United States

USPS releases Ruth Bader Ginsburg stamp, 3 years after Jewish Supreme Court justice’s death

The USPS says the new stamp honors “an American icon.”

By Philissa Cramer October 2, 2023 9:16 am

In Chicago, a Black-led church and a Jewish community are addressing painful history through a Sukkot festival

The Chicago Sukkah Design Festival aims to build connections between the predominantly Black West Side community of Lawndale and the city’s Jewish community — which was once centered in that neighborhood.

September 29, 2023 2:23 pm

Memorials to Ukrainian Nazi allies in Detroit, Philadelphia enter spotlight after Canadian Parliament scandal

Jewish leaders have pressed for a reckoning in Philadelphia, but their counterparts in Detroit aren’t taking the same approach.

September 29, 2023 10:30 am

Ted Deutch left Congress to head a Jewish organization. Can he find the ‘nuance’ that he seeks?

By Andrew Silow-Carroll September 29, 2023 10:00 am

Dianne Feinstein, long-serving Jewish senator from California, dies at 90

By Ron Kampeas September 29, 2023 9:03 am

Elon Musk, in live chat with right-leaning Jews, insists antisemitism isn’t a problem on X

By Andrew Lapin September 28, 2023 4:16 pm

Man in Peru charged with making recent bomb threats to US synagogues, FBI says

By Philissa Cramer September 28, 2023 12:49 pm

Biden expands Civil Rights Act protections at 8 cabinet departments to include antisemitism

By Ron Kampeas September 28, 2023 10:32 am

Israel, prominent in first GOP presidential debate, gets no mention in second

By Ron Kampeas September 28, 2023 7:38 am

Students at Rice University in September 2023. (Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)

Rice University LGBTQ group cuts ties with campus Hillel over support for Israel

By Jackie Hajdenberg September 27, 2023 8:08 pm

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