(JTA) – The writer Masha Gessen will still receive a prestigious award named for Hannah Arendt, after the German foundation that administers the prize had initially...
(New York Jewish Week) – The first Jewish woman ever appointed to the Supreme Court, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was known for her trailblazing...
(JTA) — British Foreign Secretary David Cameron announced that extremist Israeli settlers would be banned from entering the United Kingdom, following a similar announcement by the...
(JTA) — Several months ago, before she met with the pope and Elon Musk, before her adopted home was thrust into war by a brutal attack,...
Maayan Zin embraces her daughters Ela Elyakim, 8, and Dafna Elyakim, 14, former Israeli hostages, shortly after their arrival in Israel on Nov. 26, after being...
Hundreds gathered at Winnipeg’s Asper Jewish Community Campus to pay tribute to peace activist Vivian Silver, who was killed in the Hamas attack on Kibbutz Be’eri...
(JTA) – Israeli soldiers accidentally killed three hostages during combat in Gaza, an Israel Defense Forces spokesman said. The soldiers mistakenly identified the hostages as a...
Israeli soldiers operate at the Shajaiya district of Gaza city amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terror group Hamas, in the Gaza Strip,...
By BERNIE BELLAN Over 500 people had registered to attend the memorial for slain peace activist and former Winnipegger Vivian Silver on Thursday evening, December 14,...
(JTA) — A decades-long era of Jewish comedy on television will come to an end next year, as “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Larry David’s HBO comedy, is...
This article was sent as a newsletter. Sign up for our weekly Jewish sports newsletter here. (JTA) — Happy Friday, Jewish sports fans! Before we get into...
(JTA) – The U.S. Department of Education has opened 12 new investigations into the handling of discrimination at colleges and school districts since Thanksgiving, in the...
Israeli Sagi Muki, winner of the 2019 World Judo Championship. Photo: Naoki Nishimura / Aflo Sports / Reuters. Israeli judoka and Olympic medalist Sagi Muki is...
An archival image featured in “Wednesdays in Mississippi.” Photo: JSP Jewish Story Partners (JSP), a Los Angeles-based nonprofit film funding organization, announced on Thursday that among...
John Oliver in the Nov. 12 episode of his HBO show “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.” Photo: Screenshot On November 13, John Oliver demonstrated why...
The personal belongings of festival-goers are seen at the site of an attack on the Nova Festival by Hamas gunmen from Gaza, near Israel’s border with...