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Menachem Wecker is the U.S. bureau news editor of JNS.

Sharon Liberman Mintz, of Jewish Theological Seminary, told JNS that the 1526 Haggadah “is one of the most exciting books that I have ever had the pleasure to turn the pages of.”
The Supreme Court is mulling whether to hear a BDS case; however it rules could present a mixed bag for advocates and opponents.
Mark Podwal often synthesizes the historical and contemporary in his artwork.
“The statement released by the university is woefully inadequate, and quite frankly offensive,” said International Legal Forum CEO Arsen Ostrovsky.
Catholic students were booted from the National Air and Space Museum for donning pro-life hats.
In the 1920s, Arnold Horween teamed up with a working-class Protestant and an Irish Catholic to propel Harvard to victory–and to more religious tolerance, per a new book.