When Rabbi Avi Weiss and Jamaal Bowman exchanged views on Israel before last year’s Democratic primary election, it made national news. But the founding spiritual leader of The Bayit (the … more

We’re used to politicians mangling history, whether out of carelessness or partisanship. So it was a breath of fresh air when New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang recently shared a … more

As the repercussions of the deadly Jan. 6 mob invasion of the US Capitol continue to reverberate across the country and beyond, like most Americans, many in the Jewish community looked on with shock … more

The normalization of relations between Israel and Morocco and the US recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara have stirred interest in the history of Morocco’s … more

This weekend marks 75 years since the start of the Nuremberg tribunals, which tried leaders of Nazi Germany for their part in the Holocaust and other war crimes. A clear line links these … more

The number of anti-Semitic hate crimes in the United States increased significantly in 2019, according to the FBI, in a year that saw three lethal attacks against Jews. Anti-Semitic incidents … more

An episode in which three visibly Jewish men were harassed with slurs during the aftermath of a racial justice protest in Philadelphia last week was instigated by an adherent of a fringe extremist … more

Following a terrorist attack that left four dead in Vienna by a man who reportedly shouted “Allah” while shooting, European rabbis made an unusual appeal for more “control and … more

Sacha Baron Cohen’s new “Borat” sequel features plenty of crude gags and surprise appearances. But it also has a giant soft spot: for Judith Dim Evans, a sweet and loving Holocaust … more

It wasn’t until I started converting to Judaism that I realized that anti-Semitism is very much alive and well — and it’s only getting worse. Last year saw the most … more