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Shabbat candles

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

‘All the security is not a normal life,’ Rabbi Moshe Sebbag told The Jerusalem Post as French Jews face an uncertain future.

Jews are part of the history of France, but are they part of its future?

By MICHAEL STARR

Students take part in an anti-Israel protest at Columbia University in New York City last month. Many students demonstrating against Israel likely do not know basic facts about the Mideast, the writer argues.

Ten Jewish students file lawsuit against Cooper Union for failing to address surge in antisemitism

By HANNAH SARISOHN

The situation at York University, along with similar issues at institutions around the world, should now be a call to action for all reasonably minded students and faculty, the writer urges.

York University's 'Toolkit on Teaching Palestine' endangers campus's Jewish community - opinion

By MADISON ROSENBERG

A Palestinian man rides a bicycle past a damaged vehicle where employees from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) were killed in an Israeli airstrike, in the central Gaza Strip April 2, 2024.

Jewish groups signal new interest in Gaza aid following Israel’s strike on WCK workers

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA

Rabbi Jennie Rosenn blows the shofar at the "Jewish Climate Action, Hear The Call Senator Schumer" event in New York City on September 12, 2021.

Union for Reform Judaism pledges to divest millions from fossil fuel industry

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA

THESE OLIM, some who came shortly before October 7, took part in a video urging all Jews to make aliyah now because so many people in the world want to destroy Israel. The video received over 14,000 likes on Instagram within a week.

Winning the war means living in Israel

By GILAD RAMOT

PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog meets with Argentinian President Javier Milei in Jerusalem, in February.

To fight antisemitism in Latin America, one must recognize it

By JOSEPH BOUCHARD , GARION FRANKEL

THE WRITER visits the Knesset, in February 2024.

Remembering the Holocaust: We Jews are the targets once again

By ANDOR GROSZ

Governor of U.S. state of California Gavin Newsom attends a press conference in Beijing, China October 25, 2023.

California governor Newsom releases plan to combat record levels of antisemitism

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Shabbat candles

Shabbat candle-lighting times for Israel and the US

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

AIPAC's longtime executive director Howard Kohr.

How Howard Kohr made AIPAC a pro-Israel powerhouse while keeping out of sight

By JTA/RON KAMPEAS

Statue of Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest.

First Jewish sheriff of Nottingham, office of Robin Hood fame, is sworn in at his synagogue

By SHIRA LI BARTOV/JTA

A Palestinian man rides a bicycle past a damaged vehicle where employees from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) were killed in an Israeli airstrike, in the central Gaza Strip April 2, 2024.

Why the killing of aid group’s volunteers could be turning point for how Israel treats Gaza relief

By JTA/RON KAMPEAS

New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

Jewish NGO seeks to enlist US mayors in the fight against antisemitism

By MICHAEL STARR