Local Jewish community studies released between October 2025 and September 2026, on one interactive map.

September was a month for counting, and not just in the High Holiday liturgy. We begin with a new record in what American Jewish institutions spend on security and two new polls of Jewish voters headi...

For 18 years, J Street sought a seat at the table with mainstream pro-Israel organizations. Now it’s building its own table.

Germany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal".

Good news for the Jews: Sunkist Fruit Gems, America’s candy of choice for throwing at b’nai mitzvah kids, is no longer discontinued.

The Association for Canadian Jewish Studies encourages research on the Canadian Jewish experience through the disciplines of political science, sociology, economics, geography, history, demography, ed...

What are the implications of enshrining Jewishness as a demographic category? To help us think through that question, we turned to a handful of people who have been thinking about questions of Jewishn...

New poll shows how practicing Judaism could factor into electability

What are the implications of enshrining Jewishness as a demographic category? To help us think through that question, we turned to a handful of people who have been thinking about questions of Jewishn...

What are the implications of enshrining Jewishness as a demographic category? To help us think through that question, we turned to a handful of people who have been thinking about questions of Jewishn...

What are the implications of enshrining Jewishness as a demographic category? To help us think through that question, we turned to a handful of people who have been thinking about questions of Jewishn...

What are the implications of enshrining Jewishness as a demographic category? To help us think through that question, we turned to a handful of people who have been thinking about questions of Jewishn...

What are the implications of enshrining Jewishness as a demographic category? To help us think through that question, we turned to a handful of people who have been thinking about questions of Jewishn...

Jewish communal life depends on non-Jews who show up to do the essential work of teaching kids, keeping sites secure and balancing the books.

What are the implications of enshrining Jewishness as a demographic category? To help us think through that question, we turned to a handful of people who have been thinking about questions of Jewishn...

What are the implications of enshrining Jewishness as a demographic category? To help us think through that question, we turned to a handful of people who have been thinking about questions of Jewishn...

What are the implications of enshrining Jewishness as a demographic category? To help us think through that question, we turned to a handful of people who have been thinking about questions of Jewishn...

(RNS) — Every congregation can plan ahead, communicate with respect and ensure that no one is humiliated at the door, singled out during a meal or made to feel that their presence is merely being tole...

What are the implications of enshrining Jewishness as a demographic category? To help us think through that question, we turned to a handful of people who have been thinking about questions of Jewishn...

What are the implications of enshrining Jewishness as a demographic category? To help us think through that question, we turned to a handful of people who have been thinking about questions of Jewishn...

What are the implications of enshrining Jewishness as a demographic category? To help us think through that question, we turned to a handful of people who have been thinking about questions of Jewishn...

“It’s a new era for us,” says J Street president Jeremy Ben-Ami.

Fair Lane, the historic home of Henry and Clara Ford, says it will discuss the Dearborn Independent in 2027.

A new national poll of Jewish voters, conducted two months before the midterm elections, finds that Jewish voters will overwhelmingly vote for Democrats in the midterm elections.

Bar Yohai serves a growing population of Silicon Valley Jews, especially Israelis, across Sephardic, Mizrahi and Ashkenazi heritage.

This article re-examines Jewish prominence in Tin Pan Alley beyond familiar narratives of exclusion and inherited commercial aptitude. It argues that Jewish success reflected a distinctive liberal ...

On Friday evening, the popular, often boisterous grassroots advocacy Facebook group Mothers Against College Antisemitism instituted new rules: “Pausing” discussions about its “internal dispute” and pr...

Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has until Sept. 30 to sign bills into laws or veto them.

Hello and welcome to Documensch Research, your one-stop-shop for what’s new in Jewish research. August brought some interesting new visions (and the documents that express them) for Jewish organizatio...

I'm a Zionist rabbi in AOC's district. Here's what I've learned from the relationships I've built with the democratic socialists representing us.

Three stars in the night sky mark the Sabbath’s end. Now, one astronomer is calculating exactly when those stars appear.

"You can't concede on sovereignty," warns Quebec honey producer Yoav Sasportas.

Peter Bebergal, author of Season of the Witch, Strange Frequencies, and Appendix N: The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons &…

A new report alleges that the administration’s probes were politically motivated and flouted due process.

The Nexus Project commends Ranking Member Jamie Raskin and the House Judiciary Committee for demanding accountability from the Department of Justice following whistleblower reports that senior Trump A...

A whistleblower is alleging that a Trump administration task force created to combat antisemitism pushed for settlements with Ivy League universities.

Sefaria, the largest free digital library of Jewish texts, rolls out an AI chatbot designed to help navigate 3,000 years of Jewish learning.

Alyssa Katz became the editor-in-chief of the storied Jewish newspaper in January.

Experts say the new framework, focused more on advocacy and less on service, was needed to keep the struggling 133-year-old organization relevant

This study examined parents’ socialization of Jewish identity, and whether and how these processes changed after October 7, 2023. We assessed 218 Jewish parents with a child between the ages of 2 a...

Project Prism was a rigorous research project offering an unprecedented look at Jewish young adults today, including those not involved in Jewish communal life.

This study examined parents’ socialization of Jewish identity, and whether and how these processes changed after October 7, 2023. We assessed 218 Jewish parents with a child between the ages of 2 a...

A bill would allow Jews to identify themselves as an ethnic group on state forms. Supporters argue it’s a step toward acknowledging the complex nature of Jewish identity.

Southern Jews spent a century building memorials to secession leader Judah P. Benjamin. When one of the last was defaced in Black Lives Matter protests, a Jewish man with a family connection to the Co...

(RNS) — ‘I think it’s very important that young people are told that the swastika has a very positive meaning, but it has been taken and used as a racist symbol,’ said Baijayanti Roy of Goethe Univers...

(RNS) — ‘I think it’s very important that young people are told that the swastika has a very positive meaning, but it has been taken and used as a racist symbol,’ said Baijayanti Roy of Goethe Univers...