1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (300+ words) Israeli President Isaac Herzog called on Jews around the world to enter the new year with pride, a commitment to action and respect for one another in a Rosh Hashanah message released on Thursday. “The defining sound of Rosh Hashanah…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1171+ words) I always begin my annual column asking readers to play along with me and predict the events of the coming Jewish year by reminding them that as bad as things seem to be now, they can still get worse. That’s…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (784+ words) Room No. 2024 at Old Dominion University’s Batten Arts and Letters Building is a hub for Jewish students. The modest space on the campus in Norfolk, Va., offers a safe zone to decompress. Perhaps just as importantly, it boasts a credenza…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (325+ words) An Orthodox Jewish man shouldn’t have to finish a local permitting process in order to challenge an Ohio city’s restriction on hosting prayer gatherings in his home, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty told the U.S. Supreme Court. “Religious…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (501+ words) Antisemitic incidents at non-Jewish K-12 schools remained essentially unchanged in 2025 despite a sharp decline nationwide, prompting five major Jewish organizations to release a “Jewish Students’ Bill of Rights” outlining six steps schools should take to protect Jewish students. The document, released…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (253+ words) Two of the most outspoken critics of Jew-hatred on Capitol Hill, Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) have formed a new bipartisan congressional caucus focusing on antisemitism on college campuses. Gottheimer and Stefanik, who received national attention over…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (841+ words) What is Zionism? Who is a Zionist? Are Jews abandoning Zionism? What do we do about anti-Zionism? The debate is incessant, and ultimately pointless. I am going to put my head on the chopping block voluntarily by suggesting that it…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (606+ words) When Columbia University begins a new academic year today, it will do so with a new leader: Dr. Jennifer Mnookin, only the second Jewish president in Columbia’s 272-year history. The appointment is notable. Columbia has been at the center of…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (157+ words) “The baker does not testify to the quality of his own dough,” our sages said. In other words, it is not fitting for a person to praise his own handiwork. In that spirit, I will only share the aspirations and…...