Joseph Strauss

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman speaks to the crowd during his State of the County address held at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola, New York, March 6, 2024. (Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images/Courtesy)

Bruce Blakeman, Jewish Long Island politician, launches run for NY governor

December 15, 2025 at 2:35 p.m.

The announcement sets up a Republican primary between Blakeman, who is Jewish, and Rep. Elise Stefanik, who has positioned herself as a bulwark against antisemitism since the outset of the...

The winners of the search for America's "best Jewish college athlete" will be announced in March 2026. (Photo at center courtesy Manischewitz; JTA illustration/Courtesy)

Manischewitz is taking suggestions for its next matzah-box cover athlete

December 3, 2025 at 10:45 a.m.

The company is calling it the quest for the “L’Cheisman” trophy, a play on NCAA football’s Heisman Trophy. And the two winners of the quest will receive a distinctly Jewish...

Washington State Cougars quarterback Zevi Eckhaus, who was raised Orthodox, is honored as one of the team's seniors before the game against the Oregon State Beavers, Nov. 29, 2025, at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington. (Oliver McKenna/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images/Courtesy)

Getting to know Zevi Eckhaus, the bowl-bound Jewish quarterback who prays at the 18-yard line

December 2, 2025 at 10:13 a.m.

Eckhaus was raised in an Orthodox Jewish household, attending the Chabad-affiliated Cheder Menachem Los Angeles through elementary and most of middle school.

Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander were co-honored at the Jews For Racial And Economic Justice's Mazals Gala, Sept. 10, 2025, New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images/Courtesy)

He was Zohran Mamdani’s Jewish wingman. What’s next for Brad Lander?

November 21, 2025 at 1:54 p.m.

After Lander reportedly angled for a top position in Mamdani’s City Hall, Mamdani filled out his leadership team with others, leaving Lander in the cold when his tenure as comptroller...

Tua Tagovailoa of the Miami Dolphins attends his press conference during their training day ahead the NFL's first ever game in Madrid, Spain, Nov. 12, 2025. (Dennis Agyeman/Europa Press via Getty Images/Courtesy)

Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa says he wants to play an NFL game in Jerusalem

November 19, 2025 at 1:46 p.m.

The suggestion comes amid an increasingly contested role for Israel as a host in global sporting events. EuroLeague basketball is supposed to return next month.

Dan Senor, Bari Weiss and Ben Shapiro speak at the Tivkah Fund's Jewish Leadership Conference in New York City, Nov. 16, 2025. (Joseph Strauss/Courtesy)

Jewish conservatives are looking to JD Vance to draw a line against the antisemitic right. He hasn’t delivered.

November 19, 2025 at 10:46 a.m.

Vance’s failure to call out what others see as troubling isolationism and blatant antisemitism has become a talking point at Jewish gatherings.

Cameron Kasky speaks at the March for Our Lives protest on June 11, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (David McNew/Getty Images/Courtesy)

Cameron Kasky, Jewish Parkland shooting survivor, is running for Congress on platform to ‘stop funding genocide’

November 20, 2025 at 10:55 a.m.

A democratic socialist, Kasky was a vocal supporter of Mamdani throughout the mayoral election — and an aggressive critic of fellow Democrats who objected to Mamdani’s anti-Israel stances.

Jack Schlossberg arrives at the JFK Library, on May 4, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File/Courtesy)

Jack Schlossberg, JFK’s ‘100% half Jewish’ grandson, is running for Jerry Nadler’s seat in Congress

November 13, 2025 at 12:37 p.m.

Schlossberg, the 32-year-old grandson of President John F. Kennedy who has risen to prominence recently as a progressive social media darling, posted an announcement that focused on Donald Trump and...

“I used to love New York,” Petchesky says at the beginning of the 30-second spot, Mamdani's first TV ad for the general election. “But now, it’s just where I live.” (Screenshot/Courtesy)

Meet the 83-year-old Jewish activist who stars in Zohran Mamdani’s campaign ads

October 20, 2025 at 1:33 p.m.

She is a longtime critic of Israel, since she first visited as a teenager in 1959. She has been active for the last decade in Jewish Voice for Peace, the...

The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan. (JCC Press Center photo/Courtesy)

Many smaller NYC congregations rent their space. As real estate prices soar, how do they find a home?

October 14, 2025 at 11:34 a.m.

New York City congregations have gotten creative, leasing from a variety of properties that moonlight as synagogues.

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