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Michael Witkes, a professional drag queen known as Pink Pancake, is turning a tragic bar mitzvah experience into a one-woman drag show, called "Today You Are...

Bernie Steinberg, former director of Harvard Hillel, has passed away at the age of 78. Steinberg was known for his commitment to pluralism and creating an in...

Pro-Palestinian protesters targeted Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, accusing it of abetting genocide. The protest was led by a pro-Palest...

Nina, an Israeli restaurant in Brooklyn, opened despite the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and anti-Israel protests. The restaurant, led by Israeli chef Sagi Azrou...

70 Faces Media, the parent company of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, will be hosting the Jewish Digital Summit 2024, a three-day virtual conference in Februa...

The identity of a murder victim, whose body was found decapitated and mutilated in 2011 in California, was recently discovered by Jewish genealogists. The vi...

Thousands of people, including a recently released Israeli child hostage and relatives of those still held captive by Hamas, gathered outside the United Nati...

This article provides an overview of the upcoming NFL playoffs and highlights two Jewish players, A.J. Dillon and Michael Dunn, who are still in the playoffs...

The author reflects on the 12th blessing of the Amidah, a curse against enemies in Jewish liturgy. They initially found it difficult to connect with the pray...

The author reflects on the courage to speak up and listen in difficult times. They recount a dinner with friends where they discussed their thoughts on the w...

South Africa presented its case at the International Court of Justice, accusing Israel of committing genocide during its war against Hamas in Gaza. South Afr...

Jewish communities in New York City are planning various events and activities to honor Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday. Some synagogues, like Temple ...

New York City investigators have uncovered an illicit underground tunnel stretching 60 feet underneath a building adjacent to the main synagogue at Chabad's ...

The New York Jewish Film Festival is featuring a 1939 Yiddish-language movie called "Mothers of Today," which was filmed in the Bronx in just five days. The ...

A group of individuals attempted to break through a synagogue wall at Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in order to expand the comple...

Menachem Daum, a Hasidic filmmaker, died at the age of 77. He made documentaries that challenged stereotypes about haredi Jews and Polish gentiles. Daum soug...

According to a report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), incidents of antisemitism in the United States have surged since Hamas' invasion of Israel on Octo...

Karen Tal, CEO of the Amal educational network in Israel, is working to promote Jewish-Arab coexistence during times of war. As the conflict between Israel a...

Norman H. Finkelstein, a Boston writer and educator, has passed away at the age of 82. Finkelstein was known for his nonfiction books and biographies for old...

A dispute over a tunnel at the Chabad-Lubavitch movements world headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn led to 12 arrests. The tunnel, which was opened by Ch...

Gabriel Attal, France's youngest-ever prime minister and first openly gay prime minister, has spoken about how his Jewish ancestry has shaped him. Attal's mo...

Survivors of the Nova massacre, in which 1,200 Israelis were killed, including attendees of the Nova music festival near Gaza, are finding healing and suppor...

At the 2024 Golden Globes awards ceremony, attendees are wearing yellow ribbon pins on their red carpet outfits. The pins are a symbol of solidarity with Isr...

The article discusses the real story behind the movie "One Life," which portrays the efforts of Nicholas Winton, a British stockbroker who rescued Jewish chi...

The article discusses an incident involving NBA player Kyrie Irving and rabbis from Chabad who brought signs expressing Jewish pride to a game. Irving claims...

The Jewish Museum in New York is showcasing an exhibit called "7 October 2023" featuring 12 drawings by Israeli artist Zoya Cherkassy in response to the Hama...

In the wake of recent events, such as the attacks on Israeli Jews by Hamas and the rise of antisemitic incidents around the world, many Jews are feeling a st...

Eugenia Unger, a Holocaust survivor and founding member of the Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires, passed away at the age of 97. In 2017, she made headlines wh...

Jewish outfielder Harrison Bader has signed a one-year, $10.5 million contract with the New York Mets. Bader, a Bronxville native, will be the team's first J...

Jews with roots in the former Soviet Union gathered in Israel for an event organized by Limmud FSU to express solidarity and strengthen their sense of commun...

Amid Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza, a larger-than-life mural was painted on a building in Bushwick, showing an Israeli boy and a Palestinian boy embraci...

A new exhibit in Tel Aviv has recreated the site of the Nova music festival massacre, which took place on October 7, 2022. The exhibit aims to raise funds fo...

Seven members of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community in India were killed in a rocket attack near a synagogue in the state of Manipur. The attack was not inten...

According to an Israeli parliamentary committee, seven members of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community in India were killed in a rocket attack near a synagogue ...

Amichai Oster, a 24-year-old Israeli-American, was killed while fighting in the northern Gaza Strip. Oster, the son of former writer and editor of the Jewish...

In a significant ruling, the Israeli Supreme Court has struck down a law that limited its power, reversing a piece of legislation that aimed to weaken the ju...

Misha Avramoff, who passed away at age 83, was a champion of Jewish education and serving the Jewish poor in New York. As the co-director of Project Ezra, he...

This article provides a list of Jewish books that the author enjoyed reading in 2023. The nonfiction selections include a memoir about a friendship with a me...

Argentine President Javier Milei spoke at the opening ceremony of the Pan American Maccabi Games, an international tournament for Jewish athletes. He express...

Mendl's Delicatessen, located in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, aims to serve traditional American/New York Jewish food. Chef Montserrat Garza Gard...

The author reflects on the connection between their Jewish identity and the recent passing of their mother. They draw parallels between their experience and ...

The New York Jewish Week remembers the lives of 20 notable Jewish New Yorkers who have passed away in 2023. Some of the individuals mentioned include Bob Bor...

Herb Kohl, a former Jewish senator from Wisconsin and owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, has passed away at the age of 88. Known for his philanthropy, business ac...

Two Israeli-Americans who went missing during the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 have been confirmed killed. Judith Weinstein, 70, was fatally wounded d...

"The Zone of Interest" is a film directed by Jonathan Glazer that depicts the lives of the Hss family, who lived in a cottage adjacent to the Auschwitz death...

A group of Israeli leftists in New York, known as the Anti-Occupation Bloc, have come together to protest the Israeli government's handling of the recent con...

This article explores how the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in Jewish education is being debated among educators and students. Some Jewish educators ex...

The New York Jewish Week has compiled a list of their 10 most-read stories of 2023. The stories cover a range of topics, including the comeback of iconic Jew...

Kanye West, now known as Ye, has posted an apology in Hebrew to the Jewish community on Instagram and X. He expresses regret for any pain he may have caused ...

New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faced criticism for her Christmas message comparing Jesus to Palestinians, which some argued invoked the his...