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'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 Ifergan | 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

The infiltrators were gorgeous. Nobody saw that coming

How an entrepreneur with no fashion background ended up producing the first all-Jewish swimsuit runway show at Miami Swim Week

Brian Spivak | 06.08.26

The Greek minister who promoted an antisemitic book and became Europe’s loudest Zionist

Adonis Georgiadis, Greece’s health minister, once apologized to the Jewish community for promoting an antisemitic book; today, the former TV bookseller and nationalist politician has become one of Europe’s fiercest voices against antisemitism and in support of Israel

Dvir Reshef | 05.30.26

Raised Jewish, serving in the IDF, then she learned: 'According to halacha, I’m not Jewish'

Staff Sgt. K. grew up celebrating Jewish holidays and believing she was Jewish, only to discover she was not recognized as such under halacha; now serving in the IDF’s Panther Battalion, she is undergoing conversion: 'I never felt I wasn’t part of the Jewish people'

Shilo Freid | 05.22.26

Mango founder’s son arrested on suspicion of killing his father

Isak Andic, founder of the Mango fashion chain and one of Spain’s richest men, died in December 2024 after falling from a cliff during a hike with his son Jonathan, but police reopened the case after finding inconsistencies in the son’s account

News Agencies | 05.19.26

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