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

November 8, 2021

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

October 25, 2021

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

October 19, 2021

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

October 15, 2021

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

October 14, 2021

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

October 14, 2021

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

October 4, 2021

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

September 15, 2021

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

August 6, 2021

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

July 28, 2021

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

July 25, 2021

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

May 21, 2021

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

May 10, 2021

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

April 29, 2021

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

March 22, 2021

Ancient biblical scroll fragments discovered in Israeli Cave of Horror

March 16, 2021

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

March 16, 2021

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

March 8, 2021

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

February 21, 2021

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

February 16, 2021

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

February 12, 2021

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

February 9, 2021

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

January 31, 2021

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

January 27, 2021

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

January 26, 2021

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

January 25, 2021

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

January 21, 2021

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

January 15, 2021

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

January 6, 2021

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

December 9, 2020

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

November 8, 2020

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

November 2, 2020

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

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

October 11, 2020

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

September 29, 2020

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

September 21, 2020

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

September 18, 2020

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

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.

September 14, 2020

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

September 13, 2020

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

September 1, 2020

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

August 18, 2020

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

August 12, 2020

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

August 9, 2020

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

August 9, 2020

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

July 31, 2020

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

July 13, 2020

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

July 10, 2020

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

June 29, 2020

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

June 24, 2020

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

June 10, 2020

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

June 3, 2020

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

May 31, 2020

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

May 28, 2020

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

May 11, 2020

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

April 29, 2020

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

April 8, 2020

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

April 7, 2020

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

April 3, 2020

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

April 1, 2020

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

March 31, 2020

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

March 13, 2020

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

March 9, 2020

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

February 24, 2020

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

February 19, 2020

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

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

February 19, 2020

Bernie Sanders makes Jewish history by winning the New Hampshire Democratic primary — again

February 11, 2020

Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan runs 181 pages. These 2 maps tell you what you need to know.

January 28, 2020

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