Jewish organizations assist in hurricane relief
Hurricane Ian tore through Florida, moving from the Gulf of Mexico along the West Coast over the state to the other side, leaving a...
Decades after the Holocaust, efforts to return Nazi-looted art are slow, steady
It’s never just as simple as “finders keepers, losers weepers.”
In June, the Philadelphia Museum of Art returned a 16th-century marksman’s shield in its possession...
Israel’s big experiment
By Noga Tarnopolsky
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Mansour Abbas, the first leader of any majority-Arab party to join an Israeli government, launched his reelection campaign earlier...
Leading Orthodox groups cheered the end of Roe v. Wade…
Pam Scheininger and J. David Bleich have this much in common: They are Orthodox Jews who are preoccupied with Jewish ethics and teach at...
‘After Shabbat, we will act’: American Jews gear up for wave of post-Roe activism
An array of Jewish groups across the country are kickstarting into action to protest and potentially challenge the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe...
Century-old Erie murder of Jewish man garners new interest
By Adam Reinherz
PITTSBURGH
A 100-year-old unsolved murder is getting renewed attention thanks to the victim’s granddaughter and some locals interested in preserving history.
The case, which...
Jews, allies turn out for abortion rights
Jewish supporters of abortion rights and allied congressional representatives staged a pro-choice rally Tuesday morning with the U.S. Capitol as the backdrop to protest...
Lipstadt decries those who do not take antisemitism seriously
Antisemitism is often not taken seriously until it becomes deadly, said Deborah Lipstadt, the Holocaust scholar whose nomination to be the State Department’s antisemitism...
Jewish thinkers split among ethics of cannabis use
On April 21, the sixth night of Passover, more than just Jews were celebrating a holiday revolving around a burning bush.
The day marked the...
Where do Chuck Schumer and Madison Cawthorn both quote Torah?
It was a day of dancing, libations, congressmen over 70 and controversial House Rep. Madison Cawthorn — who got so excited he called Jews...
