Jews

The Super Bowl ad that got Jewish strength all wrong - opinion

A Super Bowl ad meant to fight Jew-hatred instead showed weakness, missing the moment for true Jewish strength.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft before the 2026 AFC Championship Game at Empower Field at Mile High, January 25, 2026
Theodor Herzl: ‘It felt as if the great dream of our nation, of 2,000 years.'

Zionism, Catholicism, and the revival of an old hostility - opinion

Over 100 Jewish-Israelis participate in the Kesher Yehudi Shabbaton in Jerusalem, Israel

Beyond the Headlines: What do people say after keeping Shabbat for the first time? - opinion

 ‘All the security is not a normal life,’ Rabbi Moshe Sebbag told The Jerusalem Post as French Jews face an uncertain future.

Jews were target of majority of antireligious acts in 2025, French ministry reveals


Hanukkah: It’s not all about light, it's about uncomfortable questions, too - opinion

Hanukkah is not sentimental spirituality: It is political theology. It proclaims that Jewish existence is not justified by how pleasing it is to others, nor how dissolves into general humanity.

Candles do not confront us with the fact that Jewish continuity has often depended not on persuasion but on resistance, says the writer. Artwork by Rena Mednick

Choosing to lead with hope - opinion

Hope is the belief that the world can be made whole and that Jews have a role in doing just that.

THE WRITER speaks with Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin at an event hosted by The Jewish Education Project, the UJA-Federation of New York, and RootOne, at The Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center, earlier this month.

'Made California a better place': Rob Reiner, Jewish-American actor, director dead at 78

Like the greatest American-Jewish funnymen, Reiner used humor to make light of situations that could have been dark and depressing.

ROB REINER (left) with Christoper Guest in This is Spinal Tap (1984), the first "mockumentary."

Jewish director Rob Reiner, wife found dead in apartment, police probe apparent homicide

The LAPD homicide division told the US outlet that the two bodies found at the crime scene had wounds consistent to those done with a knife.

Rob Reiner attends the Los Angeles Premiere of ''Spinal Tap II: The End Continues'' at The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles, California, US, September 9, 2025.

Germany sees reality: Why a Palestinian state is no longer realistic - opinion

After the October 7 massacre, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz now rejects the idea of a two-state solution.

 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks during an industrial sector association BDI event in Berlin, Germany, June 23, 2025.

If there is a Jewish Nobel for saving Jews, Ahmed al-Ahmed just won it - comment

Ahmed al-Ahmed belongs in that moral family tree of the "Righteous Among the Nations."

Ahmed al-Ahmad.

Menorah of spears and the deeper meaning of Hanukkah- opinion

The Maccabees may have lit Hanukkah’s first menorah using spears left by fleeing soldiers, transforming instruments of harm into a beacon of faith.

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Writing for love’s sake: The poetic world of Gad Kaynar-Kissinger - interview

Gad Kaynar-Kissinger channels his childhood wounds, Jewish-German ancestry into poetry that provokes and reveals.

Kaynar-Kissinger and his fellow actor brother, Doron, (L) put on a Holocaust-related stage production in Germany.

'Jewish Roots of American Liberty': Explaining the Jewish connection to the American story - review

Jewish Roots of American Liberty explains and illuminates the tight historical, political, and cultural connection between the US and the Jewish people.

Earliest authenticated portrait of George Washington, wearing his colonel’s uniform of the Virginia Regiment from the French and Indian War.

‘Under siege’: Creators describe rising antisemitism in Hollywood

Jewish creators behind Mad Men and The Americans describe the growing antisemitism that young artists face.

‘Mad Men’ creator Matthew Weiner at Jerusalem Sessions on Monday.