Jewish organizations in Calgary are expressing immense disappointment following the decision by the city’s mayor not to participate in a menorah lighting ceremony on Dec. 7,...
(JTA) — When tickets for Los Angeles’ Infinite Light Festival went on sale in October, just a week after Hamas’ brutal attack on Israel, sales were...
Harvard University President Dr. Claudine Gay delivers remarks on Dec. 5, 2023, during the House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing on the recent rise...
(JTA) — Rabbi David Ellenson, who served for 12 years as president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and mentored a generation of rabbis and...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — For the next eight days, one menorah will be lit in the office of Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff; another will sit in the...
(JTA) — We need a do-over for the last two months since Oct. 7. Of course we’d all love a time machine to take us back...
(JTA) – The son of an Israeli government minister and former military chief of staff was killed in combat in Gaza on Thursday, as Israel continued...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal, chairman of the Chabad Jewish Education Center, light a giant menorah to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah...
MAHANAYIM JUNCTION, Israel (JTA) — When Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7. Lea, a former infantry instructor in the Israel Defense Forces, cut short a trip...
University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill testifies during a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing on holding campus leaders accountable and confronting antisemitism, at the US...
(JTA) — In the 2000s, as the small Israeli town of Sderot endured heavy rocket fire, thousands of residents left the city. Around the same time,...
As the end of the year approaches, you’ve probably noticed your inbox filling up with requests from charities asking for year-end donations. Giving is important, especially...
Taylor Swift attends a premiere for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour in Los Angeles, California, US, Oct. 11, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Six13, an acappella group...
NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli and European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen depart for the launch pad before their mission to the International Space Station as Crew-7...
Protesters gathered outside Goldie in Philadelphia on Dec. 3, 2023. Photo: Screenshot The organizers of a recent pro-Palestinian rally in Philadelphia that targeted a local Jewish...
(JTA) — Last summer, I became a chaplain at Brown University, a campus at which a celebration of the uniqueness of every student is embedded in...