Jewish World

Uncomfortable truth behind being a Diaspora Jew today - opinion

A stark look at the comfort, denial, and growing danger facing Jews abroad and the hard choices history keeps demanding from Jews.

An aerial view of emergency personnel working at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025, in this screen grab from a video.
An aerial view of emergency personnel working at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025, in this screen grab from a video.

One nation, many homes: Confronting antisemitism across the world - opinion

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators are seen protesting against the North American Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism in New Orleans, in early December.

The protesters that proved antisemitism is alive and real - opinion

Touro Synagogue, built in 1759, in Newport, Rhode Island, is the oldest synagogue building in the United States.

Mastering the short story: Twelve vignettes capture America’s Jewish world - book review


Jewish highlights of Grammys: Breakout performance but no win for Haim

The ceremony was unusual: There was no audience, the nominees sat outdoors at socially distant tables and the awards were announced by people involved with local music venues across the US.

Megan Thee Stallion performs in this screen grab taken from video of the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, US, March 14, 2021

How can the Jewish people learn to sit with each other again - opinion

Unfortunately, recent statements within Israeli political discourse have undermined our ability to have an honest and genuine discourse with world Jewry.

MEN PRAY last year at the Western Wall.

Jewish souls - A rabbi’s treasures culled from around the world

Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum has collected over the last 22 years thousands of treasures from the Jewish past.

Rabbi Eliahu Birnbaum in Venice

Jews of the South - In the Land of Firsts

In spite of the terror and repression of the Old South, Jews managed to survive and even thrive in the Land of Firsts.

Southern Jews wearing the Confederate gray

How two Sephardi families helped create Hong Kong, Shanghai business hubs

Kaufman’s book, which weaves a page turner of a tale, restores the two legendary families from Baghdad to their rightful place as masters of their universe during a bygone era.

People walk at the Bund, in front of Lujiazui financial district of Pudong, Shanghai

Jewish Mobsters: A conversation with writer Robert Rockaway

The book 'But He Was Good to His Mother' is based on a vast amount of research and interviews that Rockaway did with old-time Jewish mobsters and their families.

Jewish gangster Bugsy Siegel

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and US

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Purim: Commemorate Me for Future Generations

The Sages understood that Esther’s demand that Purim be established as a national holiday and that the Megillah be included in the writings of the Bible was in fact valid.

Queen Esther's real name was Hadassah but when she became Queen, she was called Esther: the Persian name for Venus.

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