Astronaut Jessica Meir takes giant leap towards being first Jewish person to walk on MoonShe was selected to join NASA’s 18-strong Artemis programme, the agency said this weekBy Mathilde Frot1 min read
Biden names long-time foreign affairs adviser Antony Blinken as Secretary of StateThe step-son of a Holocaust survivor has previously spoken warmly of the US’s relationship with IsraelBy Aleks Phillips1 min read
Tom Hanks joins Tree of Life fundraiserCampaign aims to turn synagogue into "a site of hope, remembrance and education."By Mathilde Frot1 min read
US Presidential Election 2024Meet Barbara Emhoff, mother of Doug, the Jewish lawyer married to Vice President Kamala HarrisKamala’s Jewish mother in law could be coming to the White HouseBy Norman Lebrecht3 min read
President-elect Joe Biden picks Jewish chief of staffRon Klain says role is 'honour of a lifetime'By Mathilde Frot1 min read
Benjamin Netanyahu congratulates 'great friend of Israel', Joe BidenIsraeli PM also thanks Donald Trump for taking Israel-USA alliance to 'unprecedented heights'By JC Reporter2 min read
Republican group claims rise in Jewish support for TrumpNew poll suggests 30 per cent of Jews voted for presidentBy JC Reporter1 min read
New claim of a rise in Jewish support for TrumpAP poll indicates three in ten American Jews cast their vote for TrumpBy JC Reporter1 min read
Three-quarters of American Jews backing Biden, according to early pollAlthough President Trump has performed more strongly than projected by polls, early indications are that he has not increased his Jewish supportBy JC Reporter1 min read
The ‘pink perils’ who are rocking the lawTwo Orthodox women lawyers have taken on a new brief - representing an Orthodox 'shock jock' accused of inciting a riotBy Jenni Frazer2 min read
Finkelstein: students should be taught about Holocaust denial by a Holocaust denierUS Academic says Facebook and Twitter’s ban saying supressing Holocaust denial to combat antisemitism ‘lacks in logic’By Aleks Phillips2 min read
Company apologises and stops making ‘swastika’ mattressFirm said the shape formed by stitching pattern on the product was unintentionalBy Mathilde Frot1 min read
The Jewish vote remains solidly DemocratUS conservatives have been forecasting for the past half-century that Jewish voters are about to turn Republican. This doesn't seem to be the case for November's electionBy Robert Philpot4 min read
New Yorker writer suspended after reportedly masturbating on a Zoom callLegal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said he ‘made an embarrassingly stupid mistake’By Mathilde Frot1 min read
Trump again refuses to disavow QAnon conspiracy theoryADL chief described the president as ‘shockingly irresponsible’By Mathilde Frot1 min read
Poetic voice of ‘austere beauty’ wins NobelLouise Glück has been publishing poetry for more than 60 yearsBy David Herman2 min read