Jewish Journal

08/05/2025

For comic Eli Leonard being Jewish in America means never forgetting that his world is a business and he better make us laugh.

For comic Eli Leonard, being Jewish in America means never forgetting that his world is a business and he better make us laugh.

08/01/2025

Though witnessing the rise in antisemitism in the U.S. hasn’t made him want to own a gun, Mark Feuerstein, star of "Guns & Moses" said he came to realize that Jews need to protect themselves and one another — because no one else will.

Though witnessing the rise in antisemitism in the U.S. hasn’t made him want to own a gun, Feuerstein said he came to realize that Jews need to protect themselves and one another — because no one else will.

08/01/2025

Soviet anti-zionism, which began with erasing Jews from Holocaust memory, paved the way for one of the most pernicious lies: that Zionists are N***s.

Soviet antizionism, which began with erasing Jews from Holocaust memory, paved the way for one of the most pernicious lies: that Zionists are N***s.

07/29/2025

Today, a settlement was announced in Frankel v. Regents of the University of California, resolving claims that UCLA failed to protect the rights of Jewish students during anti-Israel protests and encampments in 2024, which the plaintiffs described as “Jew Exclusion Zones.”

The agreement includes policy measures and significant financial contributions aimed at addressing concerns raised by Jewish students and advocacy groups.

07/25/2025

In the soul searching that the Democratic party has begun, perhaps the point that stings the most is a sense that they “turned their back” on their base and took them for granted.

In the soul searching that the Democratic party has begun, that is perhaps the point that stings the most: a sense that they “turned their back” on their base and took them for granted.

07/23/2025

Imagine if in 1945, the New York Times charged the United States with genocide based entirely on the bombings over Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Dresden. Worse still, what if the paper never mentioned Pearl Harbor or the German atrocities that would come to be known as the Holocaust?

Read more from Thane Rosenbaum:

Mass casualties and fallen buildings in wartime do not a genocide make. It doesn’t even prove the existence of war crimes. Death tolls and devastated landscapes are endemic to war.

07/22/2025

The final elected choice for mayor of New York is months away, but the reverberations of the recent Democratic primary victory of Zohran Mamdani for the position spread far and wide.

The final elected choice for mayor of New York is months away, but the reverberations of the recent Democratic primary victory of Zohran Mamdani for the position spread far and wide.

07/22/2025

The unspoken and unspeakable tragedy of Gaza is Hamas’s cruel and perverted strategy to get as many Palestinians killed as possible in order to win the world's sympathy.

The unspoken and unspeakable tragedy of Gaza is Hamas’s cruel and perverted strategy to get as many Palestinians killed as possible in order to win the world's sympathy.

07/22/2025

“Catalogue of Noses" is a sharp and surprisingly devastating portrait of what happens when young girls internalize the idea that their natural face is a liability.

“Catalogue of Noses,” a 12-minute musical short, is a sharp and surprisingly devastating portrait of what happens when young girls internalize the idea that their natural face is a liability.

07/22/2025

Rejected for a Costco credit card, Israeli immigrant Arad Levertov built a fintech company that now approves millions. Sunbit isn't for impulse shopping — it's for dental work, car repairs, and real life.

Read more from Ayala Or-El

Arad Levertov had a bold idea: making everyday essentials more affordable through responsible lending.

07/22/2025

The Jews of Color Initiative announced a new series of grants awarded to 10 organizations and initiatives that are working to address antisemitism in thoughtful, creative and community-rooted ways.

Grantees include The Braid, Correlate JOC, The Crown Heights Birth Justice Project, Jewtina y Co., The LUNAR Collective, Leveraging the Experiences of Jews of Color to Combat Antisemitism in Higher Education, Mitsui Collective, Moving Traditions, The Shalom Curriculum Project and Tzedek America.

Read more from Debra L. Eckerling (The DEB Method)
https://jewishjournal.com/community/382826/jews-of-color-initiative-awards-new-grants-to-ten-organizations-including-the-braid/

07/22/2025

The story will continue to haunt Trump until he orders a complete and credible disclosure of all the cold facts about what happened in that jail cell.

The story will continue to haunt Trump until he orders a complete and credible disclosure of all the cold facts about what happened in that jail cell.