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Man arrested in shooting at San Francisco Jewish center, charged with drawing imitation firearm

Published February 6, 2023

Biden picks Jeff Zients, Jewish advisor who helped launch DC bagel chain, as new chief of staff

Published January 23, 2023

Netanyahu government introduces bill to diminish Israel’s top court

Published January 5, 2023

Iconic Jewish Argentinean sportscaster makes all-time call upon Argentina winning World Cup

Published December 19, 2022

The Hanukkah merch market has exploded. But are Jews feeling more represented?

Published December 13, 2022

Drug charges dropped against ‘mushroom rabbi’ who promotes religious psychedelic use

Published December 12, 2022

Michigan man charged with ‘ethnic intimidation’ after harassing synagogue-goers over Israel

Published December 5, 2022

Kanye West suspended again from Twitter after posting swastika

Published December 2, 2022

Michelle Williams, who plays Steven Spielberg’s mother in ‘The Fabelmans,’ says she plans to raise her children Jewish

Published November 29, 2022

Orthodox Union endorses Respect for Marriage Act, federal bill to protect same-sex marriage

Published November 17, 2022

Influencer Lizzy Savetsky exits ‘Real Housewives of New York,’ citing antisemitism

Published November 17, 2022

Noa Kirel, Israel’s hottest singer, wore a Kanye West-printed outfit to Europe’s MTV awards

Published November 14, 2022

With a dark winter looming in Ukraine, Jewish groups send generators and other support

Published November 10, 2022

‘The jokes were fantastic’: Jewish Twitter users reflect on their community as the Musk era sets in

Published November 9, 2022

Chicago suspended a principal who downplayed a senior’s Nazi costume. Jewish students say it’s not enough.

Published November 8, 2022

‘F— antisemitism,’ John Mellencamp says as his Jewish lawyer is inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Published November 7, 2022

The Kyrie case isn’t about ‘Blacks vs. Jews.’ It’s about bigotry.

Published November 6, 2022

New Jersey synagogue threat ‘no longer considered active,’ local Jews are told

Published November 4, 2022

Doug Mastriano’s wife: ‘We probably love Israel more than a lot of Jews do’

Published October 30, 2022

NBA star Kyrie Irving defends decision to promote antisemitic movie

Published October 30, 2022

Adidas terminates partnership with Kanye

Published October 25, 2022

‘Kanye was right about the Jews,’ antisemitic group says on Los Angeles highway banner

Published October 23, 2022

‘Not all Nazis were bad,’ an Indiana school board candidate comments, drawing ire

Published October 21, 2022

CNN is airing a special on antisemitism. Here’s your guide to what it will cover.

Published August 19, 2022

The story of the ‘Inca Jews’ is finally being told

Published August 5, 2022

Jewish buyer snags Hitler’s watch for $1.1M, according to Maryland auction house

Published August 1, 2022

Saudi Arabia arrests citizen who helped Israeli journalist enter Mecca illegally

Published July 22, 2022

6 killed at July 4 parade in Highland Park, Illinois, a heavily Jewish suburb of Chicago

Published July 5, 2022

Days after US ends right to abortion, Israel eases restrictions on ending pregnancies

Published June 27, 2022

For their late leader’s milestone 120th birthday, Chabad Jews stage a worldwide celebration

Published April 13, 2022

Israel’s governing coalition in crisis as right-wing Knesset member resigns, citing Passover food in hospitals

Published April 6, 2022

For many Jews watching Ukraine’s war, Vlodymyr Zelensky is a ‘modern Maccabee’

Published February 28, 2022

Tennessee school board removes ‘Maus,’ iconic Holocaust novel, from its curriculum

Published January 27, 2022

Adrien Brody brings a Jewish character — and antisemitism — to HBO’s ‘Succession’

Published November 8, 2021

Larry David gives Jon Hamm a Yiddish lesson in very Jewish start to new season of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’

Published October 25, 2021

The author of ‘The Matzah Ball,’ a Hanukkah novel, wants Jews to read more romance

Published October 19, 2021

Jürgen brings Passover to the ‘Great British Baking Show’ with charoset-and-matzah-topped pavlova

Published October 15, 2021

Texas official to teachers: State law requires teaching ‘opposing’ views on the Holocaust

Published October 14, 2021

A pioneering German translation of the Talmud, finished in 1935, is now accessible online

Published October 14, 2021

These Jewish NYC schoolteachers want a religious exemption from the city’s vaccine mandate

Published October 4, 2021

Effort to recall California’s governor fails, but scrutiny on Dianne Feinstein could be lasting effect

Published September 15, 2021

Desus and Mero get a bar mitzvah (of sorts), with the help of Eric Andre and an NYC rabbi

Published August 6, 2021

US officials denounce antisemitism after swastika is found in State Department elevator

Published July 28, 2021

Jackie Mason was a Jewish American comedy icon. These videos show why.

Published July 25, 2021

“Not good for my mental health’: Jewish Instagrammers struggle amid Israel-Gaza conflict and antisemitic violence

Published May 21, 2021

Jerusalem in tumult, 9 dead in Gaza, as Israel and Hamas exchange fire

Published May 10, 2021

What to know about the Sarah Halimi case and why it matters

Published April 29, 2021

After losing her father, this NY paramedic went back to work responding to COVID calls

Published March 22, 2021

Ancient biblical scroll fragments discovered in Israeli Cave of Horror

Published March 16, 2021

Yaphet Kotto, ‘Homicide’ and ‘Alien’ actor who was one of the first Black Jews on screen, dies at 81

Published March 16, 2021

In some places, Rosh Hashanah falls on the first day of school. The COVID crisis is adding pressure to change it.

Published March 8, 2021

Israel rocked by COVID death of pregnant 32-year-old who had not been vaccinated

Published February 21, 2021

Kansas City meteorologist apologizes after showcasing Kitler, a Hitleresque cat, on air

Published February 16, 2021

The viral cat lawyer once drew national attention for his prosecution of a Jewish smoke shop owner

Published February 12, 2021

Karen Lewis, Jewish union chief who made Chicago’s teachers into a national force, is dead at 67

Published February 9, 2021

Jewish man leaves $2M to French mountain town that hid him from Nazis

Published January 31, 2021

ADL: Gaming network Twitch is most effective social platform at curbing Holocaust denial

Published January 27, 2021

TikTok’s comic ‘Jew Who Loves Trees’ wants you to take Tu b’Shvat very, very seriously

Published January 26, 2021

Israel closes its borders, including for citizens and immigrants, in effort to curb COVID-19

Published January 25, 2021

Jon Ossoff had a totem of his American Jewish heritage in his pocket when he joined the Senate

Published January 21, 2021

Meet a rabbi who’s been stationed at the US Capitol

Published January 15, 2021

Jon Ossoff: Everything you need to know about the (likely-to-be) newest Jewish Democratic senator

Published January 6, 2021

Netanyahu says he wants to be first Israeli vaccinated against COVID-19

Published December 9, 2020

7 especially Jewish ‘Jeopardy!’ moments from Alex Trebek’s 36 years as host

Published November 8, 2020

Florida principal who was fired — then rehired — after Holocaust denial is fired again

Published November 2, 2020

The man behind the Faces of COVID Twitter account wants to help America face its grief

Published October 13, 2020

After Heshy Tischler is arrested for inciting a riot in Borough Park, his followers mob the home of the reporter he targeted

Published October 11, 2020

Bibi Shapiro, the 6-year-old whose ‘Avinu Malkeinu’ went viral, sang at Central Synagogue’s Yom Kippur services

Published September 29, 2020

Shortened shofar blasts and last-minute sermon tweaks: How Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death changed Rosh Hashanah services

Published September 21, 2020

This Jewish comedian has been helping rabbis nail the delivery on their High Holidays services

Published September 18, 2020

Seasons without song: How Jews are adapting to the sudden disappearance of communal singing

Published September 16, 2020

The ‘Avinu Malkeinu’ kid isn’t Amar’e Stoudemire’s son. But he does have a message for the High Holidays. Take it from his mom.

Published September 14, 2020

Amid increasing COVID alarm, packed services held at Chabad’s Brooklyn headquarters Saturday night

Published September 13, 2020

HBO’s ‘Lovecraft Country’ contains a plot point that resembles an age-old anti-Semitic lie. Why?

Published September 1, 2020

How Jewish socialist summer camp shaped Ron Bloom, one of the men responsible for the Postal Service’s future

Published August 18, 2020

Marjorie Taylor Greene, House candidate who advanced QAnon theory about Rothschilds and Soros, wins primary in Georgia

Published August 12, 2020

Captain of Israel’s hockey team signs to play in Oswiecim, otherwise known as Auschwitz

Published August 9, 2020

President Trump reportedly lashed out at Sheldon Adelson, one of his biggest donors

Published August 9, 2020

‘Was she talking about me?’ Nick Cannon ends July by reviewing Bari Weiss’ ‘How to Fight Anti-Semitism’

Published July 31, 2020

Andrzej Duda, Polish president who vowed no reparations for Jews, appears to eke out reelection

Published July 13, 2020

Kenneth Marcus, high-ranking US education official, returning to Jewish civil rights agency

Published July 10, 2020

Mandy Patinkin lends his voice to the growing chorus of West Bank annexation opponents

Published June 29, 2020

This quiz show aficionado has won JTA’s ‘You Call That News?!?’ 4 times. Who will break his streak?

Published June 24, 2020

Meet the Jewish day school teacher who wagered $18 on ‘Jeopardy!’ and won $50,000

Published June 10, 2020

This Israeli’s daily ‘dad jokes’ are making his Chicago neighbors laugh during dark times

Published June 3, 2020

‘We stand in solidarity’: What Jewish organizations are saying about the protests over George Floyd’s death

Published May 31, 2020

Gila Golder, a news junkie whose grandfather knew Elvis, won last week’s JTA quiz show. Can you beat her?

Published May 28, 2020

Lag b’Omer is traditionally a day of Jewish weddings. What will happen under social distancing?

Published May 11, 2020

Reacting to a packed funeral, New York City mayor warns ‘the Jewish community’ and faces a swift firestorm

Published April 29, 2020

Here are our Passover plans, and how the pandemic has changed them. What are yours?

Published April 8, 2020

Ramah in the Rockies, a Jewish summer camp, averts layoffs with a federal grant

Published April 7, 2020

Aron Halpern, 90, survived the Holocaust and thrived in the United States

Published April 3, 2020

Maurice Berger, 63, was a curator and historian who decried racism

Published April 1, 2020

Meet the challah-tinkering yeast scientist who’s helping pandemic bread bakers get a good rise

Published March 31, 2020

In a reversal, Jewish Agency sending teen emissaries back to Israel, and to quarantine

Published March 13, 2020

In a dramatic step, Israel to require 14-day quarantine for all travelers from abroad

Published March 9, 2020

A day after Bernie Sanders says he’s opting out, AIPAC flexes bipartisan support

Published February 24, 2020

Bloomberg takes a beating in his debate debut, raising questions about the Jewish presidential candidate’s future

Published February 19, 2020

Nearly a year after endorsing same-sex marriages, an Orthodox rabbi performs his first

Published February 19, 2020

An ‘empire of influence,’ a checkered track record and more: Catch up on the Mike Bloomberg news as he makes his debate debut

Published February 19, 2020