Over the past several weeks, Iranian American Jews have watched a historic uprising unfold in Iran. For many in the diaspora, ...

Should Jewish philanthropy focus more on helping needy Jewish people? Jack Wertheimer, a history professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary, raises this question in an opinion article in Commentary ...

Rabbi Jay Michaelson’s recent essay in the Forward on Judaism and the war in Gaza is thoughtful and engaging, but it falls into the trap of oversimplification. His approach is to frame Jewish opinion ...

Rabbi Barry Schwartz is director of The Jewish Publication Society in Philadelphia and rabbi of Congregation Adas Emuno in Leonia, N.J. He is the author of “Judaism’s Great Debates” (Behrman House, ...

NEW YORK — New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, a leading candidate in the New York City mayoral race, drew fire on the debate stage on Wednesday when he would not recognize Israel’s right to ...

About 1 in 5 people in Spain and Portugal today may indeed be of “converso” origin: descendants of Jews or Muslims who converted to Catholicism, often under threat of death or expulsion. Regardless of ...

It goes without saying that the University of Chicago has something of a reputation in the academic world for doing things, well, a bit differently than other schools. The University experience begins ...

Andrew Cuomo interjected during Wednesday night’s final mayoral debate when anti-Israel front-runner Zohran Mamdani tried to reassure Jewish New Yorkers that he would also represent them, if elected.

The Jewish Daily Forward looks at the complexities of the debate over divestment from fossil fuels for Jewish nonprofits, many of which have taken public stances on climate change and alternative ...

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