The 83-year rabbi emeritus of a Long Island synagogue said his visit to four of the communities savaged by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 “was exhausting, sad and exhilarating.” … more

Accepting the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Jonathan Glazer, director of the Holocaust movie “The Zone of Interest,” read, with quivering hands, from a prepared … more

As the world marked International Women’s Day last Friday, the various social-media platforms lit up with posts from pro-Israel celebrities and influencers demanding the release of the female … more

I recently watched a YouTube video filmed last year in which a Jewish woman tried to have a respectful conversation with a virulently anti-Israel student at UC Berkeley. I was in awe of her … more

Despite Israel’s herculean efforts to avoid killing noncombatants in the Gaza Strip, a new wrinkle has been added to media charges of indiscriminate Israeli killing — a kind of blood … more

The Israeli Ministry of Education is imploring Israeli citizens to think long and hard about how their Purim costume choices may affect traumatized members of the community. “Everything … more

Since the Israel-Hamas war broke out, we have witnessed Israel’s long arm of counter-terrorism operations. Two examples were the assassination of a Hamas leader with a well-placed rocket … more

The death in a Siberian prison of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny could be the spark that burns down today’s iron curtain, Rabbi Avi Weiss told The Jewish Star. Rabbi Weiss, retired … more

In an appearance this week on MSNBC, veteran Democratic political strategist James Carville made a stunning statement. Speaking of the uncommitted vote in Michigan, Carville said that it will be … more

It is painful for Jack Betteil, 100, to remember the concentration camps he survived during the Holocaust, narrowly escaping death many times. But after offering chocolate babka and water to a JNS … more