Jewish Federations and AJC express support for U.S.-Israeli military action, urging vigilance and praying for safety. By: JNS Staff The Jewish Federations of North America on...

  By: Fern Sidman In the aftermath of a seismic shift in the Middle East’s political landscape—the confirmed elimination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—Rabbi...

By: Jonathan S. Tobin This is not the first time in history in which some Jews have internalized the hate that has been directed at...

Think savory with nuts, spices and dips, as well as hamantaschen fillings that feature spinach, feta and herbs. By: Ethel G. Hofman Purim commemorates the survival...

By: Miriam Szokovski Wondering why hamantaschen are traditional Purim fare? The reasons and symbolism are abundant. Today I’ve got a great roundup of sweet hamantaschen, traditional...

By: Menachem Posner Purim Is the Jolliest Day of the Year The jolly festival of Purim is celebrated every year on the 14th of...

Steven Burg (RNS) — On Wednesday, Jan. 28, Ran Gvili was finally laid to rest. The 24-year-old police special forces officer, who was killed on Oct....

  By: Fern Sidman Nearly two decades after antisemitism began to reemerge in the American public square with a visibility unseen since the postwar era, a...

  By: Fern Sidman The contemporary American Jewish community finds itself in the throes of a searching and, at times, bruising debate over the most elemental...

Australian terror attack revealed a new dimension in Texas Chabad emissary’s life and work By: Bruria Efune For nearly three decades, Manya Lazaroff has been doing...

By: Tzirel Rosenblatt In the vast architecture of twentieth-century history, moments of moral clarity often appear fleeting, almost imperceptible amid the thunder of mass movements...

  By: Fern Sidman A rare and resonant call to action has reverberated across Israel’s religious landscape, as a coalition of prominent rabbis urged the public...

Menachem Wecker (JNS) Some 10 minutes into a conversation with JNS, Mark Goldfeder, director of the nonprofit National Jewish Advocacy Center, offered a tip on...

A Shot Heard Across Europe: 90 Years Since the Killing of Nazi Figure Wilhelm Gustloff by David Frankfurter By: Fern Sidman Ninety years ago, on February...

Bret Stephens Proposes Redirecting Resources from the ADL to Strengthen Jewish Communal Life By: Jeff Gorman In a provocative address recently delivered at the 92nd Street...

By: Fern Sidman In an extraordinary act of collective moral clarity, more than one hundred of the world’s leading Holocaust and genocide scholars have issued...