Ideas What I told my children when our synagogue was graffitied with a swastika “This is the complicated, real truth of what it means to be Jewish in America right now,” writes a mother and rabbi’s wife from suburban Philadelphia. By Erin Beser April 1, 2024 5:05 pm
A Jewish high school in Palo Alto is looking to China for new recruits “China has been, for years, a robust market for foreign students,” a school official said. April 1, 2024 3:01 pm
Michigan congressman says he wasn’t advising nuclear war after telling Israel to approach Gaza ‘like Nagasaki and Hiroshima’ Tim Walberg’s comment elicited criticism from both supporters and opponents of Israel, one of whom called it “despicable.” April 1, 2024 1:20 pm
Teen Fellowship What these Jewish teens say they are not seeing on screen: themselves By Eva Levenson and Leo Nasatir April 1, 2024 11:29 am
Sen. Jeff Merkley invokes Easter to condemn ‘Netanyahu’s indiscriminate bombing of Gaza,’ drawing condemnation By Ron Kampeas April 1, 2024 9:32 am
Al Gore, hundreds of mourners hail ‘supreme mensch’ Joe Lieberman at pioneering Jewish politician’s funeral By Luke Tress March 29, 2024 3:58 pm
House Democratic leaders endorse Israel critic Jamaal Bowman, days after Jewish Dems’ group backs his challenger By Ron Kampeas March 29, 2024 3:47 pm
Some Jewish summer camps are facing pressure to rethink — or even fully scrap — their Israel activities By Jacob Gurvis March 29, 2024 2:52 pm
On the first anniversary of Evan Gershkovich’s arrest, Biden says his detention will ‘cost’ Russia By Ron Kampeas March 29, 2024 1:03 pm
In a first, Oregon’s Jewish federations pull investments from fossil fuels By Asaf Elia-Shalev March 28, 2024 4:29 pm