ICE plans to spend $38.3 billion converting warehouses into detention centers, according to planning documents, more than the annual budgets of 22 states.

SECTION I — The Republic of Eccentrics: Vaudeville’s Tumultuous Birth There was a time in America—before the movies learned to speak, before radio taught the nation to gather around a glowing box—w…

“Twenty separate entries for Trump in Epstein’s Black Book confirm a level of familiarity far beyond a casual acquaintance.” Prologue: A Network of Power In the late 1980s, two men — both operating…

IDF soldier Jonathan Karten – whose heroism went viral in a clip last weekend – reveals what inspired him to fight back

Both Republican and Democratic senators grilled Amer Ghalib over his extremist comments; GOP Sen. Ted Cruz said he’ll vote against him

In the heart of New York City, nestled between the tumult of immigration and the quiet ache of abandonment, there once stood an institution unlike any other. The Hebrew Orphan Asylum of New York (H…

“In a figurative way, Yiddish is the wise and humble language of us all, the idiom of frightened and hopeful Humanity.”Isaac Bashevis Singer It begins, as many stories do, in a place both nowhere a…

Newly restored material from vast archive destroyed in civil war takes in Anglo-Norman conquest and 1798 rebellion

It was not a restaurant. It was not a kitchen in any romantic sense of the word. And yet, it fed dreams. Imagine Ellis Island, 1907. The buildings smell faintly of disinfectant and sea salt. The wa…

Israeli diplomat says it will be 'almost' impossible for Iran to build weapons from whatever nuclear infrastructure and material may have survived; others are less optimistic

Introduction: An Empire Unmasked Few political convulsions have so unseated a regime, realigned global alliances, and redefined a region as the Iranian Revolution of 1979. That year, a turbaned fir…

The B-2 is the only U.S. aircraft able to carry the bunker-busting bombs thought to be capable of penetrating Iran’s Fordow nuclear enrichment facility.

Think of the leak as a hacker's version of a "Best of" list.

We do not arrive here clean. We come trailing the dust of those who came before us. And in some very real sense, we are them. Their fears. Their recipes. Their missteps and their endurance. All of …

Monopoly is more than a board game—it’s an American tradition, a generational rivalry, and, sometimes, a fast track to family counseling. But beyond the nostalgia and table-flipping drama, there’s …

They called it the Edsel. Some chrome-lipped monster born of big bucks, big egos, and even bigger delusions. It rolled out in ’57 with the fanfare of a drunken prom night—the kind where the girl pu…

“I did not text parade plans,” a defiant Hegseth said.

Explore the rich history and meaning behind Jewish surnames, from Biblical times to modern DNA challenges.

President Lyndon B. Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery.

Community Security Initiative director Mitch Silber said antisemitic rhetoric online is ‘happening at a much higher run rate than before D.C. and Boulder’

This year's edition is for the ladies!

Who is my natural father? How do I find my birth father, my biological father, without a name? I really want to know who my father is. Will DNA help me find my dad?

It began, as all good American tragedies do, with children. The spring of 1972 shimmered with innocent promise in Niagara Falls, New York. Kids in white socks and tube tops tore across fields that …

Wall Street seems to have finally figured out Donald Trump—and it may be too late.

A video has been released of an attack on a visibly Jewish cyclist by a group of teenagers in Prospect Park on Monday afternoon.

How a Mustachioed Hungarian from Trenton Turned American TV Inside-Out. Introduction: The Patron Saint of Offbeat Brilliance If you’ve ever chuckled at a Saturday Night Live sketch that made no lin…

You know we love a good (dessert) happy hour

“The Rebbe didn’t offer comfort. He offered responsibility. The kind that doesn’t feel good, but holds.” The snow was falling when Harvey Swados left the Rebbe’s office. Big, wet flakes slapped aga…

Plus, Comfortland is finally nearing opening in Manhattan — and more intel

Gaby Wine  is the JC's Community Editor and also enjoys writing features. You can contact her with community stories on gwine@thejc.com

Just in time for beach season.

INDIANAPOLIS—The Central Indiana DNA Interest Group, led by Angela Guntz, will host a free DNA Workshop on Saturday, June 14, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. T ...

Plus, Hell’s Kitchen is getting an official Restaurant Row designation — and more