Only 38% of American Jews believe in an afterlife, far fewer than in Israel, according to a new study of spiritual practices around the world. That share was lower than the 83% of U.S. Christians who ...

Among the most bizarre phenomena in the world of sports is Ajax, the most accomplished club in the storied history of Dutch soccer. Its fans—blond-haired men with beer guts, boys with blue eyes—sing ...

(RNS) — For me, there is no trip to Jerusalem without a stroll through the Armenian Quarter. A few weeks ago, I did that walk again, and, as I walked past the Armenian Museum, I remembered touring it ...

(RNS) — A report on Black Jews’ feelings and experiences post-Oct. 7, 2023, suggests many have felt increasingly marginalized in their Jewish communities and tokenized outside of them. (RNS) — After ...

A trip bringing back Jews who left Poland during a government-sponsored antisemitic campaign exposed a dark open wound in the country’s history. In March 1968, Rachelle Halpern walked into her ...

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, has said he cannot support Israel as long as it is an officially Jewish state. More than 1,100 American rabbis are warning that the ...

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Mr. Lemann is the former dean of the Columbia Journalism School and the author of “Returning: A Search for Home Across Three Centuries.” July 6, 2026 I have a letter that my father wrote to the rabbi ...

Years ago, I went to a therapist who practiced Acceptance and Commitment Therapy — popularly known as ACT — which asks patients to interrogate what their values are, and whether their behaviors are ...

If you ask everyone’s new best friend Mr. Artificial Intelligence why the world is obsessed with Jews, this is what he’ll tell you: “The world’s intense focus on Jews stems from a complex mix of ...

Error: Contact form not found. There are very different reasons why Jews have always migrated, and many have assimilated. When we feel insecure, some of us just sit the crisis out. Others just move on ...