January 31, 2020

Jewish children playing on Canvey Island, UK on Dec. 13, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz)

In a Brexit bastion near London, a growing Orthodox community springs to life

Canvey Island’s Jews say they feel safer in that scruffy Conservative town than in the multicultural British capital.

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 31, 2020 3:24 pm

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Tom Stoppard explores his Jewish heritage for the first time in new play ‘Leopoldstadt’

The acclaimed British playwright’s son plays a role in the show, which is named after Vienna’s World War II Jewish ghetto.

January 31, 2020 2:05 pm

Hasidim, government officials and police officers stand in front of the K'hal Adas Greenville synagogue next door to JC Kosher Supermarket in Jersey City, the site of a deadly shooting, Dec. 11, 2019. (Laura E. Adkins/JTA)

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I treat epidemics, including community violence. Here’s my advice for containing the spread of anti-Semitism.

We can tackle violent anti-Semitism by using a public health approach, writes an expert on epidemiology and community violence.

January 31, 2020 1:17 pm

Jerry Seinfeld during "Seinfeld" filming in Los Angeles, Oct. 2, 1990. (Ann Summa/Getty Images)

Jerry Seinfeld writing new book tracing 45 years of his stand-up routines

By Marc Brodsky January 31, 2020 11:37 am

Morgan Spector, as Herman in the trailer for HBO's "The Plot Against America," cleans a swastika off of a Jewish gravestone. (Screen shot from YouTube)

In HBO’s first ‘The Plot Against America’ trailer, Jews are under attack

By Gabe Friedman January 31, 2020 11:24 am

Peace, what could go wrong?

By Ron Kampeas January 31, 2020 10:58 am

Bag with Star of David and soap left outside Swedish Holocaust day display

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 31, 2020 9:57 am

British school to change logo referencing anti-Semitic blood libel

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 31, 2020 9:53 am

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Why The Trump Plan Threatens Israel’s Long-Term Security

By Gary Rosenblatt January 31, 2020 9:51 am

Israelis running to take cover in a shelter as a Red Alert Siren is heard in the Southern city of Sderot, on July 17, 2014. (NurPhoto/Corbis via Getty Images)

Israeli baby and her mother injured while running to shelter from Gaza rockets

By Cnaan Liphshiz January 31, 2020 9:51 am

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