The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish advocacy group, also criticized Mr. Trump’s use of the word. “The term ‘Shylock’ evokes ...

The ritual may seem irrational, but it's actually an example of Judaism at its best because it invites us to reenact the past ...

It was pretty unnerving. Lots of non-Jews got those leaflets too, and I think it was eye-opening for them to see how offensive and frightening that can be. On the antisemitism task force, we have an ...

Without that, they have no place in the world; only to serve the People of Israel,” he said during a public discussion of what kind of work non-Jews are allowed to perform on Shabbat.

By Bruce Backman This is not politics as usual. This is a five-alarm fire. The upcoming Democratic mayoral primary is the most consequential election in recent memory for Jewish New Yorkers. And let’s ...

Yet some Jewish voters, even with that calculation in mind, will still not vote for either Cuomo or Mamdani. Randi Hoffman, a 65-year-old longtime resident of Lower Manhattan, is one of them.

For Jewish students, including some who did not know whether their loved ones in Israel had survived Iran’s recent missile barrage targeting civilians, it was all too raw.

The 1979 execution of Habib Elghanian, a prominent Iranian Jewish businessperson, on charges that included “contacts with Israel and Zionism,” further entrenched fears that Jews would be targeted.

For some, it referred to physical, spiritual and financial requirements to fulfill commandments and Jewish practice. For others, it meant keeping oneself, one’s family and one’s community intact and ...