(JTA) A decade ago, Europe and Israel clashed over how to stop Iran’s nuclear program, with Britain, France, and Germany backing the Iran nuclear deal. Today, as tensions between Israel and Iran escalate toward open conflict, Europe and Israel appear...
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published June 16, 2025
Leonard A. Lauder, who helped build his Jewish family’s business into a cosmetic empire and a significant driver of philanthropy, Jewish and otherwise, died at his home in Manhattan on June 14 at the age of 92.
As president of The Estée Lauder...
By Mira Fox, The Forward
• Published June 16, 2025
Fascism wasn’t always a bad word in the U.S.
In the 1940s and 1950s, one of the charges levied by the House Un-American Activities Committee was “premature antifascism.” Largely directed at people who had opposed the Nazis and Franco during the...
When she broke out on The Today Show in the 60s, Barbara Walters changed the world of news forever, opening doors that had previously been closed to women and taking a different approach to the way news was done. Over 60 years since Walters started...
A crowd waving Israeli and American flags gathered outside The Butcherie, the Boston area’s only kosher grocery store, on Sunday afternoon to show solidarity after the Jewish-owned business was vandalized overnight.
Located in Brookline, a suburb...
(JTA) — The death toll rises in Israel at least eight people were killed early Monday in multiple locations across Israel as Iranian missiles rained down across the country for the third straight night.
The death toll in an earlier strike in...
(JTA) — At least 11 Israelis have been killed in multiple cities as Iran continues to pound the country in response to Israel’s ongoing attacks on Iran’s nuclear program.
Most missiles sent from Iran were shot down but ones that got through...
Israel’s strike on Iran starting early Friday morning followed a dizzying 24 hours in which the international community rebuked Iran for its nuclear malfeasance, Iranian officials said they would retaliate by accelerating nuclearization and signs piled...
(JTA) — Sympathy for Israelis dropped 14% among Republicans over the last year, underscoring waning support for Israel as the country’s ongoing offensive in Gaza wages on, according to a new poll released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University.
Among...
Editor’s note: Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys and the creative force behind the landmark album “Pet Sounds,” passed away today at age 82. In tribute, we’re revisiting the story of Tony Asher—the little-known Jewish lyricist whose...
(JTA) — No one voted against a resolution condemning the rise of hate crimes against Jews when it came to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday evening. But two congresswomen declined to vote yes. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia...
When the Jewish Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy discovered one of his bar patrons had made a sign reading “F— the Jews” in a viral video last month, he took to social media in a vocal standoff.
He was celebrated in some corners for shining...
