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.
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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


When the Torah cycle ended, their Russian-American romance began

Tamar Caplan and Alex Zeldin's love story is a Jewish Russian-American story.

 Tamar Caplan, seated, gazes into Alex Zeldin's eyes during a ceremony that was part of their wedding.

How anti-Israel faculty are radicalizing US campuses - opinion

Higher education institutions should not be tolerating offensive and demoralizing anti-Zionist speech and harassment that make Jewish and Zionist students feel unsafe and unwelcome.

 Rabbi Evan Goodman and students Tyler Barth, Romi Benasuly, and Lian Benasuly, look at a pre-pandemic social calendar at Santa Barbara Hillel near the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) campus in Isla Vista

A Jewish organization in DC is planning an 'intentional Yom Kippur lunch,” creating a Twitter storm

A Young Jewish Professional organization in the US has planned a luncheon to create an "alternative" plan for Yom Kippur. Naturally, Jewish Twitter fired back.

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Tzedakah in the virtual world: A new frontier for Jewish teen engagement

Lost Tribe is a groundbreaking initiative that recently held the 'TzedakaThon,” featuring a lineup of Jewish social media influencers popular with teens.

 Using Minecraft, Lost Tribe managed to make 1:1 recreations of several iconic locations in Israel, including the Kotel

Antisemitic graffiti spot in Idaho to be turned into human rights mural

The mural is scheduled to be completed by September 2022 in a location adjacent to the Anne Frank Memorial in Boise – a site that was twice vandalized previously.

Boise, ID, United States; A general view of downtown Boise, Idaho prior to the start of the 2018 Idaho Potato Bowl between BYU and Western Michigan, Dec 21, 2018.

Antisemitic hate crimes in California increase by 32%, report shows

According to the Executive Summary of Hate Crime in California, from 2020 to 2021, the number of hate crimes rose from 115 to 152. 

 Illustrative of the US and California state flags.

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies: a danger to Jews and all Americans - opinion

Adam Milstein analyzes the Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) trends in America and their effect on the Jewish minority.


Orthodox firebrand Heshy Tischler runs for office, again

Sensation-making Orthodox activist is running again for district leader, saying he "knows city politics", promises this isn't the last you've heard of him.

NEW YORK Jewish activist Heshy Tischler and other supporters of US President Donald Trump rally in Manhattan last weekend.

Supreme Court judge nominee speaks about Jewish-Black alliance

Ketanji Brown Jackson, nominee to Supreme Court judge, spoke about the special circumstances in which her school was founded.

 Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, March 22, 2022.

Film about Jewish New Yorker Steve Post remembers heyday of local radio

A new documentary, premiering at the Film Forum on Friday, celebrates the life and career of the legendary Jewish radio host Steve Post.

 Post got his start as a bookkeeper at WBAI in 1965. Along with Bob Fass and Larry Josephson, Post championed the newly adopted "free form radio" which reflected the emerging counterculture of the 60s.