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Amazon, Walmart and Sears Face Major Backlash for Selling an ‘Anti-Semitic’ Shirt

Many people are even pushing for boycotts.
By Sage Lazzaro
StandWithUs interns.

High School Students Armed to Fight Demonization of Israel

StandWithUs empowers students to reclaim Israel’s narrative in time for college.
By Lea Speyer
Actor/filmmaker Mel Gibson.

Mel Gibson Is Quietly Supporting Holocaust Survivors

Actor's 2006 anti-Semitic comments were exceedingly serious—but Judaism tells us it's time to forgive.
By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
The Star of David stands atop the Park East Synagogue in New York City.

Rampant Anti-Semitism Foreshadows Danger for All

By Micah Halpern
Harlem's famous jazz club the Apollo Theatre in the 1950s.

The Music Industry’s Long History of Dividing Blacks and Jews

By Justin Joffe
CHICAGO, IL - OCTOBER 24: A lion sculpture outside the Art Institute of Chicago wears a batting helmet to help the city celebrate the Chicago Cubs making it into the World Series on October 24, 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. The Cubs will face off against the Cleveland Indians in the World Series beginning tomorrow. This will be the Cubs first trip to the Series since 1945. The Indians last trip to the Series was 1948.

Art Institute Lions Don Chicago Cubs Hats, 600 Women Artists Pose for Group Photo

By Alanna Martinez
Leonard Cohen.

Leonard Cohen Casts a Dim But Holy Glow on ‘You Want It Darker’

By Justin Joffe
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An Open Letter to Jared Kushner, From One of Your Jewish Employees

By Dana Schwartz
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City during the Orthodox Easter ceremonies.

Tomb of Christ Reno Project Gets $1.3 Million, Damien Hirst Releases Pro-Eu Art

By Alanna Martinez
Many Moslems are being called to violence during Ramaden.

Ramadan: A Time to Fast and a Time to Kill

By Micah Halpern
Rabbi Rachel Timoner took over as senior rabbi at Park Slope's Beth Elohim last July. (Photo: Celeste Sloman/Observer)

Rebbe with a Cause: Rachel Timoner Preaches Social Justice in Park Slope

By Matthew Kassel
PETAH TIKVA, ISRAEL - JANUARY 15: Circuit boards are lined up by an Israeli technician along a production line at an ECI Telecom high-tech plant January 15, 2003 in Petah Tikva which is located in central Israel. ECI Telecom, which specializes in telecommunication networking solutions, is placed amongst the 10 leading companies in Israel with its sales in excess of US$1.2 billion last year and employs over 3,500 employess worldwide. (Photo by David Silverman/Getty Images)

Israel’s Fruitful Week in Science and Its Secret to Success

By Eliana Rudee
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 15: Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee member Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) listens to testimony during a hearing about the future of unmanned aviation in the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill January 15, 2014 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony about the Federal Aviation Administration's policy on unmanned aviation systems and about the privacy and freedom issues surrounding their use. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Cory Booker Has Broken Our Hearts

By The Editors
Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie Fisher, on the cover of Motion Picture magazine, July 1959. (Photo: The Jewish Museum)

A Look at the Lives of Hollywood’s Most Glamorous Jews, Through Warhol’s Lens

By Alanna Martinez
In this Republican Ffield, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is one of the leading foreign policy candidates. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Senator Booker’s Spokesperson Errs on Iran Pressure

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Dancing Girls At Tu B'Av. (Photo: Khan Museum, Creative Commons)

Israel’s Valentine’s Day, Tu B’Av, Marked With Five Animated Google Doodles

By Brady Dale
SAN FRANCISCO, CA- JUNE 28: A huge contingent of Apple employees march in the San Francisco Gay Pride Parade, June 28, 2015 in San Francisco, California. The 2015 pride parade comes two days after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage in all 50 states. (Photo by Max Whittaker/Getty Images)

Gay Marriage and the End of Days

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

What Music Taught Me About Loving My Wife (And My Life)

By Shane Schleger
LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 21: Students march through Westminster as they protest against the rising costs of further education on November 21, 2012 in London, England. The demonstration march was organised by the National Union of Students and is the first national student protest since a series of violent protests against tuition fees two years ago. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Britain’s Bizarre and Dishonorable National Union of Students Misfires on Israel

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach
Zebulon Simantov's library of old Hebrew books. (Photo: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

Remembering I.L. Peretz on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Great Writer’s Death

By Marty Peretz
Flowers are laid at the Auschwitz monument in the Wertheimpark in Amsterdam, on January 25, 2015, as part of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom HaShoah) which will be held on January 27. AFP PHOTO / ANP / EVERT ELZINGA ==NETHERLANDS OUT== (Photo credit should read EVERT ELZINGA/AFP/Getty Images)

A Survivor’s Granddaughter Visits a Place Haunted by Unshakeable Memories

By Merissa Nathan Gerson
A member of the Jewish community is seen 02 May 2004, at the cemetery near the town of Colmar, close to the German border, after more than 100 graves were daubed with anti-Semitic slogans 30 April. The desecration of headstones in Vandalism at a Jewish cemetery in eastern France has highlighted problems in combating a sharp rise in anti-Semitic incidents in Europe. AFP PHOTO/FREDERICK FLORIN (Photo credit should read FREDERICK FLORIN/AFP/Getty Images)

We Need to Start Taking Anti-Semites at Their Word

By Eliana Rudee

An Epidemic of Jew Hatred at American Colleges

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

How to Lead a Kick-Ass Passover Seder

By Archie Gottesman
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