(JTA) — The release of filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” which brought in $264 million at the box office during its blockbuster opening weekend, has sparked renewed interest in the 3,000-year-old poem on which it is...
(JTA) — When left-wing streamer Hasan Piker addressed the national convention of the College Democrats of America this past weekend, he wasn’t just denouncing “Trumpism,” he had won a new platform for spreading his great project...
This last week, the political world has been focused on events in Maine as the campaign of the Nazi-tattooed Graham Platner crashed and burned in the wake of new sexual-assault allegations. But his exit from the...
The final dazzling display of pyrotechnics is now over and the thunderous booms we heard have gone silent. The many accents of red, white and blue being worn and decorative bunting that adorned our nation’s many buildings...
(JTA) — Years ago, an Israeli colleague told me about the children’s book “Rivka’s First Thanksgiving.” Set in 1910, it tells the story of a 9-year-old Jewish immigrant persuading her family and her rabbis that she...
(JTA) — During the time I served as Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism in the Obama administration, I traveled across Europe, Central Asia and beyond, working with governments, religious leaders and civil society to develop...
(JNS.org) – The most important story is not always the one dominating the headlines. Sometimes, it is a question—a question so disturbing that few are willing to ask it out loud, and fewer still are willing to contemplate...
(JNS.org) – Imagine what would happen if a known antisemite like New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan or white supremacist David Duke mocked Israel’s right to self-defense when...
Today is Father’s Day, a day that has traditionally been given short shrift compared to Mother’s Day and a number of other secular and patriotic holidays like Thanksgiving Day, Independence Day, Veterans Day and Memorial Day.