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Leo XIV, first American pope, studied under a leader in Jewish-Catholic relations

Fr. John T. Pawlikowski describes his former student as “a very open-minded person.”

Pope Leo XIV addresses the world following his election. (Getty Images)

Remembering ‘Dry Bones’ cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen, who sketched Israeli feats and foibles for 50 years

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Israel and those who love it are stuck in a hopeless present. Can we ever get back to the future?

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Why Jews of color like me need to tell our stories

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A family memoir is about the search for a Jewish homeland, from Zion to Texas

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Religion

38% of American Jews believe in life after death, study finds

U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Politics

US reaches truce with Houthis hours after Israel bombs their airport in Yemen

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Israeli spyware company NSO ordered to pay $167 million to WhatsApp

Israel

Moved by Oct. 7, Blackstone president donates $125M to Tel Aviv University to address doctor shortage

Politics

Trump says only 21 hostages remain alive in Gaza: ‘3 have died’

Dave Portnoy smiling behind a microphone

United States

Dave Portnoy rescinds Auschwitz invitation for student involved in ‘F— the Jews’ incident at his bar

Culture

Mosab Abu Toha, Palestinian writer targeted by far-right pro-Israel activists, wins Pulitzer for commentary

Protesters

United States

Did a Jewish nonprofit accidentally cause Michigan to drop charges against pro-Palestinian activists?

New York Jewish Week

Elliot Steinmetz

New York

Yeshiva University basketball coach Elliot Steinmetz dishes on a season like no other

Larry Harlow

New York

Larry Harlow, salsa musician known as ‘The Marvelous Jew,’ honored on the Upper West Side

New York

These New York Jewish arts organizations have been defunded by the Trump administration

United States

Netanyahu disputes report that fired NSC chief Mike Waltz coordinated extensively with him on Iran

Israel adopts plan to conquer and occupy Gaza, in a shift for war’s goals

Israel

Several airlines cancel Israel flights after Houthi missile strikes Ben-Gurion Airport

Rabbi Sholom Lipskar

Obituaries

Sholom Lipskar, influential Chabad rabbi who reshaped Florida community, dies at 78

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