President Obama reportedly will name Jack Lew to be his chief of staff. Lew, an Orthodox Jew, will replace William Daley, the Los Angeles Times reported on Monday. Lew is currently the director of the Office of Management and Budget, a Cabinet-level position...

Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice president of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus.Hoenlein said the meeting Monday was at the invitation of Syria and not, as had been...