Jews & America

A recent audit shows that a disturbing number of professors in the field are opponents of Israel.

The Declaration of Independence and Hebraic America.

Making sense of the presidential proclamation encouraging Jews to keep the Sabbath.

Being drawn to Judaism and being pushed toward it.

The new Senate nominee defended a synagogue attacker.

A judge’s testimony.

If it doesn’t stand up for the Jews, who will?

The perils of the new historical revisionism

How the cold war shaped an enduring alliance between Washington and Jerusalem

A new era of U.S.-Israel cooperation

Has the field lost its way, and can it recover?

William Seward's citation of this psalm speaks to the secret of Jewish endurance.

Psalm 35 appears at an important moment in American history.

The Touro Synagogue in Newport was near collapse 30 years after its founding, but not before it transformed American history. 

American Jews play prominent roles in celebratory parades in New York and Philadelphia.

A centuries-old prayerbook, and the remarkable family to whom it belonged, introduces us to the story behind George Washington's famous letter to the Jews.