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Jewish music festival coming to Bay Area

Jewish music festival coming to Bay Area

After 30 years, the Bay Area’s Jewish Music Festival as we know it is going out with a bang, a trill and a heartfelt hallelujah.… Read More ›

Young Muslims in Norway are organizing a peace rally at a synagogue

Young Muslims in Norway are organizing a peace rally at a synagogue

Following the terror attacks in Copenhagen, where a Jewish man was killed last weekend, a group of young Muslims in Norway are organizing a peace… Read More ›

France is alarmed after Copenhagen shooting attacks

France is alarmed after Copenhagen shooting attacks

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Monday the threat of militant attacks in the country remained “particularly high” and that exceptional security measures would… Read More ›

Bill Clinton made an appearance at a fundraiser for Jewish Preschool of the Arts

Bill Clinton made an appearance at a fundraiser for Jewish Preschool of the Arts

Bill Clinton made an appearance at a fundraiser for the Philip Berley Preschool of the Arts, a school run by the Chabad Center for Jewish… Read More ›

Terror inside Danish synagogue

Terror inside Danish synagogue

What should have been the happiest moments of Chana Bentov’s life turned into a nightmare of epic proportions as the 12 year old’s bat mitzvah… Read More ›

Four men arrested for sending email death threats to Israel Consul

Four men arrested for sending email death threats to Israel Consul

Four men were arrested for sending email death threats to the Israel Consul in Marseilles. One of the men was 19 years old and a… Read More ›

A strong connection between Israel and Latin America countries

A strong connection between Israel and Latin America countries

Reuven Rivlin recently met with a group of ambassadors from Latin American countries. There was much light diplomacy, as is to be expected, but the… Read More ›

Kosher restaurant attacked in UK

Kosher restaurant attacked in UK

Police are investigating an attack on a kosher restaurant in Edgware, northwest of London on Wednesday in which the front window of Orli Caffe was… Read More ›

Rockets hit building housing Jewish welfare center in Ukraine

Rockets hit building housing Jewish welfare center in Ukraine

No casualties reported as dud missiles slam into building housing Jewish organization in country’s east Two rockets hit the building housing a Jewish social welfare… Read More ›

Jews in Paris are still worried

Jews in Paris are still worried

The French Jewish community has just marked the shloshim, the thirty days of mourning, following the attack on a kosher market in Paris that left… Read More ›

Israelis have bank accounts totaling over $10 billion in Geneva

Israelis have bank accounts totaling over $10 billion in Geneva

In a Police investigation concerning staggering sums of money, 28 Israelis have been arrested in connection with their undisclosed accounts with Swiss bank UBS. In… Read More ›

Benjamin Netanyahu is not welcome in Washington

Benjamin Netanyahu is not welcome in Washington

Joe Biden is expected to miss Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial address to a joint meeting of Congress because of overseas travel. As president… Read More ›

Older and new generations meet weekly for chess

Older and new generations meet weekly for chess

Tzedakah has always been an integral part of being a Jew. Today, that mitzvah has too often become epitomized by an exasperated reach for the… Read More ›

Israeli-American students unite for peace

Israeli-American students unite for peace

Israeli-American college students from 33 campuses across North America gathered in L.A. for the inaugural Israeli American Council (IAC) Mishelanu National Conference this past weekend… Read More ›

‘Jewish 100’ Gala honors Joan Rivers

‘Jewish 100’ Gala honors Joan Rivers

The 2nd annual ‘Jewish 100’ Gala occurred in New York City, honoring the top 100 people positively influencing Jewish life. Knesset Speaker MK Yuli Edelstein,… Read More ›

Soldier was attacked in front of a Jewish community center in France

Soldier was attacked in front of a Jewish community center in France

An attacker with a knife hidden in his bag attacked three soldiers on an anti-terror patrol in front of a Jewish community center in southern… Read More ›

Vegan menu for IDF soldiers

Vegan menu for IDF soldiers

Vegetarian has long been an option, but as of February, the army will be serving lentil burgers, green salads and whole wheat pita as a… Read More ›

Portugal grants citizenship to Serphardic Jews

Portugal grants citizenship to Serphardic Jews

The Portuguese Cabinet approved a law offering dual citizenship to the descendants of those Sephardic Jews — the term commonly used for those who once… Read More ›

Swastikas spray painted at University of California, Davis

Swastikas spray painted at University of California, Davis

Students at the University of California, Davis woke up Saturday morning to find swastikas spray painted outside of a Jewish fraternity, days after the school’s… Read More ›

Egypt rules to ban Hamas and list it as a terrorist organization

Egypt rules to ban Hamas and list it as a terrorist organization

An Egyptian court banned the armed wing of Palestinian group Hamas and listed it as a terrorist organization, a ruling in keeping with a systematic… Read More ›