Former American presidents enjoy an unusual privilege. They retain the title, the prestige, and much of the authority of the ...

(RNS) — Peace Village in Dimona, Israel, is the largest enclave of African Americans living outside the US. After decades there, some have finally avoided looming deportation. (RNS) — The small ...

The Balfour Declaration showed the power of international recognition—and the danger of relying on promises others may not keep.

Rabbi Berman is the president of Yeshiva University. In parts of America and Europe, the word “Zionism” has become little more than a slogan shouted by opposing sides at protests. It can be a term of ...

Never mind 3,000 years of Jewish history, two Temples in Jerusalem, or centuries of Jewish longing for Zion. In Obama’s ...

Earlier this year, a fellow Jewish activist in Tsedek!, a French collective of decolonial Jews, asked in our group chat: “Is learning Hebrew a problem?” The question had been prompted by a debate she ...

First, congratulations are in order for former President Barack Obama on receiving an honorary doctorate from Queen’s ...

Left-wing Jews are wrestling with thorny questions: What will American Jewish communities look like now? And how will they think about Israel? Left-wing Jews are wrestling with thorny questions: What ...

Silicon Valley philanthropists Eli and Jeanette Reinhard are known for their generosity to Jewish causes, from the local ...

The small African Hebrew Israelite community in Israel’s Negev Desert last month celebrated a major milestone in its struggle for recognition in the Jewish state, as more than 100 members seem to have ...