American Jewry

'Children of the American Jewish Ghetto': A Jewish community’s cherished past - review

A reference book recounting the lives and careers of a complete generation of accomplished American Jews, successful in a wide variety of careers and occupations.

MONUMENT TO Woody Allen in Oviedo, Spain, a city he made famous in  ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona,’ starring Scarlett Johansson.
Screenshot from an ad for Kars4Kids.

Judge bars Kars4Kids from advertising, saying it misled donors about Orthodox Jewish mission

Abraham H Foxman

Abe Foxman's death marks end of an era for American Jews - comment

STUDENTS ATTEND a pro-Palestinian protest outside Columbia University in New York City on the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel last month.

The crisis of American Jewry after October 7, the collapse of old assumptions - opinion


Jewish Christmas tradition of Chinese food is now backed by science

'We do not completely understand your dietary customs… but we are proud and grateful that your GOD insist you eat our food on Christmas.”, says the so-called 'Chinese Restaurant Association'.

Two men enjoy Chinese cuisine prepared by Chinese chefs within the guidelines of kosher food preparation at a restaurant.

California mayor 'sees no reason to resign' after post saying Bondi Beach attack was 'false flag'

Eduardo Martinez, the mayor of Richmond, California, promoted a social media post that claimed the Bondi Beach attack on a Hanukkah celebration was a “false flag” perpetrated by Israel.

Mayor Eduardo Martinez in one of his posts about Gaza.

Yehuda Kaploun confirmed by Senate as Trump’s antisemitism envoy

His confirmation fills a post that had been vacant in a period marked by spikes in antisemitic incidents both in the United States and abroad.

Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun testifies during his Senate confirmation hearing for the role of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Tucson Jewish community targeted with antisemitic graffiti after Bondi Beach massacre

According to the statement, flyers posted around the Community Center included “highly derogatory and concerning content targeting both the Jewish community and law enforcement.”

  Conversation JCRC Bay Area @SFJCRC Anti-Israel activists vandalized property along Market St. in San Francisco with pro-Hamas graffiti.

When my children decorate for Hanukkah, I don’t just see pride, I see pluralism in action - opinion

Pluralism isn’t about keeping religion out of the public square, and it’s not about demanding that religion speak with one voice. It’s recognizing that a healthy democracy depends on many traditions.

A Jewish family decorates their windows for Hanukkah in Houston in December 2008.

We Don’t Need More Museums. We Need a Jewish Future

"We must meet the moment of October 7th not by continuously retreating into the past, but by unequivocally confronting the present." 

Shabbos Kestenbaum

I have no faith in the future of leadership: American Zionist Movement's collapse - opinion

The American Zionist Movement’s problem is not merely organizational incompetence. It is an ideological collapse.

An AI-generated illustrative image depicting the aging leadership of the American Zionist Movement along with younger Jews feeling alienated.

Editor's Notes: Death of American Jewish media leaving dangerous void - comment

Isn’t it absurd that we at The Jerusalem Post often have more readers in the United States than many local Jewish outlets that are physically based there?

An image of the front page of The Jerusalem Post on October 27, 2025.

StopAntisemitism Founder at 'Post' Gala in Washington: 'We’re fighting a battle we didn’t choose'

After exposing more than 1,000 offenders since October 7, Liora Rez reaffirms “Jew hatred has a price”

Liora Rez, Founder & Executive Director, StopAntisemitism- Credit: Mark Sellem

Stop using American Jews as political currency - opinion

We are citizens like everyone else. If you want our vote, rather than promising to protect us from the monsters in the closet, show us, with your policies and your conduct.

NEW YORK CITY Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani speaks at the foot of a monument to US founding father Thomas Jefferson.