(JTA) — From Who-ville to Schmoozeville, and from island getaways to cozy homes, this year’s crop of Hanukkah books for kids of all ages take families...
(JTA) — On Thanksgiving morning, as volunteers gathered at Congregation Shearith Israel for the synagogue’s 11th annual “packathon,” they also marked a new milestone: Their synagogue...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah Chief Naim Qassem gives a televised speech from an unknown location, July 30, 2025, in this screen grab from video. Photo: Al Manar TV/REUTERS...
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani attends a press conference at the Unisphere in the Queens borough of New York City, US, Nov. 5, 2025. Photo:...
Smoke billows following an Israeli air strike in Sanaa, Yemen, Sept. 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah Israel’s potential partnership with Somaliland could be a “game changer,”...
Dr. Rahmeh Aladwan addresses the Activist Independent Movement’s Nakba77, Birmingham Demonstration for Palestine, outside the local BBC offices and studios in 2025. Photo: Screenshot A British...
The entrance to Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus campus. Photo: Wikimedia Commons An association of lawyers who support Israel is demanding the University of East...
Yuval Raphael from Israel with the title “New Day Will Rise” on stage at the second semi-final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in the Arena...
A Torah scroll. Photo: RabbiSacks.org. They say that “the devil is in the details,” and nowhere has that been more evident than in the corruption scandal...
A mobile artillery unit fires towards Gaza near the border, in Israel, Sept. 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen For a moment, after two years of war,...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a press conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Nov. 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Lisi Niesner German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Israel on Dec....
Pope Leo XIV participates in an ecumenical prayer service near the archaeological excavations of the ancient Basilica of Saint Neophytos, during his first apostolic journey, in...
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (L) speaks with Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) CEO Sacha Roytman at a special event in Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov. 16,...
A damaged site, following an Israeli raid on Friday, according to Syrian state media, in Beit Jinn, Syria, Nov. 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ali Ahmed al-Najjar i24...
Smoke rises from a building after strikes at Syria’s defense ministry in Damascus, Syria, July 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi Part One of this article appeared...
Angie Claudio-Rodriguez was raised Catholic but felt a “deep connection” to Judaism she never understood. Throughout her life, family members told her different things about her...