1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (461+ words) Two Pennsylvania representatives on opposite sides of the aisle agreed that Democrats have a worse antisemitism problem than their Republican counterparts. Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Dave Mc Cormick (R-PA) discussed national politics, antisemitism and support for Israel at American…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1091+ words) Jonathan D. Salant | JNS The same folk singer who wrote "this land was made for you and me" also wrote, "Chanukah candlelight, see my flame, shining on my window's pane." Woody Guthrie's songs were recorded by the Kingston Trio, the Weavers…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (355+ words) Jews were targeted in 41 of the city's 68 confirmed hate crimes in May, a 71% increase from the same month last year, according to the NYPD. By Debra Nussbaum Cohen ntisemitic incidents accounted for more than 60% of New York City's confirmed hate…...

4+ day, 56+ min ago  (226+ words) By Stuart N. Brotman Pope Leo XIV's new encyclical on artificial intelligence, Magnifica Humanitas, warns that artificial intelligence is supercharging disinformation and fueling what he calls "hybrid" conflicts " wars fought as much in the realm of images and narratives as on…...

4+ day, 26+ min ago  (326+ words) Marina Furman: Former Refusenik Works to Support Israel at Jewish National Fund-USA (Cover story, May 21) Your wonderful article about Marina Furman brought back special memories. In December 1988, my wife Bunny and I, along with two friends, made a Soviet Jewry…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (99+ words) As part of her mitzvah project, Sloane Bell hosted an art supplies collection which she donated to Jewish Family Service of Atlantic & Cape May Counties. The boxes of supplies " crayons, markers, paint brushes, drawing paper and more " will be utilized…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (251+ words) Even more troubling was Moore's assertion that Netanyahu's actions are making American Jews less safe. On what basis? Because antisemites cite Gaza to justify threatening Jews? Since when do we assign responsibility for hatred to its targets? Are Jews now…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (635+ words) Last year, amid tension in the movement over the anti-Israel stances of many rabbinical students and graduates, Rabbi Deborah Waxman announced her retirement as president and CEO of Reconstructing Judaism. Though she made her announcement in the spring of 2025, Waxman…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago  (634+ words) Ian Shinbrot is not a synagogue member. But over the past few years, he's become as connected to Jewish life as any congregant. In May, Shinbrot was named in the Jewish Lay Leader category at the Tribe 12 Jewish Philly Under…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (674+ words) Eliot Meadow, the new president of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, is a graduate of Kellman Brown Academy in Voorhees and Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy on the Main Line. Growing up, he also attended Temple Sinai in Cinnaminson and…...