Trump names Mel Gibson, with history of Jew-hatred, ‘special’ Hollywood envoy StopAntisemitism stated that it is “deeply concerned” about the president-elect’s decision, given that Gibson “is known to be one of Hollywood’s biggest Jew haters.” JNS Staff Jan. 17, 2025
Biden, Blinken praise contributions of Kennedy Center’s David Rubenstein David’s “contributions to American philanthropy, to the arts, are simply unparalleled,” the secretary of state said. Dec. 12, 2024
New York exhibition explores artistic responses to trauma of Oct. 7 “The media speaks about what they want to speak about, The artists speak about the feelings of survivors and hostages,” sculptor Yarin Didi told JNS. Gabriella Gomperts Sept. 24, 2024
The issue that isn’t being addressed in the campaign The woke takeover of the academy, culture and government is the driving force behind a surge in Jew-hatred and the continued war on the West. Rolling it back is imperative. Jonathan S. Tobin Sept. 17, 2024
Beyoncé’s creative director calls for death to Zionists Andrew Makadsi also compared the Israeli prime minister to Hitler. July 29, 2024
YIVO exhibit of Holocaust diary shows how teen retained ‘understanding of himself as a Jew’ The writings of Yitskhok Rudashevski, who lived in the Vilna ghetto, present a different picture of a teenager’s experience during the Shoah to Anne Frank’s. Mike Wagenheim July 15, 2024
Attempts by ancient rabbis to curb Greek theater a comedy of errors, per new book “Given the ideological resistance to theater by some Jewish and Christian authorities, it is all the more striking when they appropriate its forms,” author Courtney Friesen told JNS. Menachem Wecker June 17, 2024
Oct. 7, verbatim Amidst a background of explosions and screams, a new play is a collage of 13 testimonies. Karen Lehrman Bloch May 26, 2024
Jewish 19th-century ‘Rembrandt’ still relevant 200 years after his birth Jozef Israëls’s works, which were shown at the Fifth Zionist Congress, appear at top Dutch museums, the Metropolitan Museum, Art Institute of Chicago and Philadelphia Museum. Menachem Wecker May 15, 2024
