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Struck by the number of activists and thinkers who cheered the Oct. 7 Hamas atrocities, Adam Kirsch has written a book on the misguided idealism...
Publication promoted two-state solution and liberal agenda, was ‘always deliberately to the left of American Jewish liberalism’
‘What, Me Worry? The Art and Humor of MAD Magazine’ runs at the Norman Rockwell Museum through October 27, showcasing the periodical’s American...
Democrat, whose district included ‘Little Ramallah,’ had weathered pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian primary challengers in his 14 terms: ‘I’ve...
Running at the Borscht Belt Museum in Ellenville, NY, through November, ‘And Such Small Portions!’ reflects a bygone era where guests...
Kamala Harris, whose husband is Jewish, reportedly considering Gov. Josh Shapiro, Sen. Mark Kelly as running mate; both spouse and VP would be firsts...
Born to a Jewish father, Buxtun was reminded of Nazi medical experiments when he heard US health officials withheld treatment from hundreds of...
Unique brightly colored works that featured stretched out and manipulated Hebrew letters are displayed in countless homes and synagogues around the...
A new book details how, like the Nova exhibit opened as Oct. 7 fallout continues, a YIVO collection in NYC sought to commemorate European Jewry even...
Markoff became an avid blogger and author after turning 100; leaves exceptionally lucid brain to science; wife Betty died in 2019 after 81 years of...
While for Sabras the movement to free the hostages is critical of the Netanyahu government’s wartime policies, many Jews abroad view it as...
Profanity-laden overview by Mo Husseini — a distant relative of the infamous Mufti of Jerusalem — spares neither side, enticing the...
Fred Neulander, founder of Reform M’kor Shalom congregation in Cherry Hill, avoided arrest for almost four years after hiring two hitmen to kill...
Jewish mother’s articles for the Washington Post about things she was able to do and cherish despite incurable disease were an inspiration to...
Famed New York tailor learned to sew as a teen in a Nazi death camp, dressed clients like Bush, Clinton and Obama, as well as Frank Sinatra, Paul...
With memorable roles in ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and Mel Brooks’s ‘Robin Hood: Men in Tights,’ Lewis said he viewed comedy...
Far-right extremist already serving life sentence for attempt to break into a synagogue on Yom Kippur in 2019 that he broadcast online before killing...
Weiss put aside her career in social work and health administration to found and promote multiple organizations supporting the LGBTQ community
Polish native was born 7 years before Nazi invasion; her immediate family was sent to Warsaw ghetto and survived, in part based on father’s ability...
Analyzing what the words of survivors themselves said about the genocide, Langer, who won numerous awards for his work, argued against excessive...
Zachary Solomon’s ‘A Brutal Design’ joins a growing body of Jewish speculative fiction as it imagines an alternate world in which...
Local rabbi says Jewish life was a ‘priority’ for late Los Angeles resident, who did philanthropic work with local Hadassah branch,...
Jeremy Eichler’s ‘Time’s Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance’ is joined by many other notable...
Flawed and complex, historic and particular, the noteworthy works defining this year were written prior to the Oct. 7 Hamas atrocities; next year’s...
The 55th Association for Jewish Studies conference was to focus on history — but the challenges facing Diaspora Jewry due to the Israel-Hamas...
Many feel seismic shifts in how they form political alliances and how they express their Judaism in a world that feels scarier, lonelier and, in some...
Renown historian, adviser and confidant, who served as president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion for 12 years, passes away of...