American Jewry

No. 40: Sam Grundwerg: World Chairman of Keren Hayesod-UIA

For the past seven years, Grundwerg has been leading this iconic Zionist fundraising arm and national institution.

Sam Grundwerg
(L-R): Elliot Brandt, Bernard Kaminetsky

No. 43: Elliot Brandt, Bernard Kaminetsky: The leaders of AIPAC

A RALLY in support of Palestinians takes place at Columbia University, in New York City in 2024.

For Jewish communal professionals, internal rifts pose the greatest barrier to hope, survey finds

A mayoral candidate forum hosted by B’nai Jeshurun, Congregation Beth Elohim, Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, and New York Jewish Agenda on June 8.

With ban removed, NYC rabbis are weighing endorsements in a heated mayoral race


At YIVO, an unfinished Yiddish dictionary gets the last word - as opera

"The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language," an original chamber opera, premieres at YIVO, dramatizing the post-Holocaust effort to preserve Yiddish through language.

Ben Kaplan, left, and Alex Weiser, seen in Weiser's office at YIVO, are the co-creators of "The Great Dictionary of the Yiddish Language," a new chamber opera about the monumental effort after the Holocaust to preserve the language and culture of Eastern European Jewry.

A record $10M federal grant to Tikvah has some Jews celebrating and others crying foul

The NEH has awarded $10.4 million to Tikvah’s Jewish Civilization Project, aiming to combat antisemitism by highlighting Jewish contributions to Western and American culture.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Tikvah Fund Executive Director Eric Cohen and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking at the Jewish Leadership Conference at Chelsea Piers in New York City on Sunday, June 12, 2022.

Congress passes act replacing gravestone markers of Jewish service members with Star of David

The Fallen Service Members Religious Heritage Restoration Act would create a program to identify Jewish service members buried in foreign American military cemeteries under crosses.

 AFTER 79 YEARS, 1st Lt. Nathan Baskind – a Jewish American soldier missing since D-Day – was identified in a German war grave and reburied, with full military honors and in accordance with the Halacha, at Normandy in 2024.

Comic Gianmarco Soresi mines his mixed Jewish background for laughs

The 37-year-old Gianmarco Soresi has seen his online popularity explode in recent years, as he joins a generation of comics finding audiences outside the comedy clubs.

Gianmarco Soresi

US House panel holds hearings to 'unmask antisemitism' in unions and K-12

Kiley said that while the committee had investigated antisemitism at universities across the country, there was also a growing problem of antisemitism from Kindergarten to High School education.

Kevin Kiley, California state assemblyman, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas, US, August 6, 2022

Vote naively, repent bitterly: Will Mamdani turn against Jews after getting their votes? - opinion

Liberal Jews, as much as they may see Mamdani as a young, savvy newcomer with fresh ideas, albeit bad ones, should be prepared for the backstabbing that is yet to come.

NEW YORK CITY mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks with people after an event this past week. Mamdani will have a limitless opportunity to show his loyalties to a fast-growing anti-Israel segment, the writer warns.

Stop prioritizing diaspora influencers over Nova survivors and hostage families - opinion

Lived experience under Hamas rockets should outweigh Instagram followers when choosing who represents Israel's story.

Israelis march in Tel Aviv at a rally organized by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum on September 13, 2025.

'A shining light for the American Jewish community': US Jewish leaders, groups grieve Charlie Kirk

US Jewish groups and leaders mourned Charlie Kirk’s death, condemning his assassination as political violence and offering condolences to his family.

 (Illustrative) TURNING POINT USA executive director Charlie Kirk speaks at US President Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day ceremony at the Capital One Arena in Washington on January 20, 2025.

Breakaway Jewish group joins 'student intifada' after split from Jewish Voice for Peace

The group framed itself as part of what it termed a global “student intifada” and said it was aligning with the “Popular University,” a loose network of pro-Palestinian activists.

 JUST AFTER the Hamas attack on October 7, even before the IDF began its ground operation in Gaza, Jewish Voice for Peace was already calling to ‘Stop the genocide of Palestinians.’

Robert Jay Lifton, pioneering scholar of Nazi doctors and Jewish memory, dies at 99

Robert Jay Lifton, whose work on genocide psychology reshaped Holocaust studies and Jewish thought for decades, died at his home in Massachusetts at 99.

Robert Jay Lifton in a 2009 documentary based on his book, "The Nazi Doctors."

The ‘Jewish tax’ is real: Why US Jews need to pay for safety - opinion

For millions of Jews across America, basic acts of life come with a price tag.

POLICE PATROL a Jewish festival in Boulder, Colorado, in June, a week after an attack in which an 82-year-old woman was killed. ‘Half of American Jews have heard people justify violent actions against our community,’ says the writer.