SWITZERLAND (JTA) — Swiss voters passed a referendum on banning face-covering veils, prompting the country’s Muslim and Jewish groups to protest that infringement on religious… Read More ›
UNITED KINGDOM (JTA) — Changes to a United Kingdom bill on domestic abuse make it easier to punish Jewish husbands who refuse to grant… Read More ›
“I think [Trump] was taunting them [to show] that just because he lost the election does not mean he has gone away and that he… Read More ›
Opinion: The High Court decision to recognize Conservative and Reform conversions is an important step for Israel to finally embrace and truly practice its core… Read More ›
Judges say converts through non-Orthodox denominations in Israel must be considered Jews for citizenship purposes; chief rabbis fume; Orthodox parties vow law to overturn ruling… Read More ›
Opinion: We have to remember that this holiday, which is effectively a three-day party, is a potential hotbed for infections; we must restrain ourselves if… Read More ›
LONDON (JNS) – The Genesis Prize Foundation announced plans to honor the late prominent scholar, theologian, philosopher and former Chief Rabbi of the United… Read More ›
Opinion: Religious Zionists believe one can fight for Jews’ rights to the land while recognizing modern social and universal processes, and comprehend that Jewish faith… Read More ›
In-depth: Pandemic exacerbates long-existing tensions that, according to one expert, can only be quieted through political resolution with leaders abandoning personal and sectoral interests for… Read More ›
LONDON (JTA) — As the leader of British Jewry’s main human rights group, Mia Hasenson-Gross regularly hears personal stories of loss, grief and helplessness.… Read More ›
Biden has tapped Merrick Garland, a Jewish judge, to be his attorney general. President Joe Biden, saying domestic terrorism was the “greatest threat” in… Read More ›
“I am negotiating with them to build two plants in Israel that will turn Israel into an international center in the fight against coronavirus.” … Read More ›
As Holocaust history goes on trial in Poland, files on 300,000 Nazi ‘collaborators’ in the Netherlands have already been picked apart — and publicized —… Read More ›
“Before setting fire to the vehicle, the settlers stole agricultural equipment from the village.” Jewish settler extremists set fire to a vehicle and stoned homes… Read More ›
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5TJT.com) When Rosh Chodesh falls on Shabbos – there is a fascinating yet unresolved halachic question. As a preface, we… Read More ›
WASHINGTON (JNS) – A California Democratic congressman has backtracked on a statement accusing Israel of “burning down” Palestinian villages, saying he was only referring… Read More ›
Pioneering women, massive linemen, and Tom Brady’s surprise visit to an IDF firing range When the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers face… Read More ›
With just 12 volunteers, Chasdei Amram started as local endeavor in ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim; now it has helped more than 5,000 patients… Read More ›
Opinion: Ultra-Orthodox leaders never stationed tanks in front of a secular prime minister or presented him with an instrument of surrender, they’re simply carrying out… Read More ›
Opinion: The ultra-Orthodox community, which flooded the streets of Jerusalem not once but twice on Sunday, is telling the rest of the country that they… Read More ›
