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My family and friends questioned why I wanted to visit Israel. That's why I wanted to go.
30+ min ago (679+ words) (JTA) " WARSAW " As a non-Jewish college student, I felt both excitement and trepidation when I got the call that I had been accepted into a newsmaking tour of Israel. Was I really ready to go to Israel to witness, report…...
How two advice columnists with the same name counseled, comforted and inspired millions of women
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (194+ words) From Left: Marcelle S'gal with her cat; Marcelle Auclair with her grandson Jean-Victor. Courtesy of Oxford University Press/Jean-Victor Auclair They were Marcelle Auclair and Marcelle S'gal, two women whose advice columns counseled, encouraged and even emboldened countless women suddenly…...
Ceasefire and political pressure test U. S. -Israel Iran war pact
18+ hour, 19+ min ago (744+ words) By Simone Saidmehr April 8, 2026 Israel is now in a precarious position following President Donald Trump's sudden declaration of a ceasefire in the Iran war, say experts on security and the Middle East. The Pakistani Prime Minister, who had mediated between…...
Why I interviewed Mahmoud Khalil
18+ hour, 26+ min ago (701+ words) By Arno Rosenfeld April 8, 2026 Since he was targeted for deportation by the Trump administration, Mahmoud Khalil has become both a celebrity among those who supported the campus protests against Israel and a villain for Jews who thought the demonstrations fueled…...
In rallies taking on Israel, a defiant Hasan Piker boosts Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el-Sayed
19+ hour, 33+ min ago (1495+ words) (JTA) " ANN ARBOR, Michigan " Outside, in a line that stretched around the block, the hundreds of people who turned out for Abdul el-Sayed's campaign rally with Hasan Piker gave a range of reasons for showing up. Some said they liked…...
US and Iran agree to "fragile" 2-week ceasefire; Israel says deal does not extend to Lebanon
19+ hour, 38+ min ago (244+ words) (JTA) " Israel struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Wednesday as a tenuous ceasefire took hold in its monthlong war with Iran, which it has conducted jointly with the United States. U. S. President Donald Trump and the prime minister of Pakistan, which…...
The Iran war looks like a failure. Now comes the Trump-Netanyahu spin game
19+ hour, 37+ min ago (791+ words) Columnist Dan Perry April 8, 2026 Within the space of a day, President Donald Trump's genocidal threat to wipe out Iran's "entire civilization" gave way to a two-week ceasefire that may well end the war " at least on the Iran front. In…...
An 82-year-old Jewish recording legend on his film directing debut: 'I could have been good at this"
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1486+ words) Kenny Vance (born Kenneth Rosenberg), 82, was not quite ready to use my word "omen," but he acknowledged that in some oblique way the destruction of his home in the Rockaways, compliments of superstorm Sandy, played a role in shaping his…...
Jewish groups condemn Trump's threat that a "whole civilization will die' in Iran
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (740+ words) President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun during a news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran on Monday, April 6, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) "A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought…...
National support group for interfaith Jewish families guts staff amid funding crisis
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (1041+ words) Karolyn Feeks Maws, who is Christian, her Jewish husband, Tony Maws, and their 8-year-old son Charlie Maws, decorate their Christmas tree with a homemade Star of David. (Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) (JTA) " A national nonprofit that…...