Jews

Syrian Jews return to Damascus for the first time in decades, hoping to build bridges

9:58am February 27, 2025

Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based Syrian Jewish religious figures last week was their first time back since then.

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American Jewish Committee issued a report earlier this year that found that 94% of Jews and 74% of all U.S. adults say antisemitism is a very serious or somewhat serious problem.

Concerns over antisemitism rise as Jews begin observing Passover

2:28pm April 23, 2024

by Jason DeRose

Protests on college campuses related to the Israel-Hamas War have many Jews nervous heading into the holiday.

Large majorities of Americans say antisemitism is a serious problem

7:05pm February 13, 2024

by Jason DeRose

A report from the American Jewish Committee finds that 93% of American Jews say antisemitism is a "very serious" or "somewhat serious" problem in the U.S. That's up significantly from a year ago.

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Gelt are chocolate coins traditionally given out during Hanukkah. NuRoots, the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles' young adult initiative, has baskets of gelt to hand out at its events.

Hanukkah celebrations inspire Jewish joy despite war and increasing antisemitism

5:34am December 08, 2023

by Jason DeRose

The war between Israel and Hamas, as well as a rise in antisemitism, has many Jews unsure how to celebrate Hanukkah this year. Some say they're focusing on hope and hospitality in dark times.

A crowd swarms the airfield of the airport in Makhachkala, capital of Dagestan in southern Russia, on Sunday night.

Hundreds stormed an airport in Russia's Dagestan, looking for passengers from Israel

12:15pm October 30, 2023

by Emily Olson

Videos posted to social media showed crowds shouting anti-Semitic phrases as they swarmed the tarmac, going plane-to-plane in a search for passengers arriving from Tel Aviv.

Asher and David Cherkaskyi, Ukrainian Orthodox Jews who are father and son and have both been on the front lines in Ukraine's fight against Russian occupation, in Dnipro in July.

Jewish Ukrainian father and son soldiers mark holy days under cloud of Russia's war

5:09pm October 01, 2022

by Eleanor Beardsley

A father and son fighting for Ukraine against the Russian invasion say the war has heightened their Jewish identity.

Christian worshippers carry a wooden cross on Friday along the path where tradition says Jesus took his final steps before his crucifixion in Jerusalem's Old City.

Jerusalem's Old City Comes Alive With Religious Festivals As Vaccination Rate Rises

1:05pm April 02, 2021

by Daniel Estrin

The city is seeing Christian and Jewish religious gatherings this week after the same events were canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Accusation: Blood Libel in an American Town, by Edward Berenson

'The Accusation' Tracks The False Narrative Of Blood Libel

4:13pm September 13, 2019

by Ilana Masad

Edward Berenson looks at what led up to the false narrative that Jewish people murder Christian children and use their blood, its perpetuation, and the single 1928 U.S. allegation of blood libel.

Sharon Litton of Shreveport, La., is baptized by immersion in the Jordan River, where Jesus is said to have been baptized. Such baptisms are a staple of evangelical tours of Israel.

Religion

As U.S. Jews Cool To Israel, Evangelicals Flock There As Tourists

2:36pm August 25, 2019

by Tom Gjelten

Evangelicals are emerging as the most reliable U.S. supporters of the Israeli government and as the fastest-growing segment of the Israeli tourism market.

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'Spies Of No Country' Offers Nuanced Understanding Of Israel's Complexity

12:39pm March 07, 2019

by Lily Meyer

For half a decade, Matti Friedman has been working hard, and publicly, to dispel easy narratives about Israel. In his book about four spies, he aims to show that Israel is "more than one thing."