Alaska

Sullivan vs. Sullivan: Alaska investigates US Senate candidate who shares name with incumbent

It was alleged, Alaska Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom wrote, that Sullivan intended to "confuse or deceive" voters seeking to re-elect Sullivan by mistakenly voting for him instead.

A sign for Republican Senate candidate Dan Sullivan is pictured outside of a PenAir airplane hangar where a campaign rally for the candidate was held on November 3, 2014 in Anchorage, Alaska.
Gary Sinise receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, surrounded by armed guard, 2017.

'I am a grateful American': Gary Sinise hopes to bring his mission of service to Israel - interview

BROWN BEAR 480, known as "Otis", stands in a river hunting for salmon to fatten up before hibernation at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska, US September 16, 2021.

Two US soldiers wounded in bear attack during training exercise in Alaska

Photo of Alaska.

Inside the Alaskan village where nature, faith, and community come together


Russian far-right politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky dies at 75

Zhirinovsky, 75, was admitted to hospital earlier this year after contracting COVID-19, according to Russian media.

 Presidential candidate Zhirinovsky addresses the media at the headquarters of the Russian Central Election Commission in Moscow

Alaska museums express solidarity with Jewish museum after antisemitic attacks

Museums in Alaska expressed solidarity with the Alaska Jewish Museum after swastikas were placed on it twice in one year.

An aerial view of Anchorage, Alaska.

Even in Alaska, a tiny Jewish community can make its voice heard

"I used to think that everyone had their bar or bat mitzvah during the summer, because in Alaska, anyway, that was the best time to invite relatives."

An aerial view of Anchorage, Alaska.

Anchorage mayor defends anti-maskers who wore yellow Stars of David

The mayor of Alaska’s largest city defended anti-maskers who wore yellow Stars of David in reference to the Holocaust, calling their use of the Nazi-era symbol a “credit” to the Jewish people.

People attend a march in New York against antisemitism wearing yellow stars which read never again, January 5, 2020.

Alaskan Republican compares Biden to Hitler in tweet

Representative David Eastman compared a quote from a speech of Joe Biden's to one of Adolf Hitler's, causing backlash from his fellow representatives.

An aerial view of Anchorage, Alaska.

Hundreds attend Jewish solidarity march in Alaska

The solidarity march protesting a recent antisemitic event in Alaska was combined with a dedication ceremony for a new Torah scroll belonging to the campus Chabad.

The Torah scroll dedication in Anchorage, Alaska.

Is Tokyo Olympics gold-medal swimmer Lydia Jacoby Jewish?

Jacoby’s underdog status, as the first-ever Olympic swimmer from Alaska, which has just one Olympic-sized pool, meant that Jewish viewers may have wondered for the first time: Is Lydia Jacoby Jewish?

okyo 2020 Olympics - Triathlon - Men's Olympic Distance - Final - Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo, Japan – July 26, 2021. Athletes start.

Fossil find adds to evidence of dinosaurs living in Arctic year-round

The find helps upend past assumptions of dinosaurs as giant cold-blooded reptiles.

THE AGE of dinosaur bones: Not a scientific delusion.

Swastika stickers reading: 'We are everywhere' found around Anchorage

The one's located at the Jewish museum was later in the evening, at 5 p.m. on the same day. Some 30 blocks from one another.

An aerial view of Anchorage, Alaska.

Alternate History: Zion by the shores of Alaska

While the stories in Alternate History are conjectural, they may have some basis in fact and this is the case in The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, a 2007 novel by Michael Chabon.

President Chaim Weizmann with Nahum Goldman at the Weizmann residence in Rehovot in 1951