United States

Florida district pulls many Jewish and Holocaust books, including Saul Bellow’s ‘Herzog’ and ‘Black, White and Jewish’

The Orlando-area district was the latest to purge Jewish- and Holocaust-themed books from the shelves in fear of a state law forbidding explicit content.

US charges alleged Hezbollah operative in 1994 Argentina AMIA Jewish center bombing

The charges listed an array of subsequent attempted terrorist attacks in Peru, Thailand and Panama that allegedly involved Samuel Salman El Reda.

Conservative movement suspends its Israel gap-year program, citing budget woes and ‘recruitment challenges’

This year’s Nativ program launched only after an urgent fundraising appeal last spring.

Lincoln Memorial vandalized with ‘Free Gaza’ graffiti

Students camping out with anti-Israel signs

At Stanford, a committee to address antisemitism is roiled by Jewish infighting

Andrea Wedner, center, one of two worshippers who were shot but survived in the 2018 Tree of Life Synagogue shooting, gets an emotional embrace at the conclusion of a ceremony to say l'hitraot, or until we see each other again, to the Tree of Life building ahead of planned construction in Pittsburgh on April 23, 2023. ( Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

9 stories that defined our Jewish year in 2023 before Oct. 7

MIT President Sally Kornbluth testifying before the US House with her head bent patiently

MIT joins Harvard and Penn on list of schools facing federal civil rights investigations

Ari Segal, former head of 2 Modern Orthodox schools, accused of ‘sexualized’ communications with students

A poll shows Palestinians overwhelmingly support Oct. 7. What does that mean?

Tikvah Fund, conservative think tank, to open ‘classical’ Jewish day school in New York City

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