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Amnesty International has released a report accusing Israel of apartheid, which has gained support from major human rights groups. The adoption of this term ...

Goodman Ace, an ace Jewish comedy writer, is often overlooked despite his significant contributions to American comedy. Known as America's greatest wit by co...

Whoopi Goldberg sparked controversy on "The View" by asserting that the Holocaust "isn't about race," but about "man's inhumanity to man," distinguishing bet...

The Forward curated a list of the 150 greatest Jewish pop songs inspired by Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs but focusing on music that address...

Captain Beefheart’s 1968 song "Dachau Blues" is highlighted by author Gary Lucas as perhaps the most powerful musical evocation of the Holocaust ever crafted...

Charles McDew, a pioneering figure in the American civil rights movement, was notable for his role as the second chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinat...

Amnesty International is set to release a report accusing Israel of committing apartheid and depriving Palestinians of basic rights. The report alleges that ...

A rural Tennessee school board's decision to remove the graphic novel Maus from its curriculum has sparked backlash. In response, a comic-book store in Knoxv...

In Tennessee, the decision to ban Art Spiegelman's graphic novel "Maus" from the eighth-grade curriculum due to content concerns has led to debates about the...

Noa and Barnabas Szollos, siblings born in Hungary and raised in Austria, are representing Israel in the Winter Olympics for alpine skiing events. Their jour...

Bob Cumins has had a prolific career capturing pivotal moments in Jewish and American history through his lens. From photographing the moment the second plan...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has made the decision to include a permanent exhibition on Hollywood's Jewish pioneers after receiving backlash from do...

The book "Transatlantic Russian Jewishness: Ideological Voyages of the Yiddish Daily Forverts in the First Half of the Twentieth Century" by Gennady Estraikh...

Lev Golinkin's investigation reveals that approximately 1,500 monuments and street names around the world are dedicated to Nazis and their collaborators, wit...

The Jewish tradition of shiva, a week-long period of mourning following the funeral of a first-degree relative, has been significantly impacted by the COVID-...

Justice Stephen Breyer, the oldest justice and one of three liberals on the Supreme Court, is retiring, leaving Elena Kagan as the sole Jewish justice. Breye...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is spearheading an initiative to double government funding for security grants to nonprofits, including religious instit...

Brad Lander, the new NYC comptroller and the highest-ranking Jewish official in the city, is known for his progressive politics and activism, much of which h...

Leo Segedin, a 95-year-old artist, continues to paint every day, starting at 6:30 a.m. His childhood on the Jewish west side of Chicago in the 1940s heavily ...

Pauline Baer de Perignon's determination to recover her great-grandfather Jules Strauss' vast art collection, looted by the Nazis during World War II, highli...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a history of comparing vaccine mandates to the Holocaust, with instances dating back to 2015 where he used strong language like "ho...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaking at an anti-vaccine mandate rally in Washington, utilized Holocaust-related analogies, equating modern technological and gover...

"You Be You: The Kids Guide to Gender, Sexuality and Family," a book originally published in English in 2019, has now been translated into Yiddish. The autho...

"Rifkins Festival," Woody Allen's 49th feature film, has a marketing problem with its trailer. The movie, set in San Sebastian during a film festival, is a c...

Rabbi Mordechai Lightstone, known for his role in the digital outreach of Chabad, discovered Yiddish newspapers used as insulation while renovating his 1920s...

The author, Tyler Samuels, discusses the debate around increased security measures and armed guards at synagogues in the wake of antisemitic attacks. As a Bl...

The author discusses the issue of synagogue security and its potential impact on vulnerable populations. They mention instances where synagogues have been ta...

The recent hostage-taking incident at Congregation Beth Israel in Texas has led to increased concerns about the security of synagogues and Jewish institution...

Steve Brand's documentary, "Kaddish," captures the complex relationship between Holocaust survivor Zoltan Klein and his son, Yossi Klein Halevi, exploring th...

The protracted legal battle over a Nazi-looted painting by Camille Pissarro, valued at over $30 million, takes a pivotal turn as it reaches the United States...

President Joe Biden has removed Darren Beattie, a controversial appointee of former President Donald Trump, from the Commission for the Preservation of Ameri...

Yisroel Leshes, assistant cantor of New York's Lincoln Square Synagogue, has released a jazzy version of Morris Winchevsky's Yiddish song, "Di Tsukunft" (The...

The article reflects on the author's experience of working with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in a movie, highlighting his rise from a comedian to the countr...

Miriam Anzovin, a non-Orthodox woman, has gained popularity on TikTok with her humorous and accessible recaps of the Talmud. Following the same schedule as D...

A professor at Emerson College in Boston is being investigated after performing a Nazi salute in class. The professor claims that his behavior was meant to p...

Jack Kirby, a seminal figure in comic book artistry born Jacob Kurtzberg, created the Fourth World Saga in the early 1970s, which arguably stands as the most...

Avodah, a Jewish social justice organization based in New York, has launched the Avodah Institute for Social Change to assist Jewish groups in effectively im...

The article explores the presence of antisemitic stereotypes in British literature, particularly focusing on the depiction of goblins in Harry Potter and oth...

The article discusses the political obstacles facing the confirmation of Deborah E. Lipstadt as the U.S. State Department's Special Envoy for Monitoring and ...

Jon Stewart clarified in a video that he was joking when he suggested that goblin characters in the Harry Potter series resembled antisemitic stereotypes. He...

"The Garden of the Finzi-Continis," an opera adaptation of Giorgio Bassani's book and Vittorio De Sica's film, has finally premiered after a long and difficu...

Steven Lubet critiques a recent Heritage Foundation report that accuses university Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) offices of fostering antisemitism, ...

The Forward reflects on the involvement and impact of Jewish figures in the January 6 Capitol insurrection. While overt antisemitic elements were present in ...

In reflecting on television's evolution, writer Sybil Adelman Sage recalls stringent censorship during the era of "The New Dick Van Dyke Show." Despite socie...

The author expresses frustration over the ongoing debate about whether the goblins in the Harry Potter series are antisemitic Jewish caricatures. They argue ...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has appointed three Jewish individuals to top city positions, including Fred Kreizman, Ed Mermelstein, and Menashe Shapiro, re...

Pope Francis has launched a four-episode Netflix series called "Stories of a Generation," focusing on universal values such as Love, Dream, Struggle, and Wor...

Bruce Blakeman, Nassau County's first Jewish executive, is guided by his Orthodox Jewish traditions while embracing a multicultural connection. In his new ro...

Betty White, who passed away at 99, was a beloved American actress whose century-long career intersected with significant Jewish historical events, though sh...

The author argues that China is committing genocide against the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang through surveillance, forced labor, torture, sterilization, and d...