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ETHIOPIAN JEWS take part in a prayer of the Sigd holiday in Jerusalem last November. The God of Israel sees the heart, not the color of one’s skin, the writer affirms.

Jews are not a color; we are a global people - opinion

Graffiti spraypainted at home of American IDF serviceman, St. Louis, Missouri, August 6, 2025.

'Death to the IDF': American IDF soldier's family home in St. Louis vandalized, cars torched

Students queue to sit a university degree finals examination at Oxford University in Oxford, Britain, June 6, 2025.

Oxford University college launches £5k Tikvah Scholarships for Jewish, Israeli undergraduates


J Street head says he was ‘persuaded’ by arguments that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

Ben-Ami’s reversal aligns him with many prominent left-wing Jewish voices who have made the accusation, which Israel denies and Trump rejected Sunday.

Jeremy Ben-Ami, president of J Street, speaks at the group's national conference in 2018.

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Grapevine, August 1, 2025: Do a DNA test and unite with relatives you never knew you had

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

HOME DNA testing kit, with a saliva (spit or cheek swab) tube collector and return shipping box.

New York Jews must use the London playbook to stop Mamdani - comment

British Jews have already shown the road map for defeating a politician whose campaign flirts with antisemitism; New York’s Jews should dust it off before November.

 NEW YORK CITY mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani waves at the crowd during the 2025 Pride March, June 29, 2025.

Six to stand trial over 1982 attack on Jewish restaurant in Paris

The bombing and shooting assault on the Jo Goldenberg restaurant in the heart of the Jewish district of the Marais quarter in August 1982 killed six and wounded over 20.

Paris' Mayor Anne Hidalgo delivers a speech at the site of the so called "Rue des Rosiers" or "Chez Jo Goldenberg restaurant" attack, in Paris, on August 9, 2024

What is needed: Rabbis who stand up for Jews - opinion

Rabbis, of all people, should know that Israel must be constantly vigilant and on guard against the very real and constant threats to its existence.

 Lisa Turnquist of Louisville, Colorado, lays flowers and a flag at the site of the attack outside the Boulder County Courthouse on June 2, 2025 in Boulder.

University presidents return from Auschwitz with a pledge to combat campus antisemitism

International March of the Living University Presidents mission equipped academic leaders with historical context and moral clarity amid growing campus antisemitism.

University Presidents Mission, Auschwitz - Birkenau on the 2025 March of the Living (Photo: Jakub Włodek)

Lithuania scraps planning by Jewish groups to convert sports complex into Jewish heritage site

AJC said that the decision “raises serious questions and casts a shadow over Lithuania’s stated commitment to Holocaust memory and Jewish heritage.”

The Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports.

Zohran Mamdani holds a wide edge among Jewish voters as he dominates in new NYC mayoral race poll

The survey from Zenith Research and Public Progress Solutions predicted that Mamdani would dominate all four of his opponents combined, with 50% of the vote.

 Zohran Mamdani gestures as he speaks during a watch party for his primary election, which includes his bid to become the Democratic candidate for New York City mayor in the upcoming November 2025 election, in New York City, U.S., June 25, 2025

The subject was Gaza, but Stewart and Beinart had a whole lot to say about Judaism - opinion

Stewart has always been an avatar for a certain kind of highly assimilated, secular Jew who makes his Jewish identity a prominent part of his public persona.

Journalist Peter Beinart and host Jon Stewart discuss the war in Gaza on "The Daily Show," July 28, 2025.

Wesley LePatner, killed in Manhattan shooting, mourned as 'uniquely brilliant' Jewish leader

“At 43, she was the most effortless and impressive person - you wanted to follow her wherever she went,” Feiler wrote.

Wesley LePatner at the DiMenna Children's History Museum Family Benefit in 2019.