Maya Shwayder

"Maya Shwayder is the Jerusalem Post's corespondent in New York and at the United Nations, covering any and all happenings in the Jewish world in the US. She was previously a World News reporter for the International Business Times, and her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Gawker, The Detroit News, The Week, and Variety, among others. Shwayder is originally from Detroit, and has spent time living in the Netherlands and Italy. She recently completed the prestigious Arthur F. Burns fellowship in Berlin, for which she reported for both the Post and Die Welt, the flagship paper of the Axel Springer media empire. Shwayder received her bachelor's degree from Harvard and her master's degree in journalism from Columbia Journalism School, where she trained under Professor Sandy Padwe and Pulitzer Prize-winner Amy Nutt."

American Hassidic alternative rock band, Bulletproof Stockings founders Perl Wolfe (left) and Dalia Shusterman.

Making Orthodoxy sexy again

THE NEW exhibit tracing the history of the Jewish people, on display at the UN headquarters in New York.

UN headquarters in New York opens new exhibit on the history of the Jewish people

Poster from  Crossing the Line 2

Jerusalem U documentary explores anti-Semitism on US campuses


Getting the scoop on ‘Dig’

The executive producers and cast of the new US TV series talk to the ‘Post’ about their experience filming in Jerusalem.

The cast of ‘Dig’ with executive producers Tim Kring (center) and Gideon Raff (far right) at the TV series premiere in New York

Reporter's notebook: We find love in an AIPAC place

Young Jews among 16,000 delegates are using organization’s annual conference to mix, mingle – and maybe find a match.

The stage at the 2017 AIPAC conference.

AIPAC floods Capitol Hill scene

Delegates descend on congressmen following Netanyahu speech.

The stage at the 2017 AIPAC conference.

Reporter's Notebook: Taking the fight to the streets

This was a speech for AIPAC, an appetizer to Tuesday’s main course.

The stage at the 2017 AIPAC conference.

US envoy Power: There will never be a sunset on America's commitment to Israel

Power says that there is an alarming surge in global anti-Semitism.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power

Prosor to UN: Let lessons of WWII guide you on Iran

Prosor pointed to the increased terrorist attacks across the world that threaten peace and security, particularly those attacks and groups sponsored by Iran.

Israel's former ambassador to the UN Prosor speaks to the media at U.N. headquarters in New York

20 years later, Chabad reflects on the continued influence of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

Movement hosts annual women’s emissary conference in New York over the weekend.

WOMEN PLACE notes at the resting place of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson in Queens, New York, last week.

Rivlin addresses UN at Holocaust memorial

“‘Never again’ is not just a pledge by the survivors,” the president said, “it is, first and foremost, the very essence of this United Nations Organization.”

President Reuven Rivlin addresses the United Nations in New York

L’antisémitisme à la tribune des Nations unies

Sur fond d’augmentation des attaques antisémites, les dirigeants mondiaux réaffirment leur engagement dans la lutte contre toute forme de racisme

Ron Prosor, émissaire israélien à l'ONU, à la tribune de l'Assemblée générale jeudi 22 janvier

UN holds first conference on anti-Semitism

Backdrop of rising attacks against Jews worldwide, world leaders affirm commitment to fighting racism; Obama calls UN General Assembly session, first of its kind, "an important moment."

DELEGATES ATTEND an informal meeting of the 193-member United Nations General Assembly last month.