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American Jewry

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

 THE WRITER speaks at a ‘Liberate the Gate’ event at UC Berkeley, last month, calling on the university to respond to antisemitism on campus.

Not the college dream: The harsh reality of Jewish student activism

By DANIELLE SOBKIN
 IDF SOLDIERS prepare to enter Gaza this week.

To the American Jews: Its time to stop apologizing

 Palestinians seen walking in Khan Younis, Gaza, after the IDF withdrew. April 7, 2024

6 months into Israel’s war, American rabbis are grappling the battle’s aims and mounting toll

By JTA STAFF
 THEN-US PRESIDENT Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Daniel Kahneman at the White House, in 2013.

How do you say farewell to a scientific giant like Daniel Kahneman?

By TALYA MIRON-SHATZ
 Françoise S. Ouzan

'True to My God and Country': Groundbreaking book on US Jews fighting in WWII

By RABBI DR. BARRY DOV SCHWARTZ
 Protesters hold a rally across from AIPAC offices in New York City, in February, after marching and demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.

AIPAC is the target of an antisemitic witch hunt - opinion

By galia wechsler
 A view of a US flag and an Israeli flag held up by people during a demonstration to show support for U.S. President Joe Biden, for not inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, in front of the US Consulate in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 30, 2023.

Americans' perception of discrimination against Jews increases by half, new Pew data says