Jews in America

A century before Trump targeted Somalis, Jews faced politics of blame 

In 1908, New York City Police Commissioner Theodore A. Bingham claimed Jews accounted for half of New York’s crimes.

The crowded "Hebrew district" of New York's Lower East Side, c. 1907.
A Jewish family decorates their windows for Hanukkah in Houston in December 2008.

When my children decorate for Hanukkah, I don’t just see pride, I see pluralism in action - opinion

MIRIAM ADELSON looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, December 16, 2025.

Trump expresses friendship, love, support, for Jews at White House Hanukkah celebration

Crowds watch the Israel Day on Fifth parade on June 2, 2024 in New York City

As Mamdani’s victory reverberates beyond NYC, Jews must choose solidarity over shock - opinion


Fighting antisemitism: We can’t win this battle without friends

Many are apathetic and indifferent to what is happening because we are considered to be in a special category. As a successful ethnic group in the US, we should be able to withstand these attacks.

A man walks past graves desecrated with swastikas at the Jewish cemetery in Westhoffen, near Strasbourg, France, December 4, 2019.

Number of Americans in Israel, Israelis in America much less than thought

A deeper dive into those figures shows that some of the urban myths about the numbers of Israelis living abroad, and the makeup of the immigrants in this country, are just that: myths.

El-Al Jumbo jet

America’s 7.5 million Jews are older, whiter and more liberal

New York remains America’s Jewish capital. Wyoming, not so much.

A man wears a kippa.

ICE facility apologizes to Jewish protesters meeting just before Shabbat

The Rhode Island ICE detention center where a guard drove into a row of Jewish protesters apologized for holding a recent board meeting less than an hour before Shabbat.

ICE agents make drug bust in Arizona desert

How NYC’s new hate crimes chief plans to tackle rising antisemitism

Lauter plans to focus on educating kids against hate — for example, teaching them what a swastika is and why it’s offensive.

The Empire State Building rises above New York, U.S., January 23, 2019

An Orthodox perspective on the situation of U.S. Jews

On the 40th anniversary of OU Israel, its leader Avi Berman says that the future of the American Jewish people is in Israel.

THE OU ISRAEL’S Makom Balev youth centers offer leisure-time activities and leadership programs for kids 10 to 18 who are students in the National Religious school system in Israel’s periphery or are from depressed socio-economic areas

As US-Iran tensions escalate, Jews are warned they could be targeted

Much of the recent Jewish security focus has been on white supremacists, but federal authorities have their eye on Iran.

A Hezbollah member reacts while Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah talks on a screen during a televised speech at a festival celebrating Resistance and Liberation Day in Nabatiyeh, Lebanon

Ohio man charged with threatening Jewish community center

The man described himself as a white nationalist, is being held at charges of aggravated menacing and and online harassment

A neo Nazi attends a rally in Budapest October 23, 2009. The words, the motto of the S.S., read "my honor is my loyalty"

Jews praise Calif. education board's decision to rewrite curriculum

After initial draft release, there was a major outcry by Jewish and pro-Israel organizations, as well as several other minority groups over its bias

A student exits a bus as he arrives at Venice High School in Los Angeles, California

Jewish Caucus hangs mezuzahs in CA State Capitol as "Mezuzah Bill" passes

According to a release by California state legislators, the bill was a Jewish Caucus priority bill, co-authored by every member of the caucus.

California state Capitol