Judaism

The 2015-2016 school year saw a breakthrough of more than 100,000 students in Jewish schools in New York City.

Australian Professor Norman Rosenbaum visits the scene of his brother's murder in Brooklyn 25 years later, denouncing violence with bereaved father Carmel Cato.

The fact that the first two of these organizations is completely Orthodox, while the third varies from one campus to another has irked many, in Israel and abroad.

Famed Jewish actor Philip 'Fyvush' Finkel was born in Brownsville, NY. He brought to life several characters in 'Fiddler on the Roof.'

'Let each stand as a unique holiday and let Tisha B'Av stand as the national day of mourning.'

British Jews are outraged over the internal Labour Party inquiry results on racism and anti-Semitism among the ranks.

A young Orthodox Jewish athlete from New York has her sights set on qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.

The last Polish Jew who managed to survive the Sobibor Nazi death camp has passed away at the age of 90.

The former chief of the KGB bequeaths evidence about Raoul Wallenberg for future generations, in papers found in a suitcase.

A major source of strength to women in the yeshivishe Jewish world has moved on to the World to Come.

Nahum of Elqosh predicted the fall of the Assyrian Empire and its capital Nineveh.

The parents of Russian-Jewish actor Anton Yelchin sue Fiat Chrysler over their son's death.

Thousands of Jews from around Israel and elsewhere will sing and dance their way around the Old City's gates.

The curriculum at Nezer HaKodesh will include courses on the Temple service, theory and practice and the role and application of modern technology in the Third Temple.

Alert law enforcement officials have foiled what could have been a deadly anti-Semitic attack in Connecticut.

Barkat asked for a plaque with the words of David Ben-Gurion, who called Hebron 'Jerusalem's sister city.'

A Democratic Congressman calls Israeli Jews living in Judea and Samaria "termites;" a Jewish voter remembers Hitler calling Jews "vermin."

Hundreds accompanied US-born IDF lone soldier Shlomo Rindenow, z'l on his final journey to rest in Netzer Hazani.

Rabbi Haskel Lookstein has backed out of offering the convocation for the Republication Convention.

A global forum on anti-Semitism marks the 22nd anniversary of the terror attack on the AMIA Jewish Center.

A new Chabad center opens in the East African nation of Kenya just in time for Rosh Hashana 2016 / 5777.

Many, if not all these "controversial" responses by Rabbi Krim can be easily explained within the context in which they were provided.

Rabbi Lookstein, the spiritual leader of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and for many years principal of the Ramaz School, also converted Ivanka Marie Trump.

The World Trade Center sparkled with blue and white lights in memory of Elie Wiesel, a strong advocate for Israel.

Secular Israeli Jews are sending their children to less costly religious camps this year.

Rabbi Teichtel of Berlin is urging all European rabbis to be proactive in trying to hold the European Union together, for the safety of Europe's Jews.

Two teens in Brooklyn yelled slurs against Jews. One threw a rock at a Jewish driver, breaking the car window.

Belgian parliamentarians have lost their bid to ban the Jewish ritual slaughter of meat - for now.

An Iranian silver medalist avoided the awards rather than be photographed with the Israeli bronze medalist.

An American PAC is calling for recognition of Jerusalem as the eternal capital of the Jewish State.