‘The Best Hope For Yiddish is in Israel:’ An Interview With Scholar Avrom Nowerstern

“Unfortunately, we find ourselves in a time where writing in Yiddish is utopian.”

Israel’s Outreach to Europe’s Far Right Parties is Alarming Europe’s Jews

Jews in Europe are voicing increasing consternation about Israel’s budding engagement with surging far-right European parties that have anti-Semitic histories. ...

How Yiddish Family Names Discreetly Honor Jewish Mothers (Hint: ‘Rivkin’ Comes From ‘Rivka’)

If your family name is Yiddish, you are probably named after your great-great-great-grandmother.

Do Fellow Bigots Regret Toppling Neo-Nazi Mike Enoch?

A day after neo-Nazi podcaster and blogger Mike Peinovich stepped down over the revelation that his wife is Jewish, his fellow podcast hosts admit they are losi...

Louis CK Refines the Art of Comedy

Oracle Gets Sued for Paying White Men More

The software giant Oracle, where Donald Trump appointee Safra Catz is CEO, is getting hit with a discrimination lawsuit by the Department of Labor.

Senate Bill Bars BDS Against Israel — and West Bank Settlements

(JTA) — Two senators introduced a bill providing protection from lawsuits to state and local governments passing anti-BDS legislation. On Tuesday, Sens. Marco R...

American Ambassador to Israel is Staying On as an Expat

Outgoing U.S. ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro is leaving his diplomatic mansion in Herzliya but he’s not going home - instead, he and his family have rented a ...

Trump Adviser Reed Cordish Was Sued for Racial Discrimination

‘Will & Grace’ is Coming Back, All is Right With the World

“Will and Grace” is coming back — and the show’s stars are just as excited as their fans are.

Lox Without the Line (or Check) at Russ & Daughters New Sabbath Brunch

The 21st-century scions of a venerated 100-year-old smoked fish emporium have cracked the code of how to serve a restaurant brunch on Shabbat — and avoid those ...

WATCH: Did Obama Just Sound Final Death Knell for Mideast Peace?

In his final White House press conference on Wednesday, outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama seemed ready to close the book on peace between Israel and the Pale...

Israeli Lawmakers To Launch Annexation Push Just Two Days After Trump Inauguration

Right wing Israeli lawmakers will waste no time advancing a bill to annex part of the West Bank after Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president.

Richard Spencer and White Supremacists Aim for Bigger Platform With ‘AltRight.com’

“AltRight.com brings together the best writers and analysts from Alt Right, in North America, Europe, and around the world,” reads the site’s online description...

Jewish Architect Richard Neutra’s Home Named as One of 24 New National Historic Landmarks

The home of Richard Neutra, one of the pioneers of International Style architecture, was recently designated a National Historic Landmark.

BREAKING: Bomb Threats Called Into at Least 32 JCCs Around the Country

“Bomb threats being reported at JCC’s in ME, MA, NY, CT, FL, Law Enforcement following protocols to keep people safe,” wrote the ADL’s Robert Trestan on Twitter...

Columbia Professor Accuses Right-Wing Jews of ‘Infesting’ American Politics

“These people in fact infest the Trump transition team, these people are going to infest our government as of January 20, and they are hand in glove with a simi...

1,500 Rabbis Sign Letter Calling on Trump To Support Refugees

(JTA) — More than 1,500 U.S. rabbis signed a letter calling on the incoming Trump administration to maintain the federal refugee resettlement program. HIAS, a g...