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Proud Boys activist Kyle Chapman now claims he has transformed the group into an explicitly white supremacist organization, though it's unclear whether he has a following. (Screenshot)

A Proud Boys leader is trying to rebrand the group as explicitly white supremacist and anti-Semitic

The move comes as the Proud Boys are preparing to join other right-wing groups in Washington, D.C., in support of Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of election fraud.

A Rabbi and ‘Jeopardy!’ Champion Remembers Alex Trebek

Joyce Newmark says the late gameshow host “wasn’t just a talking head.”

Brazilian Jewish businessman accused of Madoff-like scheme arrested after year in hiding

Jonas Jaimovick had launched his alleged $32 million scam — the South American country’s largest-ever pyramid scheme — in the Jewish community.

New York

The Consistent Message, and Dazzling Oratory, of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Politics

As Raphael Warnock’s Israel record becomes a flashpoint, Atlanta’s Jewish Democrats call the Senate candidate a friend

Culture

Rabbi Dovid Feinstein, renowned Jewish legal authority, dies at 91

Supporters of President Donald Trump demonstrate at a ‘Stop the Steal’ rally in front of the Maricopa County Elections Department office in Phoenix on November 7, 2020. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

United States

Officials predicted violence due to the election. It hasn’t happened — yet.

Culture

Creators of the anonymous RogueShul Twitter account reveal their identities

Ideas

I worried I’d miss election news on Shabbat. What happened was so much better.

New York

Joel Kolko, Brooklyn rabbi accused of child molestation, said to die of Covid-19

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