If there is one story that defines Joe Biden’s relationship with Israel, it is the famous Golda Meir anecdote. At an Israeli embassy Independence Day bash in 2015, the then-vice president told the story he had been telling for 42 years. He was a neophyte...

(JTA) — When she was 14 years old, Elke Bentley could hear her father’s online Talmud classes through the wall between her bedroom and his home office in Brookline, Massachusetts. The 5 a.m. start time for the daily Talmud learning her father had...

MILWAUKEE — Republican Jews at their party’s national convention this week describe their enthusiasm for Trump as more robust than it has ever been. “Trump is not only going to unite America, he’s going to bring together Jews in the Republican...

For a company whose founder was a literal Nazi, you would think Adidas might tread lightly launching a shoe referencing the 1972 Munich Olympics, when 11 members of the Israeli delegation were killed after being taken hostage by a Palestinian terrorist...

July 18, 1290 — England Expels Its Jews King Edward I orders the expulsion of the Jews from England, where they had settled in significant numbers only in the 11th century. Despite gaining legal protections early in the 12th century, Jews suffer massacres...

MILWAUKEE — A dominant chant at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday was “Fight!” — what President Donald Trump said when he rose after an assassination attempt last week, and what many convention attendees believe is needed to secure...

(JTA) — A chorus of Israeli and Palestinian teens won hearts, applause and a chance at $1 million with a successful “America’s Got Talent” audition that aired on Tuesday night. The Jerusalem Youth Chorus performed Phillip Phillips’ “Home,”...

If the only history-making Jewish feat in baseball this week had been a historic grand slam, it would have been enough. But then a half-dozen Jewish ballplayers were picked in the MLB Draft — eclipsing 2023’s group of five. Jewish players still...

In Arguing the World, the 1998 documentary about Jewish men who helped define postwar intellectualism and politics, Diana Trilling muses, “Unless a man in that community was bent on sexual conquest he was never interested in women.” A new documentary,...

(JTA) — MILWAUKEE — At an unprecedented time for American Jews, Republican Jewish Committee CEO Matt Brooks did something Tuesday night that was unprecedented for him: He spoke at the Republican National Convention. “President Trump will bring...

MILWAUKEE — The final version of the Democratic Party platform preserves the pro-Israel language of previous versions and lacerates Hamas for launching the current war with Israel in the Gaza Strip. The pledge in the platform to keep funding for...

A neo-Nazi from the country of Georgia was indicted on Monday for planning mass casualty attacks against Jews in New York City. Michail Chkhikvishvili, also known as 'Commander Butcher,' planned to distribute poisoned candy to children at Jewish schools...