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Updated: Here’s how to help the Jews of Ukraine

Published March 6, 2022

Argentine court: ex-president did not cover up Iranian responsibility for Jewish center bombing

Published October 8, 2021

Thieves caught trying to take over 200 Jewish headstones at Argentine Jewish cemetery

Published September 20, 2021

To mark 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, Argentina turns to a Jewish cemetery tradition

Published August 20, 2021

Weaving home hospitality into Birthright trips forges new bonds between young Israelis and Diaspora Jews

Published August 2, 2021

The Jews of Key West: Making a home again in Margaritaville

Published August 2, 2021

Sharon Kleinbaum, rabbi of New York City LGBTQ synagogue, picked to rejoin US religious freedom commission

Published August 2, 2021

Leading nonprofit Jewish funeral chapel is transforming approach to end-of-life issues

Published July 21, 2021

Harry Rosenfeld, key editor in exposing Watergate, dies at 91

Published July 20, 2021

How US laws against Israel boycotts could hit Ben & Jerry’s

Published July 20, 2021

My ex-Orthodox life isn’t glamorous, but my story should be told

Published July 20, 2021

The ice-cold fallout to Ben & Jerry’s ending distribution in Israeli settlements

Published July 19, 2021

Jewish memories haunt a novel about a father’s Alzheimer’s

Published July 9, 2021

Quentin Tarantino opens up about learning Hebrew, his life in Tel Aviv and being an ‘abba’

Published June 24, 2021

Honduras opens embassy in Jerusalem, becoming 4th country to make the move

Published June 24, 2021

In Slovakia, a retired non-Jewish educator teaches Roma teens about the Holocaust at Jewish cemeteries

Published June 24, 2021

BBC writer who tweeted ‘Hitler was right’ is no longer with the broadcaster

Published June 15, 2021

Israeli and American Jews know little about each other, new study finds

Published June 15, 2021

A new Jewish news site makes a play in LA amid a difficult climate for its Jewish journalists

Published June 14, 2021

Zionist movement umbrella ousts rabbi at the center of harassment dispute

Published June 14, 2021

A rabbi from Hungary will be the German army’s first rabbi chaplain since the Holocaust

Published June 11, 2021

Ilhan Omar clarifies remarks on Hamas, US and Israel, but not before condemning Jewish lawmakers’ demand for a clarification

Published June 10, 2021

Jewish groups press Biden to open a pathway to citizenship for undocumented migrants

Published June 10, 2021

Young Zionist Jews say they’re fighting antisemitism on social media. What are they accomplishing?

Published June 10, 2021

This rabbi wants the Jewish community more involved in boardroom battles for social justice

Published June 10, 2021

Rep. Ted Deutch blames Democratic colleagues who oppose Israel for spike in antisemitism

Published June 4, 2021

In significant verdict, French court sentences Holocaust denier to 5 years for making death threats

Published June 4, 2021

A bake sale to combat antisemitism draws high-profile Jewish foodies, but few non-Jewish allies

Published June 4, 2021

Belfast City Council calls for Israeli ambassadors to be expelled from UK and Ireland

Published June 4, 2021

A new museum in New Orleans puts the family histories of Southern Jews on display

Published June 4, 2021

With new at-home paramedic service, Israel’s national ambulance service becomes telemedicine pioneer

Published June 3, 2021

Bella Granek, 89, Holocaust survivor who was great with kids

Published June 3, 2021

Yiddish writers knew from pogroms. Here’s what they can teach us about Tulsa and beyond.

Published June 3, 2021

Is pro-Israel advocacy in crisis? A war exposes fault lines.

Published June 3, 2021

Jewish football student in Ohio forced to eat to pork as punishment for missing practice

Published June 2, 2021

Cory Booker starts new coalition of Black and Jewish senators to tackle antisemitism and racism

Published June 2, 2021

White House science advisor Eric Lander sworn in on Pirkei Avot published in 1492

Published June 2, 2021

These days David Hertz is a world leader in turning food into social change. He had to reconcile his Jewish identity first.

Published June 1, 2021

Dutch university removes ‘from the river to the sea’ pro-Palestinian banner following protests by Jews

Published June 1, 2021

In Ukraine, bullet holes are found in a synagogue and a mass grave of Holocaust victims is desecrated

Published June 1, 2021

Non-Jewish man wearing yarmulke in solidarity with Jews is assaulted in Sweden

Published May 30, 2021

Nashville hat shop apologizes for selling yellow Jewish stars that read ‘Not Vaccinated’

Published May 30, 2021

Biden: Antisemitic attacks ‘terrorizing’ American Jews must stop

Published May 28, 2021

Patti Smith and Julian Casablancas among over 600 musicians to call for boycott of Israel

Published May 27, 2021

Willie Zabar wants you to wake up and hear the coffee

Published May 27, 2021

Man punched on Austrian train for asking passengers to stop denying the Holocaust

Published May 27, 2021

Jewish history and Holocaust studies scholar murdered in Ukraine

Published May 26, 2021

San Francisco’s teachers union becomes first K-12 union to endorse BDS movement

Published May 26, 2021

Elliot Resnick, Jewish Press editor who entered US Capitol on Jan. 6, to be replaced

Published May 26, 2021

Jewish man punched on Berlin street, one of 3 antisemitic incidents reported in German capital

Published May 26, 2021

After a plea to combat antisemitism, the White House convened a meeting with Jewish leaders

Published May 25, 2021

In UK, Hamas-Israel ceasefire hasn’t slowed the spike in antisemitic incidents

Published May 25, 2021

Simon Cowell pulls out as judge on Israeli counterpart to ‘America’s Got Talent’

Published May 25, 2021

New York City public school principal draws criticism after urging staff to support Palestinians

Published May 25, 2021

Federal court strikes down Georgia’s anti-BDS law

Published May 25, 2021

Antony Blinken to Middle East to sustain ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

Published May 24, 2021

NBA teams take social media stands against antisemitism

Published May 24, 2021

British Jews fear antisemitism has risen to unprecedented heights after Gaza protests

Published May 24, 2021

Israel is ending its COVID restrictions and starting to allow tourists back

Published May 24, 2021

NFL’s San Francisco 49ers pick a Jew of color to lead their diversity efforts

Published May 24, 2021

Holocaust survivor wishes Tik Tok a Shabbat Shalom and gets spammed with antisemitic hate

Published May 24, 2021

BBC Palestinian journalist shown to have tweeted #HitlerWasRight in 2014

Published May 24, 2021

One person burned in NYC fight as protesters shout ‘F–king Zionist’

Published May 20, 2021

Israeli soccer star Tomer Hemed celebrates goals with Israeli flag and kippah ‘for peace’

Published May 20, 2021

Italian dockworkers walk back brief Israel boycott action

Published May 20, 2021

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has torn apart Chicago’s biggest Facebook moms group

Published May 20, 2021

Canadian academic to stand trial in France for deadly 1980 terrorist attack on Paris synagogue

Published May 20, 2021

Israel said it sent ground troops into Gaza. It may have been a trick.

Published May 14, 2021

Arab citizens in a Jewish state: What to know about Arab-Israelis as protests sweep the country

Published May 13, 2021

US airlines cancel Israel flights, but Israel’s El Al airline vows to keep flying

Published May 13, 2021

Rihanna posted a message of solidarity for both sides of the Israel-Gaza conflict

Published May 13, 2021

I grew up in a mixed Jewish-Arab city. Violence there frightens me more than rockets from Gaza.

Published May 13, 2021

European Jews brace for antisemitic attacks spurred by Gaza conflagration

Published May 13, 2021

Children of intermarriage are raised Jewish. Their parents hope Jewish institutions notice.

Published May 13, 2021

Gaza rocket kills Israeli child as Arab-Jewish violence rages in Israel

Published May 13, 2021

Former congressman Lester Wolff, known for surviving assassination threats and supporting Israel, dies at 102

Published May 12, 2021

Amid crisis, New York Times posts job for Palestinian affairs reporter

Published May 12, 2021

From Gal Gadot to Trevor Noah, here’s what celebrities are saying about the Israel-Gaza violence

Published May 12, 2021

‘We’re watching a lynching’: Jewish crowd in Israel beats Arab man as country erupts in unrest

Published May 12, 2021

Actor Lakeith Stanfield apologizes for moderating a Clubhouse room full of antisemitism

Published May 10, 2021

Yitzhak Arad, partisan who led Israel’s Holocaust museum for decades, dies at 95

Published May 7, 2021

Agency working with US military posts sermon advising ‘men of Israel’ to apologize for killing of Jesus

Published May 6, 2021

Amid pandemic misery, India’s Jews try to stay safe while offering relief to the hardest hit

Published May 6, 2021

Jared Moskowitz, Florida’s Democratic ‘master of disaster,’ has stepped down. But he may not be gone for long.

Published May 6, 2021

Jewish Biden backers and lawmakers make a push for Robert Wexler to be the ambassador to Israel

Published May 5, 2021

I buried hundreds of old Jewish books. Inside each was a Jewish heart.

Published May 5, 2021

Leading Jewish Republicans differ sharply over a Biden human rights nominee

Published May 5, 2021

Yosef Kleinman, the youngest survivor to testify at Eichmann trial, dies at 92

Published May 4, 2021

Israeli man visiting Baltimore for a wedding is shot dead in apparent robbery

Published May 4, 2021

Oregon Holocaust memorial defaced with swastikas and antisemitic slurs

Published May 4, 2021

Top Army chaplain dedicates Torah at Fort Bliss after synagogue renovation

Published May 3, 2021

Hundreds in Ukraine attend marches celebrating Nazi SS soldiers, including in Kyiv for the 1st time

Published May 3, 2021

Opening inquiry into Mount Meron catastrophe, Israeli state comptroller cites earlier warnings about site’s safety

Published May 3, 2021

Biden’s first meeting as president with an Israeli leader is with Mossad chief

Published May 3, 2021

Power couple at center of anti-vax school controversy have given to Jewish causes

Published May 3, 2021

Eli Broad, philanthropist who remade Los Angeles, dies at 87

Published May 2, 2021

Sean Hannity demands apology for Jerusalem Post’s accusations of antisemitism

Published May 2, 2021

Suspect arrested for vandalizing Bronx synagogues

Published May 1, 2021

Idaho and West Virginia pass anti-Israel boycott laws

Published April 30, 2021

‘Our dancing has turned into mourning’: For Orthodox Jews, a night of festivity and healing becomes an unspeakable tragedy

Published April 30, 2021

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