A key Supreme Court decision on religious freedoms earned praise from Orthodox Jewish groups, and has more liberal groups breathing a sigh of relief that its scope was narrow. On Thursday, the court issued a unanimous decision overturning Philadelphia’s policy of refusing to work with a Catholic agency that will not place foster children with…
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J Street unwelcome among increasingly right-leaning Zionist groups
J Street, the liberal pro-Israel group, withdrew its application to join the largest Zionist coalition in the United States last month after a series of…
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Majority of US Jews concerned about antisemitism after Israel-Gaza conflict
Three-quarters of U.S. Jews said their concern over antisemitism in the country has grown following the fighting last month in Israel and Gaza, according…
California
New Jewish news site arrives on the scene in Southern California
A team of journalists once employed by the flagship Jewish newspaper in Los Angeles is trying to create an alternative news source for America’s…
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Poll: Israeli and American Jews know little about each other
American and Israeli Jews don’t know much about one another, according to a study released Monday. Still, both groups expressed an affinity for the other…
Analysis
Why did Netanyahu treat American Jewish media with contempt?
Whether this week marks the last of Benjamin Netanyahu’s record-setting tenure as prime minister or is just a prelude to another never-count-him-out…
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Young Jews are fighting antisemitism on social media. Is it working?
Two weeks after the recent flareup of violence in Israel and Gaza, as fights over Israel and Palestine raged on social media, Julia Jassey wondered aloud…
Politics
Pro-Israel evangelical Christians alarmed by Netanyahu's ouster
After a decades-long embrace that began when he first served as Israel’s prime minister in the 1990s, Benjamin Netanyahu’s evangelical allies are worried…
Tech
Tech leaders: ‘We stand against antisemitism’
Leaders from some of Silicon Valley’s most recognized tech companies, including Google, Twitter and YouTube, are among about 200 technology and business…