The only all-Jewish town outside Israel hides in Azerbaijan’s mountains

Unlike many Jewish communities across the Soviet Union, the Jews of the Caucasus managed to preserve their identity. Shabbat ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Jewish caricature in Ukrainian Christmas tradition resurfaces at New Jersey church, drawing criticism

The pageant at St. Mary Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Clifton is known as a vertep — and the "zhyd" who opposes ...
Alhurra

Between Two Homelands: The Story of Iran’s Jews in Los Angeles

Under the bright lights of Beverly Hills, I steered my car south toward San Diego, California. It was a journey I had long dreamed of taking, though I never imagined it would be motivated by a ...
Religion Unplugged

For Jewish Women, ‘Passing’ As Christian During The Holocaust Meant Survival – But Left Scars

During the Holocaust, concealment was a condition of survival under persecution. Survivors’ testimony illuminates both the ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Fani Willis’ office misled court, delayed Young Thug’s assets, judge says

The Fulton County District Attorney’s Office misled the court about its reasons for putting off filing an appeal of an order ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Merry Jewish Christmas: How Chinese food and the movies became a time-honored tradition for American Jews

There is a meme that circulates every holiday season, an image of a sign in a restaurant window. “The Chinese Restaurant Association of the United States would like to extend our thanks to the Jewish ...
The Indianapolis Star

Did Hanukkah start? About the holiday and its meaning

Hanukkah, one of the most popular Jewish religious observances, is here. While Christians celebrate Christmas every year on Dec. 25, Jews can celebrate Hanukkah as early as November because Jewish ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Atlanta Jewish community responds with unity after deadly Bondi Beach attack

At least 15 people were killed in a targeted antisemitic attack during a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Jewish communities in metro Atlanta say the violence is being felt locally, prompting ...
The Daily Signal

A Hanukkah Lesson for America: Without Our Roots, the Tree of Liberty Dies

Jason Bedrick is a research fellow with The Heritage Foundation's Center for Education Policy. Daniel Flesch / @daniel_flesch Daniel Flesch is a Senior Policy Analyst for Middle East and North Africa ...
Stars and Stripes

Christian jewelry company reaches settlement with Pentagon, can resume making religious-themed dog tag replicas

AUSTIN, Texas — A Christian jewelry company has reached a “multimillion-dollar” settlement with the Defense Department and regained legal use of military logos after a more than five-year battle over ...
Sun Sentinel

Jewish group revives push for public funding for religious schools that stalled at Supreme Court

Months after a Supreme Court deadlock blocked an attempt by a Catholic church to create the nation’s first openly religious, publicly funded charter school, a Jewish group is now advancing a similar ...