Jews in America

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

“What we did was illegal and needed to be answered," said Zechariah “Zee” Mehler, who also explained that he saw a very strong response from the city against antisemitism.

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.
Never is Now Summit 2025

Never is now: Global leaders convene to confront the surge in antisemitism

The crowded "Hebrew district" of New York's Lower East Side, c. 1907.

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

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


The Impact Forum Foundation 

Making an impact in fighting antisemitism and supporting Israel

 ADAM MILSTEIN (L) and Itamar Marcus, founder of Palestinian Media Watch, at an Impact Forum Foundation event.

Holocaust survivor honored with Germany's Order of Merit

Lesser survived four concentration camps, including Auschwitz, a seven-week Death March, and the notorious ill-fated three-week Death Train from Buchenwald to Dachau.

 Ben Lesser at the award ceremony in Los Angeles.

18 notable Jews who died in 2022

These well-known Jewish icons leave outsized legacies on politics, the arts, sports and everything in between.

 American author Melissa Bank poses during a portrait session in Paris, Jan. 9, 2006.

The ‘Hanukkah House’ in Brooklyn is a family tradition and a neighborhood treasure

Starting as a lark, it has now grown into a grand tradition and a neighborhood treasure, attracting neighbors and visitors from around Brooklyn. 

English Cake bakery prepares for Hanukkah with freshly baked donuts, or sufganiyot, December 6, 2022.

Will a right-wing government in Israel further alienate US Jewry?

US-ISRAELI AFFAIRS: Leaders of US Jewish organizations have different opinions about the future of relations with the Jewish state.

 Then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes the stage to speak at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, in 2018.

The origins of the 'Jews run Hollywood' trope, echoed by Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle isn’t the first to suggest that Jews run Hollywood. Here are the origins of the trope.

 Dave Chappelle introduces Jay-Z during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland, Ohio, US October 30, 2021.

AIPAC-allied PAC spends more than $1 million to oppose progressive Summer Lee

A political action committee affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is spending upwards of $1 million in a second bid to oppose Summer Lee.

 THEN-PRIME minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the AIPAC Conference in Washington in 2018.

Cormac McCarthy’s new novels follow two Jews named ‘Western’

In his new books, McCarthy is exploring a new soil: the American Jewish experience.

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The octogenarian ‘who is a Jew?’ sports writing team calls it quits after 25 years

After 25 years of identifying Jewish athletes from college to the pros to the Olympics, The Jewish Sports Review ended its activity.

 The Jewish Sports Review has ceased publication after a 25-year run.

Why the Golden Age for Jews in America is coming to an end -opinion

The decline in the favorability of mainstream American views toward Israel has coincided with a rise in antisemitic violence, particularly in large metropolises, promoted by Islamo-Leftist groups.

 Is the Golden Age for Jews in America is coming to its end