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DNA study: Modern Jews and Arabs retain more than half their ancestry from Bronze Age ‘Canaanites’

Genome-wide analysis of 93 skeletons from Israel, Jordan and Lebanon traces an unbroken genetic thread across three millennia.

 Excavation near Jerusalem.
 IRANIAN JEWS prepare for prayer at the Abrishami Synagogue in Tehran, 2015.

From Tehran to Moscow: How antisemitic regimes weaponize anti-Zionist Jews - opinion

 Gainesville, Florida

Openly antisemitic law student with prize-winning white nationalist essay has Jewish ancestry

Police secure the area in front of the embassy of Israel in Berlin, Germany, May 22, 2025

Danish national arrested on suspicion of spying on Jewish targets for Iran, German prosecutors say


Time for aliyah: A Letter to Israelis abroad and  our brethren, the Jews of the Diaspora - opinion

Do not stand and watch from the side while the winds of history summon you. Join the Israeli optimism and resilience. Our people are good, strong, and creative. Please come.

 Airplane on a Map

'The Triumph of Life': Reimagining the relationship between God and humanity - review

Greenberg’s recently published magnum opus, The Triumph of Life: A Narrative Theology of Judaism, is arguably the most compelling and thought-provoking book to grace the Jewish bookshelf this year. 

 JEWS IN BUDAPEST being rounded up by police in 1944. The Holocaust was a ‘devastating example of the abuse of human power.’

It takes an enemy: External threats are what bring the Jewish people together - opinion

Our orneriness has sustained us, but it has also made it hard for us to go along and get along. We are not “I’m ok, you’re ok.”

 Emergency personnel work to extinguish a fire on a bus, following a missile attack from Iran, in Herzliya, Israel, June 17, 2025

San Diego Jewish orgs. pull out of Pride fest over Kehlani performance, 'safety concerns'

All Jewish organizations in San Diego's Pride festival this year have pulled out of the festival over anti-Israel singer Kehlani's headline performance, citing "serious safety concerns."

 San Diego Pride Fest 2017

How many American Jews are there? A global study of world religions offers a new estimate

Pew’s latest study counts only Jews by religion, reducing the US Jewish population to 5.7 million.

 Counting Jewish populations can be a subjective endeavor.

SA Chief Rabbi Goldstein: President Ramaphosa 'cursed' for ICJ case against Israel

Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein criticizes President Ramaphosa for accusing Israel of genocide, calling his Oval Office humiliation ‘Divine justice’ and a sign of deeper moral failure.

 SA's cursed president illustration

Why this Holocaust survivors son thanks President Trump - opinion

My Holocaust survivor roots taught me to sense danger early. On October 7, that sense returned

 Holocaust survivors light memorial candles on the day Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump participates in an event commemorating the one-year anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, at his golf resort in Doral, Florida, U.S., October 7, 2024.

World Zionist Congress needs unity, now more than ever - opinion

The strength of the Jewish people emanates from our unity, from our willingness to see our fellow Jews and take responsibility for their problems.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG addresses a gala event on August 29, 2022, on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the First Zionist Congress, at the original venue, the Stadtcasino Basel, in Basel, Switzerland.

The 'Free Palestine' rallying cry brings increasingly deadly results - opinion

These acts are the direct result of a global ideological campaign that too often paints Israel – and by extension, Jewish people – as villains, stoking anger that finds dangerous expression.

 An Israeli flag is placed near police tape, after an attack that injured multiple people, in Boulder, Colorado, U.S. June 1, 2025.

The forgotten courage of Sinai helps us find holiness within mystery - opinion

Revelation does not begin with mastery. It begins with mystery.

MOSES ON Mount Sinai as depicted by Jean-Léon Gérôme, 1895.

Annual Shabbat in the Park Returns to New York on June 6

Young Jewish leaders to gather for JNFuture’s sold-out Shabbat in the Park, uniting in support of Israel and celebrating resilience through community and purpose.

 Jewish National Fund-USA's Shabbat in the Park