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0 Antisemitism Politics

Antisemitism meets America’s ‘thoughts and prayers’ ritual

Gabby Deutch in Jewish Insider · 13 Mar

Gabby Deutch highlights how responses to antisemitism in America often mirror the country's "thoughts and prayers" ritual in the wake of mass shootings—expressions of outrage with little substantive action.

0 Television/Film Music

Yair Keydar, the Son of a Cantor, Wowed Everyone on Netflix’s ‘Star Search’

Lior Zaltzman in Kveller · 13 Feb

Yair Keydar, a 12-year-old singing prodigy and son of cantor Magda Fishman, captured audiences' hearts on Netflix’s Star Search.

0 Leadership Education

The rabbinate isn’t in crisis because of text — it’s about leadership

eJewishPhilanthropy · 21 Jan

Rabbi David Baum argues that the challenges facing the contemporary rabbinate are not rooted in insufficient textual mastery, but rather in a lack of leadership training suited to today's complex realities.

0 Politics Communities

Cameron Kasky embodies rising Gen Z Jewish criticism of Israel. Can it get him to Congress?

Joseph Strauss in JTA · 8 Jan

Cameron Kasky, a 25-year-old progressive Jewish congressional candidate, is making headlines for his critical stance on Israel, a platform that may resonate with younger Jewish Americans who are increasingly sympathetic to Palestinians.

0 Communities Holidays

Brown University students light first Hanukkah candle in the shadow of mass shooting

Shira Li Bartov in JTA · 15 Dec 2025

Brown University students gathered for a somber Hanukkah candle lighting that also served as a vigil following a devastating mass shooting in an economics class, where two were killed and nine injured.

0 Politics Gender/Identity

Cameron Kasky, Jewish Parkland shooting survivor, is running for Congress on platform to ‘stop funding genocide’

Joseph Strauss in JTA · 19 Nov 2025

Cameron Kasky, known for his activism after surviving the Parkland shooting, has announced his candidacy for New York's 12th Congressional District.

0 Holocaust Antisemitism

The deadliest act of antisemitism on American soil is remembered in a new exhibit

Jackie Hajdenberg in JTA · 6 Oct 2025

A new exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York commemorates the deadliest antisemitic attack on American soil, the 2018 shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh.

0 Culture Antisemitism

Nike apologizes for marathon ad using the Holocaust phrase ‘Never Again’

Andrew Silow-Carroll in Forward · 28 Apr 2025

Nike faced criticism after using the phrase "Never Again" in a marathon billboard advertisement, a term strongly associated with Holocaust remembrance.

0 Politics Israel

Jared Moskowitz wants to succeed Ted Deutch in South Florida

Marc Rod in Jewish Insider · 28 Mar 2022

Jared Moskowitz, a Broward County Commissioner and former director of Florida's Division of Emergency Management, is seeking to succeed Ted Deutch in Congress for South Florida's 22nd District.