America

'Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land': America’s relationship with the Torah - review

The language America reaches for, at its best moments and its worst, has always been ours. Not borrowed. Ours. We wrote the story it keeps retelling. We are still here to see how it ends.

Rare medieval Sefardi Torah scroll from the late 13th or early 14th century on display at ANU, Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.
Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue in Charleston, South Carolina, March 1938.

Saying thank you to the United States as it celebrates 250 years of freedom - opinion

History repeats itself ...

Israel's cycle of crisis and renewal: The five stages of Jewish history - opinion

US and Israeli flags fill the field at Statler Park in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 18, 2023

America at 250: The promise of equality is still worth defending - editorial


Turkey's Erdogan is waging war on the West and Israel - NATO must not ignore it - opinion

It is time to confront Erdogan about his much-too-close alignment with Russia, China, and Iran; his military occupation of northern Cyprus and northern Syria; and the war he wages against Israel.

 U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gesture as they pose for a photo, at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

America at 250: What the Founding Fathers can teach us about fighting antisemitism - opinion

After being elected as president, Washington stated that Article VI of the Constitution nullified any such religious discrimination. Jews were equal under the Constitution.

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Wine Talk: The kosher Michel Rolland

From a small importer to a global powerhouse, Royal Wine Corp reshaped the kosher wine market across continents.

Menachem Israelivitch (2nd R) and Michel Rolland (2nd L) with the winemaker  and ex -director of Château Lascombes. The kosher cuvée is always a team effort.

America at 250, Entebbe at 50: Defining moments for the US-Israel alliance - opinion

The coincidence of dates is not merely a historical curiosity. It is a symbol that captures something essential about the bond between the two nations.

A police officer clears the way for rescued Air France hostages arriving in Tel Aviv after returning from Entebbe

Celebrating the ‘United States of Possibility,' and an Israel of impossible possibles - opinion

For all the tensions of the moment, Israelis and Americans should celebrate America’s 250th, toasting both countries as miracle-makers that keep making the impossible not just possible but routine.

The Statue of Liberty is lit up ahead of the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of US independence, on July 1, 2026.

At 250, Israel needs an angry America to rediscover its way - opinion

Israel is losing both large parties, but there is still hope for the underrepresented pragmatic center.

AMERICAN AND ISRAELI flags fly during a demonstration in support of Israel at the US Capitol in 2002.

America at 250: Fighting antisemitism begins with reclaiming America's Jewish story - opinion

The fight against antisemitism begins with historical truth and remembering the vital role Jews played in building America.

Man holding an American flag.

As America turns 250, Jews shouldn’t mistake it for just another exile - opinion

Sociologist Charles Liebman long ago pointed out that all Jews in America are Jews by choice. Nothing in American society binds you to your Jewishness.

A detail from a Jewish New Year's card, showing Jews in American welcoming recent immigrants from the Russian empire. Hebrew Publishing Company, early 20th century

Operation Entebbe, 50 years on: The rescue that reshaped Jewish history

Fifty years later, Entebbe still symbolizes Israel's promise to protect Jews wherever they are.

Model of Entebbe control tower and terminal, seen at a parachutist’s house during planning stages, June-July 1976.

Should American Jews switch to voting Republican? - opinion

Antisemitism knows no political boundaries. While on the Left more seems directed at Israel with some spillover to the American Jewish community, the targets on the Right tend to be Jews.

People fill out ballots as a poll worker makes a phone call on Election Day for the midterm primary on June 9, 2026 at Dreher High School in Columbia, South Carolina.