A white woman crouches on the ground while making a ferocious expression. A man's sprawled legs extend from out of the frame.

In ‘The Moss Maidens,’ Young Women Seduce Nazis to Kill Them

Putting on The Moss Maidens—the production that won the Best Play and Best Ensemble awards at SheNYC, a recent theater festival—felt particularly cathartic for the play’s Jewish cast and crew members. ...

Federal Jury Hands Death Sentence to Tree of Life Synagogue Shooter

During the trial, prosecutors called on 60 witnesses, and survivors testified to their horrifying experiences inside the synagogue. ...
Arielle Korman and Anat Hochberg

Sing to Survive: New Jewish Songbook Combats Climate Crisis

This May, climate action organization Dayenu released “Rising Tides, Rising Voices: Songs for the Jewish Climate Movement,” a digital songbook, which brings together a diverse set of songs—Jewish and secular, English and Hebrew, chanted and sung—for Jewish climate activism. ...
Elizabeth Tsurkov in a red sweater. Behind her the Baghdad cityscape with the flags of Israel, Iran, the U.S., Iraq, and Russia superimposed.

Explainer | Who Is Kidnapped Researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov?

Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Iraq several months ago, is being held by Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Shiite militia in Iraq, Israel’s government confirmed on July 5. A doctoral student at Princeton University, Tsurkov has been held by the insurgent group since March. ...