Seven Jewish communities ask U.N. member states to weigh anti-Semitism when choosing the next secretary-general, who starts Jan. 1.

An 18-year-old Minnesota man was arrested after allegedly buying an AK-47-style rifle from an undercover FBI agent to attack the mall on Oct. 24.

Ben-Gurion University and RPI launch a $500,000 research partnership on civilian safety technologies, funded by siblings Melisa and David Gerber.

A new online course pairs close reading of a Yiddish memoir with hands-on writing exercises over four Tuesday evenings on Zoom.

A columnist argues that ordinary Israelis and a relief crew foiled a suspected suicide hijacking, and that the skies remain dangerous.

Richard and Alice Toll, GE Aerospace and the Proctors Collaborative will be honored at the Schenectady JCC gala on Nov. 12.

Congregation Agudat Achim’s 48th annual Carrot Festival returns to its Schenectady grounds Oct. 11 with food, music and family activities.

Sally DeLaney Goldberg will speak about her memoir, 457 Franklin Street, at the Temple Israel Men’s Club breakfast on Oct. 18.

The Biblical Museum of Natural History in Israel put a life-size elephant replica to work illustrating a Talmudic discussion of building a sukkah.

Samaritans observe Yom Kippur on Oct. 20 and Sukkot on Oct. 25, about a month after the Jewish dates, and build their sukkot indoors.