We mourn the loss of Eleanor Marks (née Gutkin), who died peacefully at the age of 97. Born in Winnipeg in 1925, Eleanor grew up in...
Sam Hochman, known to many as Sammy, passed away peacefully on June 1 at 2:30 a.m. at the Simkin Centre in Winnipeg, at the age of...
(JTA) — Antonio Guterres has been one of the more Israel-friendly secretary-generals of the United Nations. Since assuming his position in 2017, he has criticized anti-Israel...
(New York Jewish Week) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ office is pushing back against criticism that its newly inaugurated Jewish Advisory Council is not...
(JTA) — Israel’s national soccer team qualified for the Olympics for the first time in nearly 50 years by making a surprising run at a major...
BERLIN (JTA) — Alongside Munich’s river, construction workers made a sensational discovery last week: Stone tablets carved with the Ten Commandments from the city’s former main...
(JTA) — A Palestinian gunman killed an Israeli soldier when security forces stopped the gunman while he was driving near the Kedumim settlement in the northern...
Editor’s note: This article is part of a new series, Sign Post, which explores street signs and other locations around the city that are named in...
This article originally appeared on My Jewish Learning. (JTA) — This week’s Torah portion is named after one of the Torah’s more complicated figures. Pinchas is the grandson...
(New York Jewish Week) — On the Netflix reality show “Jewish Matchmaking,” matchmaker and star Aleeza Ben Shalom jet-sets around the world, meets her clients one-on-one, and...
(JTA) — The BBC has apologized for an on-air interview in which one of its anchors told former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett that “Israeli forces...
(JTA) — The request for rainbow-frosted cupcakes came from a repeat customer — a local synagogue that had relied on the West Orange Bake Shop to...
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Thousands of people blocked Tel Aviv’s central highway and other major roads in Israel on Wednesday night, as protests surrounding Israel’s proposed...
LONDON (JTA) — The head of the Anti-Defamation League praised the British Labour Party for its efforts to combat antisemitism among its membership but warned that those...
(JTA) — Elizabeth Tsurkov, an expert on refugees and a Middle East analyst who has Russian and Israeli citizenship, has been held for months by a...
(JTA) — British soccer icon David Beckham is known globally for his bevy of championships as well as the “bend” he could put on the ball...
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Bar Shelly is hoping that the fourth time’s the charm when it comes to gaining entry into the United States. The 24-year-old...
(New York Jewish Week) — On Hester Street between Orchard and Allen, tucked away among trendy cafes, high-end clothing boutiques and a smattering of mom-and-pop shops,...
(JTA) — It was still winter when the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs learned that its June conference would share space at a hotel with an...
(JTA) — The Anglican Church of Canada has voted to remove from its prayer books a prayer calling for the conversion of the Jews. The decision,...
Posted July 5 By BERNIE BELLAN (Note: This article first appeared in our June 7 issue but there’s nothing in it that doesn’t bear repeating now.)Put...
By BERNIE BELLAN (Note: This article first appeared in the June 7, 2023 issue of the JP&N, but our website was under reconstruction, so it didn’t...
As a result of the pandemic time period, many organizations found ways to present outdoor series. Not to be left out of the loop, Gwen Secter...
(JTA) — The Kremlin has said for the first time that it has discussed with U.S. officials a possible prisoner exchange involving the Jewish American journalist...