Jews in America

Jewish political power has collapsed in New York, and Zohran Mamdani is the receipt - opinion

If New York can no longer be assumed as a Jewish political stronghold, then the question is not whether Mamdani is dangerous. The question is whether Jewish leadership is still serious.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a primary-night watch party for NYC Congressional candidate Claire Valdez at 99 Scott Studio on June 23, 2026 in the East Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City.
Robert Pabich, of Rocky Hill, was arrested Oct. 24, 2025 by Rocky Hill Police and charged with intimidation based on bigotry, a hate crime; and stalking, in connection with online comments he made to state Sen. Matt Lesser.

Antisemitic threat suspect seeks court program after guns seized from home

CHERRY TREES blossom in New York City in April.

The scourge that is anti-Israel US politicians - opinion

A controversial pro-Palestinian mural in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, depicting a Jewish star turning into a swastika, put up by a Palestinian business owner on Sept. 14, 2024.

Milwaukee rabbi and son ordered to pay $1,000 to muralist who reportedly praised Hamas in court


Leading Orthodox rabbi endorses Donald Trump for reelection

The 95-year-old rabbi said it would be “worrisome” if the president loses, citing rising secularism as a threat.

Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky endorsed Donald Trump for reelection in an interview with Mishpacha. (Screenshot from YouTube)

Jewish organizations mourn passing of Representative John Lewis

Lewis, a member of Congress from Atlanta who had announced in December that he had advanced pancreatic cancer, was 80.

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee during the second day of confirmation hearings on Senator Jeff Sessions' (R-AL) nomination to be U.S. attorney general in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2017

Hot dogs are the greatest American Jewish food – here’s why

What’s that you say? You didn’t know that hot dogs were a Jewish food? Well, that’s part of the story, too.

Grilled hot dogs with vegetables, ketchup and mustard (illustration)

These are presidential candidate Joe Biden’s Jews

Who will he turn to for fundraising? What does it mean for his foreign policy?

US President Joe Biden gestures after disembarking from a plane upon landing at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel March 8, 2016

Abraham Lincoln and the Jews

When I entered the American army in 1965 as a Jewish chaplain, I was unaware of what Lincoln had done to ensure there could be a Jewish chaplaincy.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S Second Inaugural Address, Arthur Szyk, 1946.

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