4+ week, 1+ day ago   (784+ words) (JTA) — Nearly four in 10 Jewish young adults say events affecting Jews in recent years have led them to pull back from Jewish spaces or become more selective about where they participate, with disagreements over how Israel and the Palestinians are…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (819+ words) By Ron Kampeas July 31, 2026 (JTA) — Israel has rejected a Gaza peace plan advanced with much fanfare by President Donald Trump, saying it did not adequately address disarmament by Hamas. “There will be no Israeli withdrawal,” an unnamed “diplomatic official” said…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (569+ words) By Shira Li Bartov (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s leadership with “the 1930s,” escalating a showdown between the two leaders as Netanyahu plans to visit the city in the coming weeks. The Israeli…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (409+ words) (JTA) — A coalition of leading Jewish organizations from seven countries has released a report confirming that 2025 was the deadliest year for antisemitic violence in the Jewish Diaspora in more than three decades. More than 20 people were killed in antisemitic violence…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1094+ words) (JTA) — The pursuit of Greater Israel is a corrosive fantasy, veteran Democratic politician Rahm Emanuel is expected to tell a Tel Aviv audience on Wednesday, calling it as “destructive and fanatical” as the chant “from the river to the sea....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (721+ words) (JTA) — A California man who pleaded guilty to the 2023 death of Jewish protester Paul Kessler was sentenced Tuesday to one year in county jail and two years of felony probation, the Ventura County District Attorney announced. Loay Abdel Fattah Alnaji,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (534+ words) By Mira Fox June 29, 2026 It’s a clever piece of production magic that effectively drives home the schism over Israel in the Jewish world, and our inability to hear each other. Birthright, commissioned by Miami New Drama from Tony Award-winning playwright…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (804+ words) Yair Rosenberg, who writes The Atlantic’s “Deep Shtetl” newsletter, was named to a new religion beat at The New York Times focused on Jewish American life. (Yair Rosenberg; Adam Jones/Wikimedia Commons) By Andrew Silow-Carroll June 29, 2026 (JTA) — The New York…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1122+ words) By Arno Rosenfeld June 29, 2026 The videos of local activists in San Francisco accosting Scott Wiener, the state senator running to replace Nancy Pelosi in the U.S. House, are hard to watch. “Say ‘Free Palestine’ for the camera, dog,” Jesus Coba, who…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1198+ words) By Simone Saidmehr June 25, 2026 An Australian lawyer tasked by the United Nations with monitoring and documenting allegations of torture and cruelty is accusing colleagues within the UN human rights system of trying to block the publication of a Jan. 2024 letter…...