Philadelphia

The Jewish immigrant who shaped America’s most famous coin - opinion

Discover Victor Brenner, the Jewish artist who designed the Lincoln penny and left a hidden mark on Jerusalem’s Hadassah Hospital.

Coins.
 Dividing cancer cell

Arizona couple admits in court to faking cancer-curing 'smart chip' device

Former hostage Eli Sharabi with former US President Joe Biden.

Former hostage Eli Sharabi meets former US president Biden at Philadelphia football game

American Airlines planes are parked at gates at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 13, 2024.

FAA says 'event is over' after all departures grounded at Philadelphia Int'l due to bomb threat


Philaldelphia high school librarian told to take down Elie Wiesel poster

The district allowed the high school to put the posters back up the next day and used a statement highlighting that Wiesel's memoir is part of its curriculum.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel

Shooting at Pennsylvania medical clinic leaves two wounded, suspect dead

The gunman, who the police said they had 'contact' with in the past, killed himself.

 View shows the scene of a shooting at a medical facility in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 15, 2022.

At least nine people wounded in Philadelphia shooting

Multiple shooters exited a vehicle in the Kensington area of the Pennsylvania city and began shooting, firing about 40 shots.

 Police tape is pictured at a crime scene after a deadly mass shooting on South Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, June 5, 2022.

Historic Jewish Philly and a Trip to Albania

The Jerusalem Post Podcast - Travel Edition, Episode 42

 Beautiful Philadelphia skyline at night in USA

Taking a trip through the history of American Independence

If you visit Philadelphia, where many important events during America’s War of Independence (1775-1781) took place, you will see many of that conflict’s historical sites.

 People watch fireworks over the Benjamin Franklin Parkway as part of 4th of July celebrations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, July 4, 2021.

Nine dead in three mass shootings across United States

A surveillance video from the shooting showed people on a crowded street running in panic in the closing moments of the 22-second clip, presumably after gun shots were fired.

 Police tape is pictured at a crime scene after a deadly mass shooting on South Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, June 5, 2022.

Chair that Colleyville rabbi threw at captor going to US Jewish museum

Congregation Beth Israel has donated the items to the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia.

 Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, the man at the center of the Colleyville, Texas, synagogue hostage crisis that occurred January 15, 2022

Philadelphia Israel activist Lou Balcher passes away

Lou was a proud husband and father. He is survived by his devoted wife, Jocelyne, and sons, Daveed and Alex, who were constantly at his side in the last months of his life.

 Lou Balcher, an educator and role model for the next generation of Jewish communal and organizational leadership and a true mensch.

Eight children, four adults killed in Philadelphia apartment fire

The blaze broke out around 6:30 AM on the second floor of a building owned by the federally funded Philadelphia Housing Authority, which is the fourth-largest housing authority in the United States.

A Boston firetruck

US congresswoman carjacked at gunpoint in Philadelphia park

US Representative Mary Gay Scanlon was robbed of her automobile at gunpoint in a Philadelphia park on Wednesday, but it is not clear if the attackers knew her identity.

 Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon speaks during a hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law on "Online Platforms and Market Power", in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill, in Washington, US, July 29, 2020.