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Jewish cultural institutions reeling as Trump defunds arts and humanities

The shuttering of federal agencies that support museums and arts organizations could cause a ripple effect in lost funding, Jewish arts administrators say.

How your matzah gets made: A peek inside the Streit’s factory

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Ideas

You need a non-Jewish neighbor to perform this Passover ritual. Thank heavens.

Ideas

How ‘October 8’ and ‘The Encampments,’ two new documentaries on America post-Oct. 7, talk right past each other

Ideas

The Passover seder is a model for healing democracies in peril

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Demonstrators gather outside the Federal Courthouse in New York City to show support for Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and to demand his release from ICE detention on March 12, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

United States

In new letter, Mahmoud Khalil downplays campus antisemitism and accuses some students of ‘participating in the genocide’

U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Politics

Trump says US has begun direct talks with Iran over its nuclear program

Culture

West End play about Roald Dahl’s antisemitism wins 3 Olivier Awards

ISRAEL

Israeli soldiers guard in the northern West Bank on May 29, 2023. (Flash90)

Israel

14-year-old Palestinian-American killed by Israeli fire in West Bank, officials say

Politics

Netanyahu in Washington again to meet with Trump to discuss tariffs, Gaza

Zvika Klein, editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post, speaks on Fox News about his trip to Qatar. (Screenshot)

Israel

Jerusalem Post editor Zvika Klein, arrested in ‘Qatar-gate,’ says he’s being unfairly prosecuted for his reporting

United States

US Naval Academy removed books about the Holocaust, antisemitism and Jewish Americans ahead of Hegseth visit

Todd Golden

Sports

1 Jewish coach still in NCAA title contention as Todd Golden’s Florida faces Houston in men’s basketball final

Dennis Gaitsgory (left) and guest attend the 11th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Barker Hangar on April 5, 2025 in Santa Monica, California. (Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize)

Global

Breakthrough Prize winner Dennis Gaitsgory is planning to attend a protest in Israel

New York Jewish Week

A view of UJA-Federation of New York's headquarters in Midtown Manhattan. (Screenshot from Google Maps)

New York

UJA-Federation of New York’s Midtown office building evacuated

New York

Iconic UWS Jewish grocery Zabar’s collaborates with Nordstrom

Lubavitcher Rebbe Way.

New York

A Brooklyn street gets co-named for late Chabad rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Val Kilmer in "Top Secret!" (Screenshot)

Culture

‘That’s Simchas Torah’: The Jewish Val Kilmer moment you might have missed

Some of Starship Bagel's fare. (Screenshot)

Food

Texas bakery reportedly becomes first bagel shop to be named James Beard Award finalist

A photo of Tessa Veksler, an interviewee in the documentary "October 8."

Culture

From ‘October 8’ to ‘The Encampments,’ these new documentaries illuminate the post-Oct. 7 American experience

Jews at a rally holding signs reading "Jews and Muslims United" and "Jews Against Illegal Abductions"

Politics

Jews at Tufts are furious over ICE seizing a pro-Palestinian grad student. But they’re wary of joining protests for her.

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