menu-control
The Jerusalem Post Logo - Bring them home now
accessibilty

American Jewry

A diverse community of the adherents to the Jewish faith in the United States, currently numbering some four million.
 Rochester City Hall, 2013.

The 'sandwich generation' of Israel politics - opinion

By MITCH GRUBER/JTA
 Protests at Columbia University, April 24, 2024.

I went to a Seder at Columbia while protests raged outside - opinion

By STEVEN ZEITCHIK
US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the war

Majority of Americans lack trust in Netanyahu's ability to lead on world affairs

 People climb the Alma Mater statue to see the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-LA) during a press conference at Columbia University in response to demonstrators protesting in support of Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist g

It might be time to start our own Jewish Ivy League - editor's notes

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden participates in a roundtable with Jewish community leaders in Washington, on October 11, 2023.

Pro-Israel, anti-Netanyahu: How American Jews are reshaping Zionism

 A counter protestor talks into a microphone as people gather outside of Columbia University to demand a ceasefire and the end of Israeli attacks on Gaza, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, during a protest in New York, US, April 20, 2024.

'Campuses in revolt': Columbia-like encampments emerge at US universities

 Likud member MK Illouz speaks to university students, April 21, 2024.

MK Illouz US trip seeks Diaspora unity, House hearing on PA terror ties

 PRO-PALESTINIAN demonstrators take part in ‘Shut it down for Palestine’ protests in New York City in December. We must stop pretending that when people spew anti-Zionist hatred, this is anything other than a very thinly veiled attack on Jews, the writer asserts.

Antisemitism across America, from Alabama to Wisconsin

 The cage bars of a prison cell (Illustrative).

Fred Neulander, rabbi serving life sentence, dies in prison at 82

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
 Families of the Israelis held kidnapped by Hamas terrorists in Gaza outside the US consulate in Jerusalem, March 4, 2024

New JFNA survey finds most Americans want ceasefire deal to include release of hostages

 Carl Erskine, 1926-2024.

The death of Brooklyn Dodger great Carl Erskine closes a chapter in Jewish history

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
 Met Council.

Met Council expects to feed 300,000 poor New Yorkers over Passover

 Ken Holtzman, the winningest Jewish pitcher in major league baseball history, poses with the official Israel Baseball League baseball after a press conference announcing the inaugural season in New York, February 26, 2007.

Ken Holtzman, winningest Jewish pitcher in MLB history, dies at 78

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA
 A demonstrator holds American and Israeli flags during a protest calling for the release of hostages, Tel Aviv on March 9.

Israeli-American hostages' families: Best way for regional peace is returning the 133 in captivity

 AMERICAN JEWS and their supporters participate in the March for Israel in Washington, DC, earlier this month.

Prominent Reform rabbi to Democrats: Don't take American Jews for granted

 A demonstrator holds American and Israeli flags during a protest calling for the release of hostages, Tel Aviv on March 9.

Americans can sympathize with Israel but not empathize

 Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs is seen in Princeton, New Jersey, November 20, 2015.

Princeton joins list of Ivy Leagues under Title VI antisemitism investigation

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
 View of the Dallas, Texas, skyline, taken from Reunion Tower

Civil rights complaint filed against Dallas school for antisemitic bullying