s...

A Florida editor says he was fired by his local paper, part of a national network, after he ran a cartoon that was critical of the death toll in the war in Gaza. Tony Doris says he was fired as editorial page editor at the Palm Beach Post in February...

Throughout history, Jewish women have embodied chutzpah—boldness, resilience, and the audacity to break barriers. From politics to science to the arts, their stories have shaped communities and changed the course of history. The new book "Chutzpah...

Well, that was a show. The 97th Academy Awards wrapped up, and if there’s one thing we can say, it’s that Jewish filmmakers, actors and creatives made a serious impact on Hollywood’s biggest night. We had big wins, a few surprises and oh yeah,...

In a historic decision, Argentina has granted the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) full access to previously sealed Nazi-era financial archives. The move, ordered by President Javier Milei, is an unprecedented step toward uncovering how South American banking...

(JTA) — Michelle Trachtenberg, who starred in films and TV shows ranging from “Harriet the Spy” to “Gossip Girl,” has died at 39. She was discovered Wednesday in a Manhattan apartment complex, according to the New York Post. The cause of...