American Jewry

America at 250: The triangular relationship between US, Israel, and Jews is at risk - opinion

A sober look at this triangular relationship shows that each of its sides has weakened in recent years.

 IS IT A dispute between friends or a serious disagreement?
An illustrative image of George Washington's head on Mount Rushmore.

America at 250: Why Washington’s promise to US Jews still matters - opinion

A detail from a Jewish New Year's card, showing Jews in American welcoming recent immigrants from the Russian empire. Hebrew Publishing Company, early 20th century

As America turns 250, Jews shouldn’t mistake it for just another exile - opinion

Jewish California members and partners meet with California Secretary of State Shirley Weber to discuss hate speech in the California voter guide on June 4, 2026.

California advances three bills curbing hate speech, protecting Jewish students and employees


We Don’t Need More Museums. We Need a Jewish Future

"We must meet the moment of October 7th not by continuously retreating into the past, but by unequivocally confronting the present." 

Shabbos Kestenbaum

I have no faith in the future of leadership: American Zionist Movement's collapse - opinion

The American Zionist Movement’s problem is not merely organizational incompetence. It is an ideological collapse.

An AI-generated illustrative image depicting the aging leadership of the American Zionist Movement along with younger Jews feeling alienated.

Editor's Notes: Death of American Jewish media leaving dangerous void - comment

Isn’t it absurd that we at The Jerusalem Post often have more readers in the United States than many local Jewish outlets that are physically based there?

An image of the front page of The Jerusalem Post on October 27, 2025.

StopAntisemitism Founder at 'Post' Gala in Washington: 'We’re fighting a battle we didn’t choose'

After exposing more than 1,000 offenders since October 7, Liora Rez reaffirms “Jew hatred has a price”

Liora Rez, Founder & Executive Director, StopAntisemitism- Credit: Mark Sellem

Stop using American Jews as political currency - opinion

We are citizens like everyone else. If you want our vote, rather than promising to protect us from the monsters in the closet, show us, with your policies and your conduct.

NEW YORK CITY Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani speaks at the foot of a monument to US founding father Thomas Jefferson.

NYC rabbi who spurred anti-Mamdani push turns criticism toward Jews and Israel at Zionist gathering

Speaking to a convention of zionists, Elliot Cosgrove turned his critique toward US Jews, saying that supporters of Israel “shouldn’t be surprised” by Mamdani’s roughly 33% tally among Jewish voters.

Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of the Park Avenue Synagogue addresses attendees of the Biennial National Assembly of the American Zionist Movement in New York City on Dec. 8, 2025.

America or Israel: You can’t have both - opinion

As unexpected and bizarre as all this sounds, Jewish Americans may very well be facing the choice of America or Israel, because if Moreno has his way, they will no longer be able to have both.

US SENATOR Bernie Moreno (R-OH) is ceremonially sworn into office in January 2025.

'The Accomplices': Restaging history of efforts to save European Jews from the Holocaust

Inside the creative process of a play that forces us to reflect on what happens when the world looks away – from the 1940s to today.

Lior Berlin as Peter Bergson, who fought to rescue Europe’s Jews from the Nazis, in The Accomplices.

At CAM Summit, NYC Mayor Adams Announces Executive Order Prohibiting Mayoral Appointees from BDS

U.S. Special Envoy to monitor and Combat Antisemitism nominee Yehuda Kaploun: “Antisemitism is anti-American.”

Participants at the 2025 North American Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

NYC Jewish groups to hold solidarity rally for Park East Synagogue

Jewish groups across New York are planning a solidarity rally near Park East Synagogue weeks after an anti-Israel protest targeted an Aliyah event.

Pro-Palestinian protesters gather for a 'No Settlers on Stolen Land' protest outside the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan, hosted by Nefesh B'nefesh, an organization that helps American Jews immigrate to Israel, Nov. 19, 2025.