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A world-famous rabbi, a popular assistant and a succession crisis: Inside the rupture at Park East Synagogue

Published October 27, 2021

Park East Synagogue pushes out assistant rabbi, sparking protest

Published October 20, 2021

Local Jews raise concerns after teachers were told that Texas law requires ‘opposing’ views of the Holocaust

Published October 19, 2021

Sally Rooney: Israeli publishers can’t put out my work, but Hebrew translation ‘would be an honour’

Published October 12, 2021

Sally Rooney won’t let her new novel ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You?’ be published in Hebrew

Published October 11, 2021

A Proud Boys-affiliated rabbi in Florida is offering to endorse COVID-19 vaccine exemption requests

Published October 9, 2021

Bahrain signed a treaty with Israel. Now it wants to make friends with American Jews.

Published October 6, 2021

Amid antisemitism concerns, 101 local Jewish federations to spend $54M on improving security

Published October 4, 2021

Is Alicia Silvestone Jewish?

Published October 3, 2021

The remarkable true story of the Great Knish War of 1916

Published October 3, 2021

Anchorage mayor defends anti-maskers who wore yellow Stars of David in protest

Published October 1, 2021

Israeli PM Naftali Bennett to American Jewish leaders: ‘We have to redesign our relationship’

Published September 27, 2021

Iraq issues arrest warrant against activists who called for normalization of ties with Israel

Published September 27, 2021

After a fight, Seattle City Council won’t bar police from training with Israeli forces

Published September 27, 2021

Jewish security organization opens national command center in Chicago

Published September 27, 2021

Hundreds of Iraqi leaders call for normalization of ties with Israel

Published September 26, 2021

Matt Gaetz calls the ADL ‘racist’ after it again calls on Tucker Carlson to step down for promoting white supremacist conspiracy theory

Published September 25, 2021

Los Angeles teachers union votes to postpone Israel boycott motion indefinitely

Published September 24, 2021

Hate crime charges filed in May fight with Jewish diners at LA restaurant

Published September 23, 2021

97-year-old former member of Nazi death squad dies at home in Canada

Published September 23, 2021

Israel Defense Forces officer will be reprimanded after injuring and teargassing left-wing activists in West Bank

Published September 20, 2021

22% of adult Jewish gamers faced antisemitic harassment while playing, survey finds

Published September 15, 2021

An aerial banner said ‘Jew, I have a question.’ It was a marriage proposal — the Jew reportedly said yes.

Published September 2, 2021

An anti-vaxxer in Montreal said he would stop wearing a yellow star. He still thinks vaccine mandates are like the Holocaust.

Published September 2, 2021

FBI reports drop in number of antisemitic crimes in 2020 amid rise in total hate crimes

Published September 1, 2021

Ed Asner, who starred as Lou Grant, dies at 91

Published August 29, 2021

GOP congressman compares COVID measures to Holocaust, prompting an intern’s resignation

Published August 27, 2021

The creator of ‘Srugim’ is turning to fans to finance his next project

Published August 16, 2021

18 Orthodox Jewish girls pulled off New York-bound flight in Amsterdam in dispute over COVID protocols

Published August 8, 2021

Hezbollah fires 19 rockets at Israel in worst fighting since 2006 war

Published August 6, 2021

Israel becomes first country to begin giving third COVID vaccine shots

Published August 1, 2021

Orthodox institutions dominate Jewish ritual in Israel. Could the new government change that?

Published July 29, 2021

Ben & Jerry’s board chair says ‘I am not anti-Semitic’ as Unilever disavows BDS movement

Published July 28, 2021

Meet the former Jerusalem mayor who wants to succeed Netanyahu — and lead Israel

Published July 21, 2021

Omri Casspi, first Israeli player in NBA, retires from professional basketball

Published July 18, 2021

Naftali Bennett hints at change in Temple Mount prayer policy

Published July 18, 2021

How Naftali Bennett’s kippah stays on his bald head and why it matters

Published June 22, 2021

Violence renews on Temple Mount and in West Bank amid escalating tensions between Israel and the Palestinians

Published June 20, 2021

Palestinian Authority cancels deal for 1 million COVID vaccine doses from Israel

Published June 18, 2021

Incendiary balloons from Gaza prompt new Israeli airstrikes

Published June 16, 2021

Everything you need to know about the Israeli government that will replace Netanyahu

Published June 2, 2021

People are accusing Israel of genocide. These human rights lawyers beg to differ.

Published May 26, 2021

What is the Iron Dome? All about the missile defense system that changed how Israelis experience war

Published May 14, 2021

The Pew study cheat sheet: 10 key conclusions from the new survey of American Jews

Published May 11, 2021

Jewish day schools struggle with how to celebrate Lag b’Omer, commemorate tragedy

Published April 30, 2021

At least 45 people dead in stampede at mass Lag b’Omer holiday celebration in Israel

Published April 29, 2021

Iran’s judo team suspended until 2023 for refusing to face Israeli opponents

Published April 29, 2021

ADL calls on Oregon university president to resign over firing of Jewish professor

Published April 29, 2021

For the first time, a woman will lead an Israeli Orthodox synagogue

Published April 29, 2021

Despite COVID restrictions, antisemitism barely decreased in US in 2020, ADL says

Published April 27, 2021

Windows broken at four synagogues in Bronx Jewish neighborhood

Published April 25, 2021

Senate passes legislation to improve hate crime reporting

Published April 25, 2021

Dozens of rockets fired at Israel from Gaza as protests continue

Published April 25, 2021

Barricades preventing Palestinian gathering removed in Jerusalem following protests

Published April 25, 2021

What you need to know about the violent clashes rocking Jerusalem this week

Published April 23, 2021

‘Relieved but disappointed’: How America’s Jewish refugee aid agency is doing 3 months under Biden

Published April 16, 2021

Why did Tucker Carlson talk about Israeli immigration policy?

Published April 16, 2021

Starting Sunday, Israelis won’t be required to wear masks outdoors

Published April 16, 2021

How the Bernie Madoff scandal rocked the American Jewish world

Published April 14, 2021

Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme devastated the Jewish world, dies in prison at 82: Report

Published April 14, 2021

Former ADL chief Abe Foxman says he would still give an award to Rupert Murdoch

Published April 13, 2021

Israel to allow vaccinated tour groups starting in May

Published April 13, 2021

Fox News to ADL: We won’t fire Tucker Carlson for endorsing a white supremacist theory

Published April 12, 2021

Israeli police beat up and kneel on the face of left-wing Jewish lawmaker

Published April 9, 2021

ADL chief calls for Tucker Carlson’s ouster after Fox News host endorses white supremacist conspiracy theory

Published April 9, 2021

Accused Monsey stabber again found unfit to stand trial

Published April 9, 2021

Inside the debate over Judaism and Zionism that quietly roiled the University of Iowa

Published April 7, 2021

Netanyahu again tapped to form Israeli government without clear path to majority

Published April 6, 2021

Who is Mansour Abbas, the Arab-Israeli who could hold the key to Israel’s next government?

Published April 2, 2021

1 in 4 American Jews has experienced anti-Semitism since 2016, ADL finds

Published March 31, 2021

Vaccine passports are being compared to yellow Stars of David from the Holocaust

Published March 30, 2021

It’s official: Gilad Kariv will be the first Reform rabbi in Israel’s parliament

Published March 24, 2021

Netanyahu leads narrowly in Israeli election exit polls

Published March 23, 2021

Claims of fraud, a delayed result and fears of insurrection: Israel’s elections could look a lot like America’s

Published March 22, 2021

In Italy, a belated bar mitzvah celebration gives way to renewed virus fears

Published March 22, 2021

Jerusalem’s Biblical Zoo is attempting damage control after kids saw a lion eat a bunny

Published March 22, 2021

Charles Barkley’s hora at his daughter’s Jewish wedding went fine

Published March 21, 2021

More than 20,000 protest outside Netanyahu’s residence days before Israeli election

Published March 21, 2021

New rivals, same storyline: What to know about Israel’s 4th election in 2 years

Published March 19, 2021

California approves ethnic studies curriculum that sparked debate among Jewish groups

Published March 18, 2021

White supremacist propaganda nearly doubled in 2020 to most in a decade, ADL says

Published March 17, 2021

Capitol rioter with ‘Hitler mustache’ who talked about eating Jews is a Navy contractor and Army reservist

Published March 16, 2021

Tattered copy of ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ found at Capitol Police checkpoint

Published March 15, 2021

Israel’s military says it has reached herd immunity to COVID

Published March 11, 2021

John J. Brown, who bought hametz from thousands of Jews each year before Passover, dies at 88

Published March 11, 2021

Benjamin Netanyahu: Court ruling creates danger of Israel being ‘overrun’ by ‘fake’ converts from Africa

Published March 9, 2021

eBay removes Nazi toys from its marketplace

Published March 5, 2021

Orthodox and secular Israelis are fighting over Jewish conversion. Why?

Published March 4, 2021

Frontier Airlines says it kicked a Hasidic family off flight because they weren’t wearing masks. The family claims they were.

Published March 1, 2021

Longtime AEPi executive who was affiliated with Turning Point USA is stepping down

Published March 1, 2021

Israeli Supreme Court rules state must grant citizenship to non-Orthodox Jewish converts in Israel

Published March 1, 2021

CPAC denies its stage was a Nazi symbol, as host hotel calls the symbol ‘abhorrent’

Published March 1, 2021

Tufts pro-Israel Jewish student official no longer facing impeachment

Published February 27, 2021

Massachusetts school board member announces resignation 2 days after using anti-Semitic slur on TV

Published February 26, 2021

School board member in Massachusetts called someone a ‘kike’ on live TV

Published February 25, 2021

After spat over support of Trump, Young Israel council replaces entire board

Published February 23, 2021

CPAC cancels speaker who said Judaism is a ‘complete lie’

Published February 22, 2021

‘Want to see my muscles?’ An 81-year-old American bubbe at an Israeli gym gave the best interview ever.

Published February 22, 2021

Republican official deletes comment suggesting Trump’s trial was less fair than Nazi show trials

Published February 14, 2021

Jason Biggs jokes ‘I won’t get any more work,’ if Hollywood realizes he isn’t actually Jewish

Published February 14, 2021

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