Rising violence across the country has increased fears among many American Jews. It’s created a feeling that just being ...

Wearing Star of David necklaces and other Judaica has become a way for some Jewish people to declare their heritage amid a rise in antisemitism. Sarah Schecker said her star necklace is a display ...

In the weeks leading up to Chanukah last year, my then-10-year-old son told me that he thought he wanted a Jewish star necklace. It was a rather soft ask, so I quietly let it go. To be honest ...

That year, a friend of mine in the Jewish community gave me a Star of David necklace as a gift for Hanukkah; this moment ...

When I lived in Germany six years ago, I didn’t wear Jewish star necklaces on the street. I didn’t tell strangers I was researching the state of the country’s Jewish community, lest they ask ...

A NECKLACE with a Star of David. (credit: Amy Klein) For the first time in my life, I’ve been walking around with a Jewish star necklace. The silver six-point Magen David falls squarely between ...

“I have a present for you — it’s a necklace with a Jewish star,” Timoner announced at the tail end of her 28-minute sermon on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, to the 1,300 people packed ...

The New York Jewish queer community is marching today ... I hope we can build collective understanding: Wearing a Star of David necklace is not all that different from wearing a Pride pin.

While understandable, this signals that intimidation works. Better to confidently display a Jewish-star necklace or yarmulke. I remember the gay-rights movement on campus in the 1970s. We had “w ...