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A photograph of hostage Edan Alexander, outside a Jewish community center in Alexander’s home town of Tenafly, New Jersey, US. December 14, 2024.

Israel should engage with Hamas directly, Edan Alexander's father says

Pro-Palestinian students celebrate reaching a deal with the administration at Brown University, bringing an end to their encampment, in Providence, Rhode Island on April 30, 2024.

American Jewish students, alumni decry ‘weaponization of antisemitism’ across country

By Grace Gilson/JTA

MAYA NATAN.

The rise of strategic philanthropy in Israel: How crisis drives long-term giving

A Canadian flag flies in front of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. March 22, 2017.

Eyeing an escape route in the Trump era, these American Jews are moving to Canada

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Rabbi David Geffen is seen holding his copy of The American Heritage Haggadah, which he wrote.

The American Heritage Haggadah: A personal story of production and publication

By DAVID GEFFEN

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he attends a "Fighting Anti-Semitism in America Event" with Dr. Miriam Adelson and Jewish leaders in Washington, US, September 19, 2024.

Trump's danger to US Jewry: Living under autocracy never ends well for Jews

By ROBERT HORENSTEIN

A hand places a ballot paper into a ballot box.

Revelations of likely voter fraud spark call for consequences in World Zionist Congress election

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

Yehuda Kaploun and Donald Trump.

Trump taps Yehuda Kaploun as State Dept. antisemitism envoy

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Bellamy Bellucci: The pro-Israel advocate breaking every mold and defending every truth.

Bellamy Bellucci: The outspoken activist defying Israel’s critics, antisemites

By BATYA LEVINTHAL

Students protest against the war in Gaza, in support of Israel on the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel at Columbia University in New York, New York, on Monday, October 7, 2024.

Most Americans view Israel more unfavorably than before Oct. 7, Pew survey finds

By BEN SALES/JTA

Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, March 16, 2024

Jewish cultural institutions reeling as Trump defunds arts and humanities

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

A PROTESTER waves a Palestinian flag during a rally at Columbia University in New York, in November.

Jewish student targeted with antisemitic comments over plan to study in Israel

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A female IDF soldier stands in front of a tank.

Jewish cartoon designer drew inspiration for 'Kim Possible' from female IDF soldiers

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

THE LATE Max Frankel sits front and center when he was the editor-in-chief of the ‘Columbia Daily Spectator,’ in 1952

Max Frankel: The New York Times' unflinching Jewish journalist

By ALISON LEIGH COWAN

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s DEI initiative results in the removal of Holocaust Remembrance articles.

Display honoring Jewish women graduates of naval academy removed ahead of Hegseth visit

By Grace Gilson/JTA

Sharona Nazarian

Sharona Nazarian becomes first Jewish Iranian-American woman mayor in US history

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Muslim protesters pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at the university, in New York City, US, March 14, 2025.

Mahmoud Khalil issue: How Jews can pick sides in the antisemitism vs free speech debate

By ELCHANAN POUPKO

BRUCE PEARL and his Auburn Tigers face Michigan in the Sweet 16

Coach Bruce Pearl's moral courage transcends basketball

By JPOST EDITORIAL