American Jewry

Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally to feature Tucker Carlson, who recently hosted Holocaust denier

The multiple and conflicting Jewish arguments surrounding the event reflected the intensity with which both campaigns were focusing on the Jewish vote just nine days ahead of the election.

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
28/10/2024

Editor's Notes: The surge of October 8 Jews and the new wave of Jewish reconnection

Across the Jewish world, particularly in North America, there’s a wave of “October 8th Jews” who are rediscovering their Jewish identity in the aftermath of the October 7 attack.

24/10/2024
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'Tikkun Ha'am': Is there a future for Liberal Judaism in America?

You will have to be ready to be provoked a little bit (or a lot) and to think more creatively than you usually do about the condition of non-Orthodox Jews in America in our time.

By RON KRONISH
24/10/2024

Two weeks till election day: Jewish PACs roll out final campaign ads

The RJC is spending $15m. on advertising across the battleground states this election cycle, the most spent during an election in the organization’s history.

Silent dancing on Simchat Torah? A joyous Jewish holiday is remade for a mournful anniversary

Jewish communities grapple with balancing joy and mourning on Simchat Torah, one year after the October 7 Hamas attack.

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA , DEBORAH DANAN/JTA
22/10/2024

Emhoff and Torres highlight Kamala Harris' pro-Israel stance to Michigan Jewish voters

The event included get-out-the-vote calls and signups to canvas, along with Jewish-themed efforts to attract young voters, including one that riffs on the name of the first service of Shabbat.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
21/10/2024

Sukkot reflections: A photographer’s journey from home to war and back

What visiting a war zone taught me about America’s battles.

By ALYSSA ROSENHECK
21/10/2024

American Jewish artist on contributing to Philharmonic Oct. 7 tribute

Artist Joel Mesler says his work "L'Chaim", presented at the joint project, is about choosing life in the face of adversity.

By NERIA BARR
21/10/2024

American Jews silent on Israel’s survival as they fight antisemitism from the past

What do European Jews in 1944 and Israeli Jews in 2024 have in common? American Jews remain silent in the face of their oppression.

20/10/2024

We bought the viral Amazon ‘tuchus’ boxes for Sukkot. What does that say about us?

Jews across the US shelled out about $15 for a dozen ready-to-construct cardboard boxes emblazoned with Hebrew letters that spelled a phonetic variation on “tuchus” — the Yiddish word meaning “butt."

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
16/10/2024
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