American Jewry

When my children decorate for Hanukkah, I don’t just see pride, I see pluralism in action - opinion

Pluralism isn’t about keeping religion out of the public square, and it’s not about demanding that religion speak with one voice. It’s recognizing that a healthy democracy depends on many traditions.

A Jewish family decorates their windows for Hanukkah in Houston in December 2008.
Shabbos Kestenbaum

We Don’t Need More Museums. We Need a Jewish Future

An AI-generated illustrative image depicting the aging leadership of the American Zionist Movement along with younger Jews feeling alienated.

I have no faith in the future of leadership: American Zionist Movement's collapse - opinion

An image of the front page of The Jerusalem Post on October 27, 2025.

Editor's Notes: Death of American Jewish media leaving dangerous void - comment


StopAntisemitism Founder at 'Post' Gala in Washington: 'We’re fighting a battle we didn’t choose'

After exposing more than 1,000 offenders since October 7, Liora Rez reaffirms “Jew hatred has a price”

Liora Rez, Founder & Executive Director, StopAntisemitism- Credit: Mark Sellem

Stop using American Jews as political currency - opinion

We are citizens like everyone else. If you want our vote, rather than promising to protect us from the monsters in the closet, show us, with your policies and your conduct.

NEW YORK CITY Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani speaks at the foot of a monument to US founding father Thomas Jefferson.

NYC rabbi who spurred anti-Mamdani push turns criticism toward Jews and Israel at Zionist gathering

Speaking to a convention of zionists, Elliot Cosgrove turned his critique toward US Jews, saying that supporters of Israel “shouldn’t be surprised” by Mamdani’s roughly 33% tally among Jewish voters.

Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove of the Park Avenue Synagogue addresses attendees of the Biennial National Assembly of the American Zionist Movement in New York City on Dec. 8, 2025.

America or Israel: You can’t have both - opinion

As unexpected and bizarre as all this sounds, Jewish Americans may very well be facing the choice of America or Israel, because if Moreno has his way, they will no longer be able to have both.

US SENATOR Bernie Moreno (R-OH) is ceremonially sworn into office in January 2025.

'The Accomplices': Restaging history of efforts to save European Jews from the Holocaust

Inside the creative process of a play that forces us to reflect on what happens when the world looks away – from the 1940s to today.

Lior Berlin as Peter Bergson, who fought to rescue Europe’s Jews from the Nazis, in The Accomplices.

At CAM Summit, NYC Mayor Adams Announces Executive Order Prohibiting Mayoral Appointees from BDS

U.S. Special Envoy to monitor and Combat Antisemitism nominee Yehuda Kaploun: “Antisemitism is anti-American.”

Participants at the 2025 North American Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

NYC Jewish groups to hold solidarity rally for Park East Synagogue

Jewish groups across New York are planning a solidarity rally near Park East Synagogue weeks after an anti-Israel protest targeted an Aliyah event.

Pro-Palestinian protesters gather for a 'No Settlers on Stolen Land' protest outside the Park East Synagogue in Manhattan, hosted by Nefesh B'nefesh, an organization that helps American Jews immigrate to Israel, Nov. 19, 2025.

Cory Booker marries a Jewish woman after a long embrace of Jewish tradition

A senator since 2013, Booker, 56, has been called “the Senate’s most Jewish non-Jew, with speeches that feature Torah analysis and a record 25-hour speech that featured his penchant for Hebrew.

Senator Cory Booker and Alexis Lewis attend the 2025 New Jersey Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at American Dream on Nov. 21, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

American Jewry needs to rethink antisemitism through the lens of modern America -opinion

In the American melting pot, Jewish communities don’t stand alone or apart; they’re part of the national fabric.

People walk in New York City’s Financial District on the morning after Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral election win, earlier this month. The US population reflects a wide spectrum of identities that coexist in unprecedented ways, the writer maintains.

Israel doesn’t need charity anymore, it needs serious Jewish investment - opinion

Israel’s booming economy proves it no longer needs charity, but serious investment from Jewish institutions.

Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, attends the Milken Conference in Beverly Hills earlier this year. He put $25 million into the TA Stock Exchange 110 days into the Gaza war; Wall Street thought he was crazy, the writers note.

Jewish groups at Penn sound alarm over federal lawsuit seeking information on Jewish employees

The subpoena sought contact information for Jewish employees who had filed a discrimination complaint, belonged to Jewish groups on campus, or were part of the school’s Jewish studies program.

A view from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 18, 2025.