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בית הכנסת של בינגן אם ריין, שנבנה בשנת 1905 ונהרס על ידי הנאצים בשנת 1938

The Nazis silenced Germany’s synagogue music. Nearly 90 years later, it is sounding again

An eight-volume anthology is restoring forgotten synagogue works from 1838-1938, digitizing scores that survived Kristallnacht and making a once-thriving German Jewish musical tradition accessible again

Yogev Israeli | 08.31.26

Germany to introduce Jewish studies textbooks in schools in landmark education initiative

The new ‘Knowledge of the Generations’ series will bring Torah, Jewish ethics, prayer, holidays, Jewish law and history into German classrooms, with materials designed for Jewish and non-Jewish students and the first volume due this school year

Itamar Eichner | 08.27.26

Jewish and Arab teens meet through photography: 'We aren’t so different'

Jewish and Arab teens spent a year meeting weekly, learning photography and getting to know one another; Their shared journey culminated in an exhibition exploring freedom, identity and belonging, against a backdrop of fear and polarization

Alexandra Lukash | 08.21.26

From survival to sourdough: How one Israeli baker turned loss into a community gathering place

Koriela Bakery founder Ifat Koriel shares how family memories, cancer survival and a dream fulfilled inspired a bakery designed to bring together Cincinnati's diverse Jewish and wider community

Sharon Kidon | 07.30.26

'I was about to get married at 14 - then police arrived': The 'Taliban girl' who broke free

Rose Feldman grew up covered from head to toe, moving at night to evade authorities and preparing for marriage before police stopped her wedding; years later, one phone call gave her the courage to leave the cult for good

Shira Kadari-Ovadia | 07.05.26

The Jew who helped buy America’s freedom, then died forgotten and penniless

Haym Salomon was a spy, broker, prisoner, patriot and financier whose money helped keep Washington’s army moving before Yorktown; yet the Polish-born Jew who risked everything for American independence remains one of the Revolution’s most overlooked figures

Liran Friedmann | 07.04.26

Jewish-Arab art project reimagines borders at Tel Aviv’s 'Freshpaint' fair

Raghad Sawaed and Asaf Gam Hacohen transform a Tel Aviv seating installation into a powerful Jewish-Arab statement on Israel’s borders, coexistence, belonging and shared life in a divided society

Yael Feldman Shavit | 07.02.26

Maccabiah Games 2026 kick off in Jerusalem with emotional opening ceremony

22nd Maccabiah opens at Jerusalem’s Teddy Stadium with 8,000 athletes from 45 countries ahead of July 13 games; Ceremony features performances by Israeli acts, torch lit by Inbar Lanir and Asaf Yasur, and honors wounded veterans and ex-hostages

Stav Ifargan | 07.02.26

Weddings and Jewish rituals resume in Iran after weeks of wartime silence

Iran’s chief rabbi returns to posting community events, Tehran’s Jewish association secures a Sabbath exam arrangement for students and experts say the remaining Jews are navigating life under regime pressure

Lior Ben Ari | 07.02.26

From Olympic gold to Jewish pride: The athletes carrying Israel with them

Ahead of the 2026 Maccabiah, meet some of the world’s top Jewish athletes, from wrestler Amit Elor and Olympic canoeing sisters Jessica and Noemie Fox to fencing champion Maia Weintraub and decorated speed skater Emery Lehman

Stav Ifargan | 06.28.26

Mel Brooks at 100: The Jewish comic who laughed Hitler into defeat

Born to immigrant parents in Brooklyn, shaped by Jewish humor and World War II, Brooks built a career on turning fear into laughter, Nazis into punchlines and survival into a comic creed

ynet | 06.28.26

Brooklyn cafe ejects Jewish Congressman Dan Goldman, citing ‘genocide enablers’ remark

Brooklyn cafe ejected Rep. Dan Goldman, refunded $9.82, saying it 'does not serve genocide supporters,' amid NYC Democratic primary against Brad Lander, backed by Zohran Mamdani; Cafe later received threats and deleted its Instagram account

Daniel Edelson, New York | 06.23.26

Students from 31 countries honored in Jewish family history competition

ANU Museum of the Jewish People announces winners of its annual My Family Story contest, which brings together young participants from around the world to document family heritage, Holocaust memories and migration stories through creative projects

ynet Global | 06.16.26

Ketubah before the chuppah: The Jewish love story of Knicks star Jalen Brunson

The Knicks star is one win from a historic NBA title, but behind the scenes is a love story with Jewish physical therapist Dr. Ali Marks-Brunson, whom he married in 2023 in a ceremony that included a ketubah, chuppah and Hora dance

ynet | 06.12.26

Dozens of ultra-Orthodox schoolgirls accidentally enter New York sewer during class trip

The girls, from an ultra-Orthodox school in Monsey, entered an underground drainage tunnel during a trip to a park in Nyack and walked about half a mile before safely emerging from several sewer openings

ynet | 06.12.26

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