News & Opinion

National Geographic’s first Jewish editor in chief opens up about racism in the magazine’s past

“I just really didn’t see a way to do an entire issue on race if we didn’t look into our history as well,” Susan Goldberg told JTA.

Anti-Semitic fliers at University of Minnesota blame Bernie Sanders, Chuck Schumer for gun control

The flyers were titled “Why Are Jews After Our Guns" and illustrated with yellow stars.

Tel Aviv University scientists to collaborate with Stanford, UC Berkeley under $10 million grant

The multidisciplinary research funded by the Koret Foundation will take place in the fields of bioinformatics and computational biology and smart cities and digital living.

Global

What a Jewish reporter learned from an afternoon with 3 Iranian journalists

Israel

Palestinian teen who slapped Israeli soldiers takes plea deal

Global

Colombian Jewish TV news anchor asked to resign after refusing to cross herself on air

Global

In European Jewry’s longest-running song contest, Israel is always a winner

Israel

Mayim Bialik says haters won’t prevent her from defending Israel on internet

Global

Oslo arts festival rejects Israeli choreographers, saying Israel uses culture to ‘whitewash’ occupation

Politics

J.B. Pritzker wins Democratic nomination for Illinois governor

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