“Der Bund in Bilder, 1957-1897” (The Bund in images, 1957-1897), download it and read...
Jewish labor organizing wasn’t limited to the United States. In 1897, organizers meeting in Minsk founded the Jewish Labor Bund to champion the rights of Jewish workers in Russia and Poland. The movement spread...
Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, British financier and scion of banking dynasty, dies at 91
Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, the London head of the Jewish family Rothschild banking dynasty, died on Nov. 8. He was 91. Rothschild died after a stroke at home in London, according to a family...
A festival of laughs comes to Brooklyn, N.Y.
There are Jewish comedians. And then there is Jewish comedy.
The first-ever Chosen Comedy Festival, set for Aug. 16 in Brooklyn, N.Y., will bring both.
“There’s so much about Jewish comedy that is talked about in...
Former Hebrew University professor wins Nobel Memorial Prize in economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Joshua Angrist was awarded the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel on Monday for his “methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships.”
Angrist,...
US six-country travel ban takes effect with few exceptions for relatives
US President Donald Trump's ban on refugees and travelers from six mainly Muslim countries went into effect late Thursday, after a Supreme Court decision allowed it to go forward following a five-month battle with...
This 400-year-old Jewish library survived Hitler and the Inquisition
Livraria Ets Haim is the world’s oldest functioning Jewish library. As such, it is no stranger to the prospect of imminent destruction.
Founded in 1616 by Jews who fled Catholic persecution in Spain and Portugal,...
‘Stunning:’ Nearly half of Americans know little about or never heard of anti-Semitism
A new survey conducted by the American Jewish Committee on Jewish and non-Jewish Americans revealed a stark level of ignorance when it comes to anti-Semitism awareness among the U.S. general public.
According to the survey,...
American Jews viciously targeted across the country
A recent series of violent attacks against the American Jewish community shows that the increasing fear felt by Jews in the United States is a real and present danger.
An Asian American man shot two Jewish worshippers...
Jewish groups react to more anti-Semitic tweets by Ice Cube
Rapper and film actor Ice Cube has been getting a chilly reception, including from Jewish and pro-Israel groups, for sharing on Twitter anti-Semitic images amid the backlash over the death of 46-year-old African-American George...
‘Arab states making peace with Israel will burn,’ says IRGC commander
Arab countries should not pursue normalization with Israel as doing so could make them targets of Iran on their own soil, said Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami on Monday.
“We warn...