Sunday Features

Kamala Harris’ Hebrew merch is taking shape — in the form of a punctuation mark

A popular design is a riff on a pronunciation guide for Harris’ first name — with Hebrew letters at its center.

Meet the New Yorker tracing the 300-year history of the Twersky rabbinical dynasty, from Chernobyl to the Bronx

The influential family now boasts tens of thousands of members, including leading Hasidic rabbis and countless descendants who don’t share the family surname.

Doug Emhoff installed mezuzahs at the Vice President’s Residence. What happens to them when he moves out, or up?

The second gentleman was the first Jew ever to live in the residence.

Tom Reuveny, Jessica Fox, Artem Dolgopyat and Jemima Montag

All the Jewish medalists at the 2024 Paris Olympics

A Jewish bagel shop in Detroit closes after staff walk out on new ‘Zionist’ owner

Why some synagogues are screening ‘Legend of Destruction,’ a 2021 film about the Second Temple, on Tisha B’Av this year

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz arrives to speak at a press conference regarding new gun legislation at City Hall on August 1, 2024 in Bloomington, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Minnesota’s Jews celebrate as their ‘mensch’ Gov. Tim Walz enters the national spotlight

‘It’s like living in 2 realities at the same time’: Israelis navigate normal life amid danger and anxiety

US wrestling phenom Amit Elor has overcome personal tragedy and online antisemitism. Now, she will vie for gold in Paris.

A multicultural husband-and-wife team thinks New York is ready for miso, matcha and gochujang bagels

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