This Passover, let’s retire the word ‘Zionist’ once and for all
Pro-Israel demonstrators gather outside the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 3, 2024. Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP /...
Passover teaches us why Jews should stand with Mahmoud Khalil
Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate against the arrest of activist Mahmoud Khalil in Los Angeles, California on March 29. Photo by Ali Matin / Middle...
Justin Baldoni needs a spiritual break in Israel
In its commitment to enhancing Israel’s hospitality landscape, the Fattal group is in overdrive with 15 new properties in stages of development, but Hotel...
At a seder by and for trans Jews, guests define liberation for themselves
At a trans-affirming seder in Gowanus, Brooklyn, guests could make their own additions to the seder plate using Model Magic. Photo by Samuel Eli...
Is the Passover Seder Zionist?
The concluding words of the Haggadah, “Next year in Jerusalem,” mean different things to different people. Illustration by Louis Keene
By Louis Keene
April 11, 2025
The...
ICE wants to treat deportations like a business – history warns us against that
Zygmunt Bauman (right) Photo by Miguel Riopa/Getty Images
By Olivia Haynie
April 11, 2025
Like Amazon Prime — “but with human beings.” That’s how Todd Lyons, the...
David Sassoon, the Jewish royal designer who dressed Princess Diana, dies at 92
Princess Diana dressed in a Belville Sassoon design. (Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images)
By Grace Gilson
April 11, 2025
(JTA) — David Sassoon, a former co-director of the...
For a second straight Passover, Jews mark Festival of Freedom while hostages remain in Gaza
The Asufa haggadah for 2025 includes multiple images showing yellow chairs at seder tables, symbolizing the Israeli hostages who remain in Gaza. (Philissa Cramer)
By...