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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

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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Man shot dead after breaking into Orthodox Jewish family’s home in Philadelphia

According to reports, the suspect broke into a home in a Jewish neighborhood overnight, entered a girl’s bedroom and refused to drop a stick he was holding before a neighbor who heard screams shot him

Itamar Eichner | 05.19.26

Meet ‘the Tactical Rabbi’ teaching American Jews how to shoot

As antisemitism surges following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, an Orthodox rabbi from New Jersey is replacing traditional Torah lessons with firearms training, self-defense tactics and active shooter preparedness for Jewish communities

Itamar Eichner | 05.13.26

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