Norman Podhoretz, Commentary Editor and Archetypal Jewish Neoconservative, Dies at 95
December 17, 2025
Podhoretz’s pro-Israel, pro-democracy outlook made him an intellectual forebear of the neocon movement.
Philissa Cramer, JTA
6 People Burned and Injured in Boulder, Colorado, Attack on Demonstration for Israeli Hostages
June 1, 2025
Six people were burned and injured in Boulder, Colorado, at least one critically, in a firebombing attack on people who had gathered to draw attention to the Israeli hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza.
Pasadena Synagogue Burns Down as Fires Rage across Southern California
January 8, 2025
A Chabad in the Pacific Palisades evacuated abruptly amid a separate fire flaring there.
Tim Walz’s Record on Israel, Holocaust Education and Antisemitism
August 7, 2024
After Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Walz ordered flags in the state to be flown at half-mast, and criticized both the attack and those who chose not to condemn it.
Jewish Social Services Groups Kick Into High Gear as Afghan Refugees Begin to Arrive in Us
August 26, 2021
In recent weeks, tens of thousands of Afghans have been airlifted from Kabul after the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan with the U.S. exit from the country after 20 years.
Jewish Humanitarian Groups Step In, Or Try To, As Crises Unfold in Haiti and Afghanistan
August 17, 2021
Two major humanitarian crises are eliciting the involvement of Jewish aid organizations, although it is unclear whether much can be done from afar to support Afghans now that the Taliban has retaken their country.
Artem Dolgopyat Wins Gymnastics Gold for Israel, Its Second Ever in an Olympics
August 1, 2021
Israeli men’s gymnast Artem Dolgopyat took home the Olympic gold medal in floor exercise Sunday, giving Israel its second-ever gold in any Olympic event.
Mass Fatalities Feared in Building Collapse in Heavily Orthodox Area Near Miami
June 24, 2021
Nearly half of Surfside’s roughly 6,000 residents are Orthodox Jews.
Billy Crystal and Tiffany Haddish Dance the Hora in New Film ‘Here Today’
May 12, 2021
Comedian Billy Crystal and actress Tiffany Haddish are so close that Crystal read a Torah portion at Haddish’s 2019 bat mitzvah ceremony in Los Angeles.
Kentucky Becomes First US state to Adopt IHRA Anti-Semitism Definition
March 2, 2021
For the first time, a U.S. state has officially adopted a definition of anti-Semitism that has ignited debates worldwide over the extent to which criticism of Israel should be considered anti-Semitic.
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