Keith Ellison vows to resign House seat to lead Democratic party
Minnesota congressman removes one of the key internal objections to his bid for DNC chair, but criticism on his Israel record and past ties to… Read More ›
Minnesota congressman removes one of the key internal objections to his bid for DNC chair, but criticism on his Israel record and past ties to… Read More ›
“You can’t legalize a crime,”says Raji Sourani, director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights. Palestinian leaders reacted angrily Tuesday to the Knesset’s passage on… Read More ›
Haredim refuse to attend a speech given by Uri Banki, father of Shira Banki, who was murdered by Yishai Schlissel at the Jerusalem LGBT Pride… Read More ›
Six weeks before Inauguration Day, doomsday predictions about shattered relations and the outgoing president’s wrath striking Israel at the Security Council appear to have been… Read More ›
There is no freedom of religion for Jews in Israel, says Lapid. Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid on Monday lamented the delay in implementing… Read More ›
In new book, David Sax reports on comeback of real things and explains why it matters to people of all ages When author David… Read More ›
Brooklyn, NY – Almost two years after losing seven of her eight children to a catastrophic fire caused by a faulty hotplate, Gayle Sassoon… Read More ›
Two main suspects and additional accomplices had planned to attack the synagogue in Amsterdam last year. AMSTERDAM – Dutch police arrested several suspects in… Read More ›
As elections in Austria approach Sunday, politicians are superimposing rivals’ faces onto likenesses of Adolf Hitler; Austria has only come to terms with its Nazi… Read More ›
Regional gov’t hosts event for second year recalling Iraq’s discrimination against Jews in 1940s. “Kurdistan has always believed in living peacefully and with respect… Read More ›
Op-ed: Instead of having the state’s best interest in mind, Likud Knesset members are insisting on enacting damaging laws in order to gather a few… Read More ›
In impassioned plea, Zouheir Bahloul says Jewish state has ‘duty’ to support upkeep of holy places abroad, but local Jewish community ‘surprised’ by request, says… Read More ›
Gen. James Mattis, contender for Trump’s defense secretary, said settlements could lead to ‘apartheid.’ WASHINGTON – After defending US President Barack Obama’s credentials on… Read More ›
39 firefighters, mostly not Jewish, answered Israel’s call for help through the Emergency Volunteers Project TEL AVIV (JTA) — Call them Israel’s American volunteer… Read More ›
“The hostility must end, and we want people to live in peace with everyone, whether [Mizrahi] or Ashkenazi,” Abbas remarks, adding, “We will one day… Read More ›
In response to halting his appointment to chief rabbi of the IDF, Rabbi Eyal Karim issues an affidavit to the High Court, saying, ‘One must… Read More ›
After tough, divisive campaign — and with 75% of their fellow American Jews voting the other way — those who voted for the brash billionaire… Read More ›
Israeli-Polish governments hold joint meeting in capital. Israel is opposed to the use of the term “Polish death camps” to describe the Nazi concentration… Read More ›
Jerusalem – For the first time in Yad Vashem’s 63-year history, live music echoed through the halls of Israel’s national Holocaust memorial in a… Read More ›
Michael Rubenfeld makes theater piece from quest to repair difficult relations with his second-generation Holocaust survivor mother Michael Rubenfeld grew up in Winnipeg, Canada,… Read More ›