More US Universities Withdraw from ASA over Boycott

Two more American institutions of higher learning officially withdrew their memberships from the American Studies Association after its membership voted in favor of an...

Authority, Shmothority, Is Hebrew National Meat Kosher?

One judge wondered how meat could be considered kosher, if the employees of the kosher slaughtering firm "just passed on the cows."

Chief Rabbi Makes Landmark Address to Limmud UK

Ephraim Mirvis became the first sitting British chief rabbi to address the annual Limmud conference, defying the opposition of prominent haredi Orthodox rabbis in...

Kanye West Wants to Take Back ‘Ignorant Compliment’ about Jews

Rapper Kanye West told a Chicago radio station that he wants to take back the “ignorant compliment” he made about Jews  last month during...

Three of Top Ten Net Worth Gainers Are Jewish

Jews make up three of the 10 biggest gainers in net worth in 2013, as listed by Forbes. Among the Jews are Google co-founder Larry...

At 91 Harvey Pollack Is Still NBA’s Leading Scorer

Pollack is basketball’s ultimate numbers and public relations man.

‘Common Enemy’ of IDF Draft Brings Vishnitz and Gur Together

The rabbinical leader of the Vishnitz Chas - the new Knesset law that Haredim must serve in the army just like every Jew in...

Greek City to Build Holocaust Museum and Research Center

The northern Greek city of Thessaloniki will build a Holocaust research center at the site where some 50,000 of the city’s Jews were deported...

Vandals Desecrate Russian Synagogue with Pig’s Head

Unidentified Russian vandals  used a pig’s head to desecrate a synagogue in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar, according to representatives of the Jewish...

The Perversion of Jews for Christmas

This no longer looks like a slippery slope, folks, it's more like a greased pole.

Council of Europe to Support of Ritual Circumcision

Encouraged by Israeli diplomats, parliamentarians from the Council of Europe have submitted a motion opposing an earlier resolution condemning ritual circumcision of boys. The motion...

Canada Wants Richard Falk Ousted for ‘Palestinian Holocaust’ Comment

Canada has called for the removal of a top U.N. official who accused Israel of having “genocidal intentions” against Palestinians. Ottawa “completely rejects and condemns”...

Report of Tamar Epstein Get Denied

A source close to Aharon Friedman, the estranged husband of Tamar Epstein, is denying a report that he has granted his wife a religious...

Swedish County Eyeing Ban on Circumcision

A county in Sweden is moving ahead with plans to ban the non-medical circumcision of boys, its leading elected official said. Per-Ola Mattsson, the commissioner...

Britain’s Chief Rabbi Calls for Ban on Women Reading from Torah

British Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has called on Orthodox synagogues to ban “partnership” minyan services, where women can lead prayers and read from the...

German Town Revokes Hitler’s Honorary Citizenship

The testimony of a woman whose family was exterminated by the Nazi helped convinced a Bavarian town council to vote unanimously to revoke the...

Court Suspends Rabbis’ Order to Require Woman to Allow Son’s Brit

Israel’s Supreme Court has suspended a Rabbinical Court (Beit Din) order that a woman in divorce proceedings allow her baby son, now one year...

French Jewish Comedian Has Baby with Monaco Royal

Monaco Royal Charlotte Casiraghi and the French Jewish comedian Gad Elmaleh embraced their first son. The baby, Raphael, was born Tuesday at Princess Grace Hospital...

Putin to Pardon Russian Tycoon from Jewish Family

Russian president Vladimir Putin said Thursday he will sign pardon for jailed tycoon and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky "in the nearest future," RIA Novosti...

Happy Birthday, Mr. Wallenberg, and Thank You for All Those Lives

Young Israel celebrates the life of the diplomat turned wartime hero.

Spain Draft Law Grants Sephardic Jews Citizenship

Spain’s ruling Popular Party (PP) has submitted a draft law that could grant citizenship to descendants of Jews expelled from Spain during the Spanish...

Native American Academics Join Boycott of Israeli Universities

A Native American studies association is the third U.S. academic body this year to recommend its members boycott Israeli universities. The Native American and Indigenous...

Israeli Mother Going to Supreme Court over Son’s Circumcision

A mother in Israel has appealed to the country’s Supreme Court a rabbinical court ruling requiring her to circumcise her son. In her appeal filed...

El Al Rabbi Alienates Passengers with Loudspeaker Traveler’s Prayer

My first reaction to this story was: El Al has its own rabbi?

Long Island Man Arrested in ‘Knockout’ Attacks

Mitchell was arrested on Dec. 4, after he was identified by four victims.

ASA Leader Justifies Israel Boycott Saying ‘One Has to Start Somewhere’

Curtis Marez is a dolt because he couldn't help revealing his Jew hatred.

Shushed and Booed, Podhoretz Walks Out on 92 St. Y Panel

Maybe the moderator should have "reined in" the emotions when the audience was booing and "enraged" - her words - by Podhoretz's defense of Israel from J Street's blaming Israel for the academic boycott.

Russian Jews Win Rostov Holocaust Commemoration Fight

The Russian city of Rostov-on-Don has agreed to acknowledge the Jewish identity of Holocaust victims killed there by the Nazis. The municipality’s Memorial Council last...

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