In Texas’s Hill Country, floodwaters swallowed everything—homes, livestock, lives. Yet in the midst of the devastation, one small Jewish outpost stands as a beacon of hope. Rabbi Yossi and Malkie ...

Antisemitism doesn’t always scream. Sometimes it can feel like a subtle chill down your neck — not quite cold enough to warrant a coat, but unmistakable enough to leave you with a shiver. That’s what ...

Since we were slaves in Egypt, persecution and oppression has been a major part of Jewish history. The founding of the United States of America in 1776 ushered in a new era, introducing us to a land ...

UPDATE: We’re thrilled to announce that NBC has pulled this episode after we broke this story and it went viral! If you’re up in arms about the SNL joke that aired this past weekend, claiming that ...

The following movie review began with angry texts I sent to friends and colleagues yesterday, as I was watching You People, the number one movie now streaming on Netflix. It premiered on Holocaust ...

One does not have to look far to see misinformed claims that Jews are “white Europeans” and “genetically European” widely circulating. Of course, these incorrect assertions are driven by an ...

On July 26th 2010, Charlene and Jonathan Aminoff went wave running with their sons (near their apartment in Miami) while their two year old daughter, Gali, napped by the pool with her nanny. When they ...

Dear Jew in the City, I was curious about some of the run-ins I’ve had with the women in local Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox communities. Sadly, they’ve been pretty negative. I’m gonna guess that ...

After we recently reported on the offensive and inaccurate portrayal in NBC’s “Nurses,” and its subsequent removal, we thought it was important to explain how other episodes have missed the mark when ...

While we have previously discussed why Orthodox Jewish men wear yarmulkes (kippahs), and why many also wear hats, not all hats and yarmulkes look the same, and the differences in appearance can be ...

Now that the public has seen some (or all) of Netflix’s new series, My Unorthodox Life, the people who know Julia Haart (Talia Hendler) are forward to clarify that this show is almost more fiction ...

Her children took different paths, and she loves them all unconditionally! Again and again in the media and at Project Makom, we hear of the parents who disown their kids for leaving Judaism or even ...