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NCJW names new leader as group steps up work on Israel, antisemitism
12+ hour, 4+ min ago (719+ words) By Arno Rosenfeld February 9, 2026 The National Council of Jewish Women has named Jody Rabham, its longtime policy director, to lead the organization as it grapples with how to balance progressive advocacy with support for Israel. The 133-year-old group has helped…...
Why do so many Jews support Israel — but reject ‘Zionism’?
12+ hour, 39+ min ago (703+ words) Columnist Dan Perry February 9, 2026 A new Jewish Federations of North America survey contained a shocking and confusing statistic: While just one-third of American Jews call themselves Zionists, almost 90% say they believe in Israel's right to exist as a democratic Jewish…...
Can Manischewitz make matzo ball soup hot again?
13+ hour, 38+ min ago (314+ words) By Mira Fox February 9, 2026 These questions were front of mind when I showed up at an art exhibit at a gallery on the Lower East Side. The art show was called SOUP, and it was hosted by Manischewitz to mark…...
Super Bowl ad combatting antisemitism draws criticism from Jews
16+ hour ago (451+ words) By Benyamin Cohen February 9, 2026 Artificial intelligence, Uber Eats, Steven Spielberg's next film " and antisemitism. Those were among the topics competing for attention during Sunday's Super Bowl ads. The antisemitism commercial showed a white Jewish high school student being taunted with…...
My university wants me to sign a loyalty oath — am I in America or Vichy France?
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (174+ words) As a historian of modern France, I have rarely seen a connection between my everyday life in my adopted state of Texas and my work on my adopted specialization: the period we call Vichy France. Apart from the Texan boast…...
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The Jew who put Hitler on trial — and the play that stages his story
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (589+ words) By PJ Grisar February 5, 2026 An oft-forgotten chapter in Hitler's life was one the F'hrer clung to with a vengeance. In May of 1931, a 27-year-old Jewish lawyer named Hans Litten called the Nazi leader to the stand to answer for the…...
He documented a changing Jewish world, and the Jewish world changed him
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (184+ words) By Mira Fox February 5, 2026 Aron has become known for his work documenting Jewish communities around the world " his first book, From the Corners of the Earth, shows Jewish life in New York, Los Angeles, Cuba and the then-Soviet Union. His…...
Prosecutors charge Capital Jewish Museum shooter with terrorism
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (447+ words) By Arno Rosenfeld February 5, 2026 Federal prosecutors added two terrorism charges to the indictment against Elias Rodriguez, the Chicago man accused of killing two Israeli embassy employees outside a networking event held at the Capital Jewish Museum last May. The new…...
For Israel’s foremost chiropterologist, every bat is a mitzvah
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (743+ words) By Noah Hirsch-Rechter February 5, 2026 Bats get bad press. Short-sighted and cave-dwelling, they generally make the news only when carrying disease, transfiguring into vampires, or else lending their name to paranoiac military commanders (e.g. Colonel "Bat" Guano, in Dr. Strangelove)." All of…...