That question sat quietly beneath Bret Stephens ’ recent State of World Jewry address at the 92nd Street Y. Stephens’ argument was less radical than some of the headlines suggested, and more ...

Two relatively new books tell the story of American Jewry, weaving together its past and present by examining tradition and making it relevant to today’s reader. Where Sue Fishkoff’s “Kosher Nation: ...

This Q&A is adapted from one of eight mainstage conversations held at Z3 2020: Visions of a Shared Future, a virtual conference produced by The Z3 Project and the Oshman Family JCC of Palo Alto, aimed ...

For veterans of the fight for refuseniks in the ’70s and ’80s, this week’s march against anti-Semitism was a familiar and unnerving gathering. For many who marched against anti-Semitism on Sunday, it ...

The massive Soviet Jewry rally that took place in Washington 25 years ago on December 6 was a powerful event. The gathering of so many people who traveled great distances, raising a voice of Jewish ...

There are some people whose contributions are so indispensable that their names are preceded with “the.” A decade and a half ago, someone introduced me to Faryar “Frank” Nikbakht at a Holocaust ...

Immediately after the normally joyous holiday of Passover, Jews enter the period of Sefirah, a traditionally somber time that concludes seven weeks later with the joyous festival of Shavuot. The ...

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has described the feeling of 'relief' that laws targeting hate groups passed in Federal Parliament last night, after Labor struck a deal with the Liberal ...

Flooding in Annapolis overtakes statues of children listening to Alex Haley. Photo by and courtesy of Javin Hernandez When Hurricane Milton devastated Jamaica this this past week, cutting power to ...

“I think this has thrown mainstream Jewish institutions in America into a tailspin.” Shaul Magid, who teaches modern Judaism at Harvard Divinity School, was describing October 7, 2023, when Hamas ...

Since the publication more than half a century ago of a landmark article that referenced the “vanishing American Jew,” it’s been hard to shake that idea as the dominant narrative of American Jewish ...