When Gloria Solomon was living in London’s suburbs with her husband and four sons, she cautioned her boys against wearing kippahs in the streets.  Their Jewish school bus was being stoned multiple times a week, and by 2005 the antisemitism was so...

President Joe Biden told reporters during a visit to New York City on Monday that he expects Israel and Hamas to finalize an agreement that would see a pause in the fighting in Gaza by next week.  “My hope is that by next Monday we will have a ceasefire,”...

(New York Jewish Week) — The Bronx’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine will be tuition-free for the indefinite future thanks to a $1 billion donation from a Jewish philanthropist. The massive gift from Dr. Ruth Gottesman, an emerita faculty member,...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — A U.S. airman has died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., where he shouted “Free Palestine!” in protest of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. The man, who wore military fatigues and identified...

“The New Look,” a new TV program on the streaming service Apple+, explores World War II decisions made by founders of clothing lines that are worth billions today. The show dramatizes the lives of Christian Dior and Coco Chanel—both French-born—the...

The Alabama Supreme Court’s recent ruling equating an embryo with a child is panicking American Jews who wonder where they can safely pursue fertility treatment and whether they will lose control over their frozen embryos. Jewish groups that work...

(JTA) — Israeli negotiators have arrived in Paris to participate in hostage talks, a sign that officials believe that a deal can be reached with Hamas to secure the release of the 134 Israelis held in Gaza. Israel had initially sat out this round...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — This week, Rep. Ritchie Torres posted two tweets about issues that directly affect his Bronx constituents: funding centers for mental health care and public safety on the subway. Sandwiched in between was a third post echoing the...

(JTA) — At least one Israeli was killed in an early morning shooting attack on the highway leading from the Israeli West Bank settlement of Ma’aleh Adumim to Jerusalem. Eleven others were wounded in the terror attack Thursday morning, one seriously....

(JTA) – The Department of Education will investigate Chicago Public Schools and another K-12 district in Massachusetts, the latest in a flurry of federal probes into discrimination since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.  A spokesperson for...

The story of the SS St. Louis is a tragic chapter in the history of the Holocaust. The St. Louis was a German ocean liner carrying 937 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi persecution in 1939. The ship sought asylum in Cuba but was denied entry. It then attempted...