Jamie Raskin, a Jewish Democrat, spearheads push to have GOP senator stop hold on...
Citing a “desperate” need in the wake of the recent Israel-Hamas war, Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Jewish Democrat, is spearheading a letter to...
Biden taps Tom Nides, an Obama administration official, to be ambassador to Israel
President Joe Biden will name Tom Nides, a deputy secretary of state in the Obama administration, to be his ambassador to Israel.
The Times of...
Multiple antisemitic incidents reported over the weekend across US
At least four cases of intimidation or assault against Jews have been reported in the United States since Thursday, in a continuation of what...
Sami Steigmann crashes Clubhouse
By Heather Robinson
On a blustery day in late January, Holocaust survivor Sami Steigmann, 81, made his debut on Clubhouse — the buzzy, audio-based, social-media...
With new initiative on changing school culture, Jewish schools focus on anti-racist education
By Larry Luxner
After George Floyd was killed in May at the hands of Minneapolis police, and protests and demonstrations spread around the country, students...
Interest in immigrating to Israel from US soars despite pandemic-era challenges
By Renee Ghert-Zand
When Aaron Feinblatt moved to Israel in late February 2020, just as the first signs of the worldwide coronavirus outbreak were emerging,...
The new Pew: ‘Jewish Americans in 2020’
By Toby Tabachnick
“Jewish Americans in 2020,” Pew’s first deep dive into Jewish life in the U.S. since 2013, paints a picture of a population...
Abbas, Olmert call for 2 states at J Street conference
The failed Israeli-Palestinian peace attempt in 2008 would have succeeded if it had been given more time, said former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who...
A program commemorates the Holocaust for a post-survivor world
By Shira Hanau
Holocaust remembrance day programs in Jewish communities have stuck to a familiar form for decades, featuring Holocaust survivors sharing their stories followed...
With interest in health care careers soaring, Touro College sees pandemic’s impact
By Larry Luxner
Aaron Skaist, 26, has been around ambulances and medical personnel most of his life. His father established Toronto’s first Hatzoloh volunteer paramedic...
