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Leonard Bernstein faces his longtime rival in a new play

Based on a real-life meeting between two musical greats, the Jewish maestro confronts his adversary, conductor and former Nazi Herbert von Karajan, in off-Broadway’s “Last Call.”

Mike Huckabee, in confirmation hearing to be ambassador to Israel, says he won’t set US policy there

Huckabee affirmed that he supported Israel annexing the West Bank but opposed displacing Palestinians.

In New York City, 2 former allies divided by Trumpian style are vying to represent their Orthodox neighborhood

Simcha Felder is a career politician. Heshy Tishler is best known as rabble-rouser who embraces the MAGA mantle.

Obituaries

Kitty Dukakis, dead at 88, was the first Jewish spouse of a US presidential candidate

United States

For the first time, an undergraduate pro-Palestinian protester is facing deportation

Politics

What Jewish groups are saying ahead of Mike Huckabee’s confirmation hearing to be Israel ambassador

New York

Rabbi Eliyahu Fink, compassionate voice in the Orthodox world, dies in road accident at 43

Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham at the 97th Oscars held at the Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Rich Polk/Penske Media via Getty Images)

Israel

Palestinian ‘No Other Land’ director reportedly beaten by settlers and arrested by Israeli military

Obituaries

Jeffrey Klein, 77, Mother Jones co-founder, saw ‘through line’ between investigative journalism and fighting antisemitism

New York

Manischewitz launches a food truck in New York City

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