Politics

A Jewish reporter goes inside Rikers for a new book on a notorious jail

“Yeshiva guy” Reuven Blau sometimes asks how he became a voice for the incarcerated.

Meet George Santos’ possible replacement: An actual Jew of color

Mazi Melesa Pilip started advocating for others when she was 12 and just arrived in Israel from Ethiopia, and she hasn’t stopped.

Israel’s Supreme Court bans lawmaker from minister post, setting up potential coalition crisis

Without the 11 coalition seats from Aryeh Deri’s party, Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition would collapse. But coalition leaders said they would fight the decision.

Australian politician under fire for wearing Nazi uniform at 21st birthday party

Russia’s foreign minister says West’s opposition to Russia’s war is like Hitler’s ‘final solution’

Weapons have been heading from Israel to Ukraine — out of an American stockpile

After religious freedom objection, US Merchant Marine Academy obscures massive painting of Jesus at sea

Israel has been an LGBTQ haven in the Middle East. Its new government could change that.

Josh Shapiro’s inauguration symbolizes a new age for Jewish politicians

In Tel Aviv, 80,000 Israelis protest Netanyahu government’s plan to weaken Supreme Court

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