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Despite tensions between Israel and Iran, Jews live in peace

Despite tensions between Israel and Iran, Jews live in peace

Despite the increasing tension between Iran and Israel, many may be surprised to find out there is a rather large Jewish community in the Iranian… Read More ›

Israeli intelligence officer visits the United States

Israeli intelligence officer visits the United States

Israel’s top intelligence officer will visit the United States this week, sources with knowledge of the itinerary said; a sign that security cooperation continues despite… Read More ›

Arab states look to Israel as their best hope for confronting threats from Iran

Arab states look to Israel as their best hope for confronting threats from Iran

Major Arab states like Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia have lost confidence in the White House, and now look to Israel as their best hope… Read More ›

A sold-out London play ‘Bad Jews’ has had it posters banned from the subway

A sold-out London play ‘Bad Jews’ has had it posters banned from the subway

A sold-out London play that received a favorable 5 star review from the London Jewish Chronicle has had it posters banned from the London subway.… Read More ›

Apple watch for Jewish and Kosher use

Apple watch for Jewish and Kosher use

Apple may not have had Jews in mind when they created the watch, but a new app makes this gadget a must have for halachically-minded… Read More ›

Murder of Russian former prime minister Nemtsov remains a mystery

Murder of Russian former prime minister Nemtsov remains a mystery

On March 1,  thousands of people, many of them Jewish, in protest of the murder in central Moscow of Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister.… Read More ›

German Jewish magazine won’t say publication’s name

German Jewish magazine won’t say publication’s name

A monthly Jewish magazine in Germany said it will deliver copies to subscribers in blank envelopes as a response to recent anti-Semitic attacks across Europe.… Read More ›

Hillary Clinton hires Jewish lawyer

Hillary Clinton hires Jewish lawyer

Marc Elias, a veteran campaign finance lawyer who was general counsel for John Kerry’s presidential campaign in 2004, is scheduled to be Mrs. Clinton’s lead… Read More ›

Arab nations do not support Iran Nuclear Deal

Arab nations do not support Iran Nuclear Deal

In a strange twist, not only is Israel concerned about Obama’s negotiations leading to a nuclear Iran, but there may also be several Arab nations… Read More ›

Jewish college students face antisemitism on campuses

Jewish college students face antisemitism on campuses

In high school many of us learned about WWII and the injustice done to the Jewish people. Some of us may have even had the… Read More ›

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 ›