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British lawmaker David Ward has raised Jewish ire again for tweeting two days after the death of Ariel Sharon. “Sharon’s death makes you think....

Her husband took a big risk by marrying an American. Especially one who was Jewish. She was alone.

SAR High School in Riverdale, New York, is now allowing girls to wrap tefillin during Shacharit-morning prayer, probably the first Modern Orthodox high school...

Romania supports in principle Israel’s demand for Palestinian recognition of Israel as the Jewish state but encourages compromises on this and other issues, Romanian...

Hungarian Jewish leaders demanded the resignation of a key government appointee and threatened to boycott government-sponsored events marking the 70th anniversary of the Holocaust...

A Crown Heights Shul was burglarized on Friday night and the thief made off with the silver crown of the Sefer Torah, tools, a...

The event is organized by 27-year-old maverick PR man Jonathan (Jonny) Daniels.

The website concludes that this must be part of a quid pro quo between the airport and the Haredi parties.

Hadassah New Zealand is planning to raise funds for the Rozana Project by participating in the March 2014 Jerusalem marathon and generating donations from...

It's a step in the right direction. Now let's take the next, obvious step and eliminate it altogether.

A new "Mehadrin" level Kashrut certification introduced by the Jerusalem Rabbinate is beginning to gain traction and save restaurants money.

A bipartisan slate of 134 U.S. Congress members wrote a letter to the American Studies Association protesting its decision last month to boycott Israeli...

On Friday night, 3 youths jumped and stabbed a yeshiva student on his way home.

The U.S. Senate’s Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on the plight of Holocaust survivors in the United States. Both Republicans and Democrats on...

Moroccan police are investigating the death of two Jewish sisters in their home in the central city of Beni Mellal. The sisters, whose names were...

Juliana Rangel, icj, Nuremberg trials, isaac stone, kedem, Chabad Berlin

Congress budgeted $13 million for a nonprofit security assistance program that mostly aids Jewish institutions. The money was allocated in the $1.1 trillion budget passed...

Natan Sharansky joined the parents and spouses of political prisoners in asking the U.S. Congress to speak of their loved ones during meetings with...

A Jewish community center in San Diego cancelled a concert by Eyal Golan amid suspicions that the Israeli singer had sex with minors, an...

Leaders of Belgium’s Jewish community rallied outside the French embassy in Brussels to thank the French government for its efforts to keep an antisemitic...

Complaints by Arab states led UNESCO to cancel the exhibition.

The decision arose out of UNESCO’s support for peace talks.

J Street and Open Hillel claim they want openness and honesty in the discussion about Israel, but that's only for those who agree with them.

Hacohen demanded a quick response from the Rabbinate, or he would appeal to the Supreme Court.

Virginia Democratic Rep. Jim Moran, a longtime congressman from northern Virginia who repeatedly clashed with pro-Israel and Jewish groups, is retiring. Moran, 68, told media...

The Tu B’Shvat holiday Thursday literally has roots in the Land of Israel

Israel's Iron Dome defense system saved more lives early Thursday morning.

The Knesset easily passed on preliminary reading on Wednesday a bill that would make it illegal to use the word Nazi and Nazi symbols,...

The Israeli Chief Rabbinate has come to its sense before letting the damage get out of control.

Several Jewish organizations have criticized a Polish prosecutor’s decision not to try soccer fans who chanted about Jews and Auschwitz. A spokesperson for the prosecutor’s...