By Louis Keene, The Forward
• Published May 22, 2025
The man who allegedly walked up to two Israeli embassy staffers and shot them dead Wednesday night reportedly told eyewitnesses he “did it for Gaza.”
But the event those staffers had just left at the Capital Jewish Museum highlighted an organization...
(JTA) — Two people were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where the American Jewish Committee was hosting an event.
Both of the people killed were staffers at the Israeli embassy in Washington, according to Jewish...
Not many people would open a tribute to their dead parents with a hand job joke. But it makes sense that the person who would – and pulls it off pretty tastefully – is Sarah Silverman.
Her new Netflix comedy special PostMortem was inspired by the...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published May 21, 2025
It’s also the perfect time to revisit the surprising Jewish angles woven into “Jaws.” You see, the Jewish identities of director Steven Spielberg and star Richard Dreyfuss have sparked a cottage industry of critics and scholars trying to decode...
(JTA) — In 2021 at a viewing party for “WrestleMania,” the world’s flagship pro wrestling event, Oren Treitman and his fellow Israeli fans cheered for Sami Zayn.
In the larger WWE storyline, Zayn had taken on the persona of a conspiracy theorist,...
Over a quarter of Jewish adults in the United States say they consult astrology or a horoscope at least once or twice a year, according to a new study.
The study by the Pew Research Center survey, published Wednesday, surveyed U.S. opinion on astrology,...
A man appointed to an advisory committee by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has stepped down amid outcry over a 2023 video of him tearing down Israeli hostage posters.
Ishan Daya was one of 20 appointees to Johnson’s new Chicago Fiscal Sustainability...
A Senate resolution calling for the “urgent delivery” of humanitarian aid to Gaza has received almost unanimous support from Democrats.
The resolution calls on the U.S. government to use “all available diplomatic tools” to release the hostages...
Israeli left-wing leader Yair Golan is standing by his words after facing a wave of criticism for suggesting that Israel “kills babies as a hobby.”
Golan is the most prominent voice in a growing chorus of Israelis who supported the war against...
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Over the weekend, Haim — a rock band composed of Jewish sisters Este, Danielle and Alana Haim — got canceled for being,...
In 1974, Pamela Nadler Emmerich — then a teenager from Montreal — arrived in Jerusalem for her freshman year at Hebrew University.
Not knowing what to expect, she signed up for a course on Jewish intellectualism, “Philosophical Implications...
Alon Tal is one of Israel’s leading environmentalists and a former member of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset. Now the chair of Tel Aviv University’s Department of Public Policy, Tal will be hosting a landmark conference at Stanford University...
