The Jewish gift this Christian family won’t give back
In March 2020, the Howell family sat down for their first Sabbath. They were not entirely sure what they were doing, but committed to stepping back from work from Friday night to Saturday night. It felt like a leap of faith. Within a few weeks, the entire world shut down.
Yael Foundation backs remarkable parent-led revival of Jewish school in Brazil
The Chai School, located in Rio de Janeiro’s Barra da Tijuca neighborhood, was created after a determined group of parents and local entrepreneurs took the extraordinary step of acquiring their children’s school rather than allowing it to close.
The Texas paradox: A state that loves Israel, but Jews are still six times more likely to be hate crime targets
Jews have been the target of 18 hate crimes in Texas so far this year, roughly 5% of the state’s 345 recorded hate crimes, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety’s Uniform Crime Reporting system.
Praise Hamas, murder a Jew: Get one year in jail
Loay Abdel Fattah Alnaji walked into a courtroom this week, having pled guilty to killing a Jewish man, and walked out with a sentence shorter than what many Americans get for DUIs.
Blood in the streets of Montreal: Israeli MK predicted it, and Canada’s leaders looked away
Canadian officials and media will attempt to bracket Monday’s attack as the work of an “incel” loner driven by misogyny, disconnected from the broader climate of Jew-hatred that has consumed Canadian public life since October 7. That framing is a deliberate evasion.
His rabbi warned him: Don’t come to Israel
The Prophet Isaiah did not describe a single dramatic ingathering. He described something more like a steady stream. Young people packing bags and boarding planes, leaving families and familiar streets, stepping off into a country where they don’t yet speak the language or understand the culture, and building a life there anyway.
First ever American Jewish Mayors Association launched to end silence on antisemitism
“History has taught the Jewish people the cost of silence. As mayors and municipal leaders, we have a responsibility to confront antisemitism, defend democratic values, and ensure every resident feels safe and protected in our communities.”
The Argentinian president with a Jewish soul
Javier Milei’s personal rabbi serves as Argentina’s ambassador to Israel. That single fact tells you more about this man than any speech he has given. And he has given many.
“All nations praise Hashem”: Jews and Christians unite for global Hallel on Israel’s Independence Day
On Wednesday, April 22, Israel365 Action and Hayovel will host an online musical performance of Hallel, celebratory verses from Psalms, to mark Israel Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut) and to praise God for the creation of the state of Israel.
JVP anti-Zionist Passover: giving the wicked son his own Haggadah
Every year at the Seder table, Jews across the world tell the story of the Exodus, of God, bringing the Children of Israel out of Egypt and into the Promised Land. But that is changing, and some people are rewriting this section of the Bible and turning it into a “woke” antisemitic manifesto.