Two 18-year-olds, one in Israel and one in America, both Jewish, are about to vote for the first time, a week apart. Israelis go to the polls on Tuesday; Americans on Nov. 3. One may be drawn to Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit.

After Germany annexed Austria in 1938, the Nazis turned Vienna into a testing ground for refining the techniques of genocide.

Divisions over Israel and the war in Gaza are testing longstanding political loyalties among American Jews, whose votes could prove decisive in closely contested congressional races.

Bob Horenstein, of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, told JNS that the Federation “spent over $1.5 million last year for security for our community institutions.”

Stacey Zolt Hara was in her office in downtown San Francisco when a text from her 16-year-old daughter arrived: “I’m scared,” she wrote. Her classmates at Berkeley High School were preparing to leave their desks and file into the halls, part of a ...

This is part one of a two-part analysis based on the Jewish Federations of North America’s 2026 binational study of Jewish Americans and Jewish Israelis, exploring where the communities are

(JTA) — Conservative-Masorti Judaism strives to accommodate the rich diversity of the Jewish world. A crucial part of this mission is ensuring that Jews of color feel welcome in our communities and heeding the call for racial justice. The voices of Jews ...

Douglas Smith’s The City Without Jews revisits the decimation of a robust community—and the city that betrayed it.

Germany's main Jewish umbrella group warned on Monday of a possible escalation during protests planned in the country for Oct. 31, inspired by demonstrations in France.

Some French Jews reportedly faced unprecedented warnings to hide their identity as anti-government protests turned violent across the nation.