American Jews

Jews must resist the pressure to follow the anti-Zionist crowd - opinion

As anti-Zionism infiltrates liberal institutions and the Nobel Peace Prize, Jewish distinctness offers a path to moral clarity, independent thought, and enduring hope.

 PROTESTERS MARCH out of Kings College Circle after leaving an anti-Israel student encampment at the University of Toronto, following an Ontario judge order for the protesters to leave their two-month-old encampment, in July.
Screenshot of one of the videos showing young children being escorted out of the school buildings and marshaled along the street by staff amid the emergency response.

Jewish schools in Brooklyn evacuate following bomb threats, NYPD finds no explosives on site

A SPEAKER addresses the intellectual debate within the Republican Party at the National Conservatism Conference in Jerusalem this week.

Editor's Notes: American Jews are changing after Oct. 7, but we cannot abandon them - comment

Police officers guard the Tree of Life synagogue following shooting at the synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US, October 27, 2018.

Jewish security group launches survivor testimony project to combat rising antisemitic threats


US House Education & Workforce Committee advances bills to fight antisemitism in America’s schools

The three bills aim at protecting Jewish students and countering the spread of antisemitism across America’s education system

GRADUATES, SOME holding pro-Palestinian signs and flags, attend Columbia University’s graduation ceremony in New York City in May. The flare-up of antisemitism in classrooms and on campus is due to the confluence of contributing factors, says the writer.

Israel, Jewish Federations launch NIS 200 million plan to strengthen Diaspora Jewish education

The government-backed initiative, advanced in partnership with JFNA, will focus on expanding access to Jewish schools and strengthening Jewish identity among the next generation.

JFNA Board of Directors Chairman Gary Torgow speaks to assembled Israeli government officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after the government approved a NIS 200m. plan to bolster Jewish education in the Diaspora on June 28, 2026.

Exhibits, marches, celebrations: How American Jewish orgs are marking 250 years of independence

The big birthday is breathing new life into old debates over religious freedom, such as the one that took place around President Donald Trump’s recent national prayer rally.

THE STATUE of Liberty Hanukkah Lamp by Manfred Anson on display at the Statue of Liberty Museum, 2019.

The faces of many notable American Jews over the years: A treat for America's 250th

On this July 4, it’s most important to recall individuals whom we met personally and who shared their lives with us.

HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS George E. Preston and Halina Wind Preston with their children, David Lee and Shari Ann, in Wilmington, Delaware, 1971.

'Seniorland': Growing old in the world's largest retirement city - review

Prof. Galit Nimrod, an expert in communications at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, left her family for two months in 2023 to immerse herself in the Villages’ experience.

SENIORLAND: AGING IN A RETIREMENT METROPOLIS By Galit Nimrod Cambridge University Press 216 pages; $30.

Damascus synagogue tours highlight renewed interest in Syrian Jewish history and diaspora ties

Tours of synagogues and meetings with religious leaders highlight renewed interest in Jewish history and unresolved questions over historic sites, property, and diaspora ties.

A rabbi holds a Torah scroll at the Ifrange Synagogue in the Jewish quarter in Old Damascus on April 29, 2025.

New York’s Jewish leadership turns out in force for United Hatzalah

More than 1,300 community leaders, philanthropists and supporters gathered in Lower Manhattan for their annual New York Gala

Group of United Hatzalah Young Leadership photographed at the New York gala with a United Hatzalah ambucycle

Mamdani’s Jewish allies criticize use of ‘monsters’ to describe AIPAC

Mamdani insisted he was referring to “not solely AIPAC,” but he singled out AIPAC again in his Monday remarks to reporters, saying the lobbying group was backing “a status quo for immorality."

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during the New York Knicks Championship ticker tape parade and victory rally celebrating winning the 2026 NBA Finals on June 18, 2026 in New York City.

Does this feeling go both ways? - opinion

Israelis care deeply about their Diaspora brethren. The issue is not one of sentiment. It is structural. The relationship is unreciprocated because it is asymmetrical.

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Florida man indicted for federal hate crimes in attempted mass shooting targeting Jews at AIPAC

According to court records, Pemberton armed himself with an AR-15 kitted with a silencer and traveled to an AIPAC office on 23 Dec, 2024, where he attempted to target the organization's employees. 

A police officer carries a weapon as he helps after two City of Miami police officers were shot on October 09, 2025, in Miami, Florida. Two City of Miami police officers were shot in the city’s Allapattah neighborhood during an investigation.