Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Ron Kampeas August 11, 2023 (JTA) — Jewish groups in the United States and in Hawaii are launching relief efforts following the devastation caused by wildfires that have killed more than 50 people…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Ben Sales (JTA) — Israel said it has evacuated more than 200 people from a northern province of Ethiopia where a militia is fighting government forces.  The evacuees include 174 people from the city…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Aileen Greenberg-Kriner Hadassah has not only been a strong supporter of healthcare and women’s empowerment but has also played a significant role in promoting Jewish art and culture. Among its many contributions, the…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Douglas Greene, JFGC Government Relations & Public Affairs Associate As incidents of antisemitism continue to rise locally, it is crucial to equip parents with the tools and knowledge to combat these challenges head-on.…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Ben Sales TEL AVIV (JTA) — The Israeli Supreme Court has announced that it will hear petitions challenging a new law that limits its ability to strike down government decisions. The challenges won’t…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — In his speech to a joint session of Congress, Israeli President Isaac Herzog made sure to repeatedly laud the warm ties between the United States and Israel. And…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Andrew Silow-Carroll (JTA) — In 1945 physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, hailed as the “father of the atomic bomb” and the man who ended World War II. Less than a…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Shira Li Bartov (JTA) July 9, 2023  Long before the craze over the upcoming “Barbie” movie, most people could conjure an image of the doll: She was the beauty standard and the popular…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Harvard’s 20th-century antisemitic Jewish quotas were a key part of the Supreme Court’s decision to gut affirmative action on Thursday, as the winning litigant and two conservative justices…

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Charlotte Rouchouze Michael Twitty’s second book, entitled “Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an American Jew,” recent recipient of the National Jewish Book Award’s 2022 Jewish Book of the Year, immerses us…