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A person holds a flag during the Grand Final of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, in Malmo, Sweden, May 12, 2024.

The UN and Eurovision: A tale of two votes on Israel

Sanhedria derives its name from the Tombs of the Sanhedrin, an ancient complex of tombs believed to be the final resting place of the Sanhedrin.

Sanhedria: Living in the Great Council’s long shadow

By ALEX WINSTON

An antisemitic propaganda mural is seen in Romania in 1942.

Antisemitism: Combating the recurring virus

By ROBERT HERSOWITZ

A USC alumnus and member of IfNotNow’s Los Angeles branch, identified as ‘Jay,’ is quoted as stating last Friday: ‘I am proud to be here tonight, bringing in Shabbat in solidarity with the student divestment movement and in solidarity with Palestine.’

I'm warning you, Jewish antisemites - opinion

By MENACHEM LEVINE

THE ANZAC Torah is held high by rabbi David Yitzchak Friedman during the Gallipoli Campaign of World War I in 1915.

The story of the ANZAC Torah and how it survived

By JONATHAN LIEBERMAN

A SIGN posted at the protest encampment in support of Palestinians at Columbia University. It is the spirit of the ’60s that seems to be animating many of the protesters on campuses protesting against Israel – in their eyes, the symbol of the established order they want to tear down.

No longer an academic debate: Anti-Zionism is antisemitism

By WILLIAM DAROFF

JEWS CELEBRATE in Tel Aviv, moments after the United Nattions voted on November 29, 1947, to partition Palestine, paving the way for the establishment of the State of Israel.

I am a Palestinian

By DAVID FEINSTEIN

Father blesses son as he joins the IDF, April 18.

Are we dwarfs or giants? A look at multi-generational Jewish identity

By MOSHE TARAGIN

Carl Erskine, 1926-2024.

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

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

A SCENE from ‘Mickey Saves the Day.’ (14/4/2024)

Mickey Saves the Day spoofs Israeli history with hilarious twists

By HAGAY HACOHEN

Portuguese students visit Porto's Jewish Museum, March 20, 2024.

1,000 Portuguese students visit Porto's Jewish Museum for Inquisition Memorial Day

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A Purim noisemaker, handmade by Kelman Micenmacher for his son Marcel in Nazi-occupied France in 1941. The grogger is now in the collection of Yad Vashem.

Handmade Purim noisemaker from Holocaust transit camp donated to Yad Vashem

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Cast members pose for a family photo during a premiere for the Apple TV+ series "Masters of the Air" in Los Angeles, California, U.S. January 10, 2024.

The real Jewish history of 'Rosie’ Rosenthal in Apple TV+’s ‘Masters of the Air’

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA

Newfoundland.

The dark Jewish history of Canada's Newfoundland - opinion

By JACOB SIVAK

IDF FATIGUES: Color may be drab, but it resonates with our collective hopes.

Colors of pride: Blue-and-white Israel rallies behind IDF green

By MOSHE TARAGIN

A man stands on the rubble of a house destroyed by recent shelling during Ukraine-Russia conflict in Kharkiv, Ukraine March 7, 2022.

This Jewish family became refugees because of the Russia war — twice

By MICHAEL STARR

The remains of the destruction caused by Hamas terrorists when they infiltrated Kibbutz Be'eri on October 7, 2023

We thought we beat Jewish history. We were wrong - opinion

By RABBI AHARON E. WEXLER

Two hundred years of survival. Lily and Walter together in Lily's home in London, UK.

Two centenarian Holocaust survivors meet for first time

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF