Jewish Faculty Call Out Weaponization Of Antisemitism Label In Higher Education

A growing number of Jewish staff and faculty in higher education are speaking out against what they say is the federal government and their own institutions weaponizing accusations of antisemitism in order to silence dissent, punish those who criticize the …

In the birthplace of Christianity, churches and communities are coming under attack from Jewish settlers

The attacks near the church were small and left no casualties but they play into a worsening pattern of deadly settler abuse of Palestinians, the perpetrators of which are rarely prosecuted by Israeli authorities. The Israeli government had previously said …

Protests yields limited results, Jewish Voice for Peace retools to focus on swaying elections

Ava Gene’s chef to open new deli mixing Jewish, Italian influences

John Bissell, the former Colorado chef who has run the award-winning Southeast Portland restaurant Ava Gene’s for the past two-and-a-half years, is leaving the restaurant to open Dream Deli, a new deli blending Italian and Jewish influences. Inspired by …

In the Shadow of the Druze Massacre: Jewish Voices Call for Peace with Syria

Against the backdrop of the recent massacre of the Druze population in Syria, Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with leading figures of the Syrian-Jewish community. During the meeting at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, Herzog called on all sides …

New Adam Sandler project filming in NJ Jewish deli

Adam Sandler is a fan of New Jersey Jewish delis. Last year, he visited Goldberg’s while shooting “Happy Gilmore 2” in Millburn, N.J. This summer, his Happy Madison production company is shooting a Netflix comedy in another Garden State deli. Nana’s Deli …

Rabbis of LA | Rabbi Noam Raucher Wants to Create a Safe Space for Jewish Men

Rabbi Noam Raucher is the executive vice president of the 96-year-old Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs, whose central task is “to create space, opportunities and experiences by which men can find each other, bond and build relationships based on …

From the Israel-Iran War to Texas Flooding, Jewish Camps are Stepping Up Amidst Adversity

Amid deep challenges at home and abroad — from the heartbreaking recent floods in Texas to the Israel-Iran war — Jewish camps are stepping up and building community. On June 13th, with hundreds of camps in the process of welcoming nearly 200,000 young Jews …

Its protests yielding limited results, Jewish Voice for Peace retools to focus on swaying elections

Half a year into the Israel-Hamas war that began in October 2023, the executive director of Jewish Voice for Peace might have been riding high. Attention and support for the three-decade-old group was way up. New chapters were forming, and the group’s …

Angela Tilby: Anti-Jewish feeling is rife in UK today

A GOVERNMENT-BACKED report was published this week on the rise of anti-Semitism in British society. The authors were Lord Mann and Dame Penny Mordaunt, neither of whom is Jewish. They claimed, The Daily Telegraph reported, that anti-Semitism had become “ …