Matan Koch needed little introduction as he rolled up to the podium to speak at his synagogue’s Disability Shabbat service in ...

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Passover is a Jewish holiday celebrating the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. The holiday's dates change annually as they are based on the lunar cycle, typically falling in ...

A federal judge ruled Tuesday the University of Pennsylvania has to comply with a subpoena from the Trump administration requesting lists of Jewish faculty, students and organizations and their ...

Passover, a major Jewish holiday celebrated by millions around the world, begins this week. In the U.S., you may see families observing the multi-day holiday with special dinners, specific foods and ...

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the University of Pennsylvania to comply with a subpoena from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission seeking a list of Jewish community members in what the ...

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One of the most bitter political debates in U.S. history produced one of the United States’ greatest foreign policy accomplishments. President Franklin Roosevelt signs H.R. 1776, the Lend-Lease Act, ...

Lynne Olson, acclaimed historian and author of Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America’s Fight Over World War II, 1939–1941, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the history of the ...

Full federal appeals court won't rehear $83 million defamation verdict against Trump Dem. Rep asks Hegseth about military flyover of Kid Rock's house Oil-starved Japan lobbied Iran to get tanker ...

Purim is widely depicted as the most thoroughly joyful of Jewish holidays — highlighted by celebrations that include costumes, skits, noisemakers and varying degrees of rowdiness. It celebrates the ...

Purim is a joyous Jewish holiday celebrating the deliverance of the Jewish people from a genocide plot in ancient Persia. The holiday is often misunderstood as "Jewish Halloween" because observers ...