Judaism is not disappearing; it is changing its forms of expression. The challenges must not be ignored. Assimilation exists, and in some communities, there is also a decline in numbers. Last week, I ...

For Sandy Cardin, the moment that demanded action came well before October 7 - during Israel’s judicial reform debate in the summer of 2023. Listening to the way Jews spoke about one another, ...

This Q&A is adapted from one of eight mainstage conversations held at Z3 2020: Visions of a Shared Future, a virtual conference produced by The Z3 Project and the Oshman Family JCC of Palo Alto, aimed ...

The first Yiddish Glory album, the Grammy-nominated Lost Songs of WWII, was, give or take, 70 years in the making. The idea of preserving Soviet-Jewish culture by way of an anthology of Yiddish folk ...

When Jacob Birnbaum began knocking on dormitory doors at Yeshiva University in the spring of 1964, he only half-believed anyone would answer. The young British activist had come to New York to ...

The Jews of Tehran, Iran circa early 20th century. The recent discussion about “Jews of Color,” who fit this identity and whose numbers relative to the total Jewish population are significant, has ...

Israel says world’s Jewry is still 2 million shy of 1939 numbers Ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Central Bureau of Statistics says global Jewish population has increased by 26% since 1948, to 14.5 ...