Best ‘Jews in the News’ item this issue: Our own Miriam Gabriel, golfer extraordinaire, won the Match Play tournament at Pine Hills Golf and Country Club in Manorville. According to Adrianne Greenberg, a pretty nifty golfer herself, the championship was a three-step challenge: Miriam first had to qualify. Then, she won the semifinals. And on July 9, “she trounced her opponent,” Adrianne said, for the big win. [Miriam is co-editor of The Shofar, and this [...]

Lady Victoria Starmer, a Jewish woman with a rich cultural heritage and deep-rooted traditions, is Keir Starmer’s wife. Keir Starmer is the new British prime minister. Victoria Starmer will bring Shabbat to No. 10 Downing Street, and will maintain strong connections to the Jewish community, according to the Jerusalem Post. Her father was of Polish-Jewish descent, and her mother, a community doctor, converted to Judaism upon marriage. Growing up, she was immersed in Jewish [...]

“Chaver,” an honorific with origins in ancient Jewish history, has been awarded traditionally to rabbinical scholars and pillars of the religious community. But the title has evolved over the centuries, and on June 30, it was awarded to Tobi Kahn, an Orthodox artist, at the Museum at Eldridge Street in Manhattan.  Kahn’s ceremony coincided with the unveiling of “Memory & Inheritance: Paintings and Ceremonial Objects,” a solo exhibition of Kahn’s art, which draws modern imagery [...]

Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter falsely accused by Russian authorities of spying, was sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony after being wrongfully convicted in a hurried trial that the U.S. government has condemned as a sham. “We will continue to do everything possible to press for Evan’s release and to support his family, said Almar Latour, the chief executive of Dow Jones and publisher of The Wall Street Journal, and [...]

Amos Hochstein, born in Israel, and a senior White House official and top Biden national security advisor, is the President’s official mediator in Lebanon. He has made at least five trips to Israel and Lebanon since the war in Gaza prompted Hezbollah to launch rocket attacks on northern Israel in solidarity with Hamas. His mission is to find a diplomatic alternative and bring calm to the Israel-Lebanon border so that the conflict does not escalate.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a joint session of Congress on July 24 for the fourth time, speaking of “the deep historical ties between Israel and the U.S.” He centered his remarks on the Hamas-led attack that took place on Oct. 7 in southern Israel, which killed around 1,200 people and resulted in hundreds more taken hostage. Meanwhile, outside the Capitol, thousands protested, voicing frustration and outrage at the government’s military campaign into the Gaza [...]