A late-Baroque portrait stolen from a Jewish arts dealer in Europe by the Nazis during World War II has surfaced in Argentina, having been featured in an online real-estate ad, a Dutch newspaper reported Monday.
“Portrait of a Lady” by Vittore...
By Benyamin Cohen, The Forward
• Published August 25, 2025
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Benyamin Cohen traveled to Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, and interviewed half a dozen people for this story. He has...
(JTA) — President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday that some Israeli hostages have died inside Gaza since the last ceasefire, alarming families of the 20 hostages thought to remain alive.
Trump made the comment while speaking to reporters at the...
Inbal Chiat, JNS Staff, (Israel Hayom via JNS)
• Published August 24, 2025
Global personal care and beauty products chain Sephora has decided to remove Huda Beauty from its upcoming fall “Experts” campaign, according to the media website Puck.
The decision comes after Huda Kattan, founder and CEO of Huda Beauty, found...
Jerry Adler, a Broadway veteran and acclaimed Jewish actor best known for his role as consigliere Herman “Hesh” Rabkin on HBO drama The Sopranos, died at the age of 96 on Saturday, his family announced.
Born in Brooklyn in 1929, Adler came from...
(JTA) — A couple in a suburb of Atlanta are facing consequences after being accused of yelling antisemitic slurs at the father of an Israeli soldier who was killed in 2023.
Mark Bouzyk has been fired after he and his wife were taped lobbing insults...
By Benjamin Ivry, The Forward
• Published August 21, 2025
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For Barbra Streisand fans in search of a metsiya, opportunity has arrived in the form of an auction of what’s being...
It’s not easy getting teens to think about God. Even if they go to Jewish day school.
When one Jewish educational organization asked day school students in middle school and high school several years ago to respond to the question, “What percentage...
KIBBUTZ EREZ, Israel — Under the shade of a large tree on Kibbutz Erez less than a mile from the Gaza Strip, half a dozen Israeli children play history trivia games with a counselor.
When loud booms from Gaza echo across the sky, some of the kids...
(JTA) — The New York Yankees drafted a player last month who admitted to having drawn a swastika on a Jewish student’s door as a freshman in college, according to The Athletic.
Core Jackson, 21, was drafted by the Yankees following approval from...
A gold coin dating back about 2,200 years has been uncovered just outside the walled Old City of Jerusalem, shedding new light on the development of the city after the destruction of the first ancient Jewish Temple, the Israel Antiquities Authority...
(JTA) — Around 20 masked activists stood on a street corner Tuesday night in Crown Heights, distributing fliers accusing “zionist white supremacists” of murdering a child whose accidental death sparked antisemitic violence in the neighborhood...
