Religion

Neither side of the family knew anyone from the other side had survived the Holocaust!

British PM Theresa May expressed unmitigated support for the Jewish State in her address at a CFI luncheon.

An intelligence tip led to the capture of a 22-year-old terror suspect planning a deadly stabbing attack.

Israel's prime minister underscored the region must unite to fight terrorism together.

'We will never abandon you,' Shaked promised. 'We are with you during the tough times.'

There are 250,000 Jews in Germany, but few Germans know a Jew personally, according to Rent-a Jew.

Dozens of Egyptian Coptic Christians killed and injured in a bombing at the main cathedral in Cairo.

According to the chief rabbis, the plan is to create a system whereby the conversions done by rabbis who meet the chief rabbinate criteria would be approved.

One of the most beloved rabbis worldwide is recovering at a Jerusalem hospital after a catherization for a cranial blood clot.

Amsterdam police and the counterterror unit uncovered a jihadist plot to attack a synagogue and arrested the wannabe terrorists.

In the Karlin-Stoliner Rebbe's opinion, a draconian, sweeping prohibition on electronic communications creates a situation where many break the law in secret and are exposed to dangerous content.

Unlike traditional Orthodox academies, Rabbi Goldstein's Diaspora Yeshiva appealed to students who identified with the nonconformist beatnik and hippie subcultures, adopting a neo-Chasidic approach.

Thousands of Israeli Ethiopians marked the Day of Sigd in Jerusalem this week. It's an echo of the First Temple era.

Three more Israeli Arabs are going to prison for trying to create an ISIS-linked cell in Israel and plotting terror attacks.

A Somali-born terrorist inspired by ISIS injured 11 people in Ohio but officials still don't know why he attacked his own school.

Israeli Ethiopian immigrants of all ages joyously celebrate their presence in ancient, holy Jerusalem on Sigd Day.

'Anti-Semitism, hatred, internal strife are all ancient elements of our historical destiny – always problematic. […] We must therefore look for a way out; we must be brave to remain within our destiny. If Judaism is a tragedy, let us live it.'

Rabbi Yosef Yashar, Chief Rabbi of Acre, said, 'We, too, have experienced acts of provocation in increasing the volume in defiance, but we have talked.'

The film Hate Spaces dissects the issue of gross indifference towards American Jews on universities nation-wide.

The terrorist who carried out a Middle Eastern-style ram-and-stab attack at Ohio State University was a Somali Muslim immigrant teen who had lived in Pakistan.

Firefighters called overnight to a mostly hareidi-religious neighborhood in Jerusalem found a burnt Torah scroll.

Prayers by thousands of Jews at the Cave of the Patriarchs were peaceful, heartfelt and filled with hope.

According to a 2004 Chicago Tribune article, Muslim American Society is another name for the US chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood.

PM Netanyahu says this is not the time to allow MKs and ministers to return to the Temple Mount.

The rabbi's appointment as IDF chief rabbi is being held up by secularists angry at remarks he says they misunderstood.

ADL national director Jonathan Greenblatt accused of politicizing his organization's principles.

Meanwhile, Rabbi Amihai Eliahu is accusing the entities behind the move of attempting to cleanse the IDF of its religious warriors.

According to Klein, ZOA's experience and analysis of Breitbart articles confirm Bannon’s and Breitbart’s "friendship and fair-mindedness towards Israel and the Jewish people. To accuse Mr. Bannon and Breitbart of anti-Semitism is Orwellian."

Mayors from more than two dozen cities are in Jerusalem and will visit Yad Vashem.

The original Muezzin bill was tabled and the Knesset ordered a report that said mosque loudspeakers have been around since loudspeakers had been invented, recommending a dialogue with the Muslim authorities.