I spent the first weekend of February in Brooklyn with 4,500 Jewish women at the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries. We came from more than 100 countries, each one … more

Anyone who classifies Jewish youth as an apathetic lot has never been to a B’nai B’rith Youth Organization international convention. Bedecked in colors and outfits that reflected their 52 … more

Amidst testimony about challenges facing Jews in America, the US Religious Liberty Commission, meeting in Washington on Monday, became a forum for antisemitic … more

The deadline to change your party affiliation in time for the June primary election is motzei Shabbat at 11:59 pm. You can do it online. Jewish advocacy organization are urging voters in New … more

Last week The Jewish Star featured a column by Yeshiva University senior Yechiel Amar, a resident of Woodmere, urging Orthodox Jews to speak out against abuses by ICE in the current immigration … more

Among the fascinating factors of maintaining offices in Metzuzat Ze’ev (Ze’ev’s Fortress) on King George Street in Tel Aviv is how often Jewish history repeats itself. The building started … more

I found myself last week standing in a spot on the outskirts of Kingston that most Jamaicans have never visited, and one which most people don’t know even exists. It was the Hunt’s Bay Jewish … more

Humanity, we are told, now has a “common enemy.” That enemy, according to Francesca Albanese, the United Nations’ special reporter on the Palestinian territories, is Israel — the Jewish … more

The raging debate over Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s policies and practices has potential long-term consequences for the nation that transcend the political partisanship of the moment. … more

With the war in Gaza fading from the headlines, at least for now, where does that leave the global solidarity movement with Hamas? After more than two years of college encampments and mass … more