Visit here for of-the-minute breaking news stories that affects American Jews. Stay up-to-date on the most recent national, Israeli and international breaking news. From hate crimes and anti-Semitic incidents to political shakeups and decisions, our breaking news section keeps you…
News
-
Jacky Rosen: Time For A Responsible Dialogue On Gun Control
Congresswoman Jacky Rosen was about to go to bed Sunday night when her daughter called from college. “She was hysterical,” Rosen recalled. That was how the Nevada Democrat, who represents parts of Las Vegas and neighboring cities, heard of the deadly shooting outside the Mandalay Bay hotel. Rosen has spent the past two days visiting…
-
Can Sheldon Pivot? Adelson Campus Group Shifts Away From Hard Sell On Israel.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A group of student leaders from a major American university meets in eastern Jerusalem with Palestinian students on the campus of Al-Quds University, named for Jerusalem, the city Palestinians hope will one day be their capital. It’s the kind of encounter that once might have sent Sheldon Adelson and other right-wing pro-Israel…
-
Modern Orthodox Jews Are Mostly Observant, Wealthy And Gay-Friendly
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Orthodox Jewish world is even more fragmented than you think. That’s the key takeaway from a study published Thursday of Modern Orthodox Jews in the U.S., a group that adheres to traditional Jewish law while engaging with the secular world. Some of them think women should be rabbis and others…
The Latest
-
When Jewish Justices Got The Supreme Court To Shut Down On Yom Kippur
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Since 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court has not held public sessions on Yom Kippur. Since the court opens its term on the first Monday in October, it is not unusual for the Jewish Day of Atonement to arrive just as the court begins its public work. How the Supreme Court came to…
-
Celebrating Yom Kippur In A German-Themed Beer Garden
(JTA) — On Saturday, when Jews around the world will fast and gather in synagogues to pray on Yom Kippur, some young Jews will be coming together in the U.S. capital at a more unconventional venue: a beer garden. Aaron Potek, the 31-year-old rabbi for GatherDC, a nondenominational group that does outreach to young Jewish…
-
How Puerto Rico Jews Are Braving Hurricane Maria’s Devastation
(JTA) — After he managed to bribe three van drivers to load their vehicles with aid supplies and drive him and his crew from the San Juan airport, Eli Rowe felt his humanitarian mission was off to a good start. Gas was scarce in Puerto Rico, but now all the food, medicine and hygienic supplies…
-
How Concerned Should Jews Be About Alabama Senate Candidate Roy Moore?
Since his early days on the bench in Alabama, Roy Moore has been on the radar screens of Jewish organizations that followed, protested, and fought against his positions on issues relating to the role of religion in the public sphere and the separation of church and state. Now, with a victory Tuesday night in the…
-
Rabbis Use Rosh Hashanah Sermons To Bash Trump – But Others Steer Clear Of Politics
NEW YORK (JTA) — As spiritual leader of one of the most widely known Reform synagogues in America, Rabbi Joshua Davidson tries not to be divisive on the holiest days of the year. So on the High Holidays of years past, when he stood before thousands of congregants at Temple Emanu-El in New York City,…
-
Is Bernie Sanders The Democrats’ New Foreign Policy Guru?
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Bernie Sanders, a senator from Vermont, is still an Independent, but he’s no longer an outsider. That became clear this month when some Democratic establishment stalwarts in the Senate signed on to his “Medicare-for-All” bill, which would establish a single-payer system for health care. Hillary Clinton is on a book tour and…
-
Tunisia’s Ancient Jewish Community Braves An Uncertain Future
DJERBA, Tunisia (JTA) — Anticipating the sun’s rapid ascent in the African skies, six barefoot men align themselves early in the morning in a drafty corridor of the still-cool interior of Africa’s oldest synagogue. Casually humming a biblical hymn in Hebrew, they and an Israeli journalist hold off on holiday prayers in the hope of…
-
Was A University Of Maryland Professor Fired For Being Pro-Israel?
(JTA) — Days after joining a pro-Israel group, Melissa Landa knew something had gone wrong: She said her mentor stopped working with her, pulling out of a conference presentation just days in advance. Landa didn’t know that her mentor, John O’Flahavan, would then stop taking her calls. Or that O’Flahavan would soon dismiss her from…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Film & TV Bonhoeffer biopic tells of a pastor turned would-be Hitler assassin — but is the story true?
- 2
News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
- 3
News What Mike Huckabee’s ‘Kids Guide to Israel’ says about his views
- 4
Culture At 95, Shaindel Schreiber is still dispensing babka and advice on the Lower East Side
In Case You Missed It
-
News Deportations, lawsuits, increased scrutiny: How the Trump administration could handle campus antisemitism
-
Fast Forward Senior Biden aide celebrates Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire in call with Jewish leaders
-
Fast Forward Uruguay elects a left-wing president who is not anti-Israel, a rarity in Latin America
-
News When the bar mitzvah boy’s dad is running for mayor
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
