A Muslim democratic socialist state lawmaker in his 30s defeats the establishment candidate for mayor of his city, setting up ...

Tom Lehrer never identified closely with his ancestral Judaism. But the famed satirist and mathematician, who died Saturday, ...

Part 1 of a series In recognition of 20 years since the Gaza pullout, JNS is featuring a five-part series of articles reflecting Israel's disengagement, speaking with an array of former Gush Katif ...

(JTA) — The first athlete to notch a Manischewitz endorsement is transferring from a university with just a handful of Jewish students to a school with one of the highest proportions of Jewish ...

I’m reading a new novel by an Israeli author that has nothing to do with the war in Gaza, or any current crisis for that matter. I can’t tell if I feel relieved or guilty. With a world in turmoil, how ...

Long before stand-up went mainstream, the backroads of the Catskills echoed with the rhythms of Jewish laughter. The Borscht ...

Israel recently reassumed administrative control over the Cave of the Patriarchs in the Judean city of Hebron after ...

An Israeli musician says he and two colleagues were kicked out of a restaurant in Vienna for speaking Hebrew, while elsewhere in Austria, a couple from Israel reported being denied service at a ...

(JNS) - When I was younger, I often struggled with understanding the purpose of the Jewish holiday of Tisha B'Av. Why, thousands of years later, do we still fast and mourn the destruction of Judaism's ...

Israel says its army is pausing military operations in some parts of Gaza for 10 hours a day to facilitate the distribution of aid to civilians. The announcement Sunday comes amid a global outcry ...