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Jewish groups split on court’s church-state ruling

June 28, 2017
Juan Thompson

St. Louis man arrested for bomb threats against Jewish institutions

March 3, 2017

Bomb threats called in to at least 10 JCCs in fourth round of harassment

February 20, 2017
BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP, NJ - NOVEMBER 19: President-elect Donald Trump walks out with retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis after a meeting at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster Township, N.J. on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump’s defense pick is dividing right-wing pro-Israel groups

December 2, 2016

Missouri black church coalition rejects Black Lives Matter Israel statement

August 17, 2016

After Orlando shooting, expert warns about who’s guarding Jewish sites

June 15, 2016

Jews in Belgium hunker down after deadly attacks

March 23, 2016
A view of bomb damage at Zaventem Airport in Brussels following a terrorist attack in the Belgian capital, March 22, 2016. (Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images)

At least 34 dead in Brussels attacks, Belgium’s Jewish schools locked down

March 22, 2016
Ted Nugent performing at Charlie Daniels’ 2015 Volunteer Jam at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, Aug. 12. Photo: John Shearer/Getty Images for Webster Public Relations

Jewish groups slam Nugent for ‘anti-Semitic’ gun control post

February 10, 2016
Police arrive with guns at Port de Vincennes on Jan. 9, 2015 in Paris. According to reports at least five people have been taken hostage in a kosher deli in the Port de Vincennes area of Paris. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Several hostages killed in police raids on Paris sites

January 9, 2015

Hedy Epstein arrested in St. Louis protests

August 19, 2014

Palestinian factions reportedly agree to 72-hour cease-fire

August 4, 2014
People gather for a vigil for the three missing Israeli teens outside of the Israeli Consulate on June 16 in New York City. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images 

Bodies of kidnapped Israeli teens found north of Hebron

June 30, 2014
An Overland Park police vehicle sitting in front of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City, Kan., following shootings there and later at a nearby assisted-living complex that killed a total of three people, April 13, 2014. Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images

Southern Poverty Law Center names K.C. suspect as white supremacist

April 13, 2014
The JCC in Overland Park, Kan., taken from a screen capture of news footage by KCTV5. 

Three killed in K.C. shootings at JCC, assisted-living facility

April 13, 2014

Three killed in K.C. shootings at JCC, assisted-living facility

April 13, 2014
Israelis calling for the release of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard during President Obama’s visit to Jerusalem last year. (Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

Pollard, settlement freeze, prisoners in the mix amid peace talks crisis

April 1, 2014
Abraham H. Foxman

Abraham Foxman retiring from ADL

February 10, 2014
Michael Oren.jpg

Oren: Obama is ‘true friend’ of Israel

July 11, 2013

Missouri camper among three injured in lightning strike on Reform summer camp

June 30, 2013
A Boston Marathon runner embracing a woman near Kenmore Square after two bombs exploded in the area, April 15. Photo: Alex Trautwig/Getty

Jewish community ‘vigilant’ in the wake of Boston Marathon bombings

April 15, 2013
Newly elected Pope Francis I waving to the crowds on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, March 13, 2013. (Peter Macdiarmid/Getty)

New pope has Jewish connections

March 13, 2013
Left to right, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth MacFarlane and Daniel Radcliffe dancing in the opening routine of the 85th Academy Awards, Feb. 24, 2013. Photo: Disney ABC Television Group

Oscars recap, Raisman on ‘Dancing with the Stars’

February 27, 2013

Prisoner X affair raises charges of dual loyalty for Australian Jews

February 20, 2013

Israel programs not recruitment for the Mossad, Australian Zionist leaders say

February 20, 2013

Israeli lawmakers press for answers on dead ‘Prisoner X’

February 12, 2013

Drake finally wins a Grammy, Mayim Bialik stops nursing, Jewish ‘Downton Abbey’ heading for TV

February 12, 2013

Viral shmooze: Superbowl smooch, sheer scrutiny in Israel

February 8, 2013

Iran’s supreme leader rejects direct talks with U.S.

February 7, 2013

Russian Jews in U.S. to remember Koch

February 1, 2013

Jewish Home’s Bennett attacked by haredi Orthodox at Western Wall

January 21, 2013

Shas’ Yosef calls calls Jewish Home Party ‘a party for gentiles’

January 20, 2013

Orthodox Union sets date for contested presidential elections

January 20, 2013

See more of Israel on Google Street View

January 17, 2013

Radical bishop fined in Germany for Holocaust denial

January 17, 2013

Paul: cuts to Israel assistance would not be ‘immediate, dramatic’

January 17, 2013

Dutch novelist vows to withhold tax earmarked for Egypt over Morsi anti-Semitism

January 17, 2013

German Jewish lawmaker voted sexiest female politician.

January 17, 2013

Economy more than anything drove Jewish vote, poll data shows

January 17, 2013

Bears bring in Jewish head coach, Marc Trestman

January 16, 2013

Israel’s Supreme Court allows evacuation of E-1 Palestinian tent city

January 16, 2013

Hitler ad pulled from Turkish mall following complaints

January 16, 2013

Vatican official slams breakaway traditionalist Catholics for anti-Semitic positions

January 16, 2013

Italian soccer players honor Jewish soccer coach killed in Shoah

January 16, 2013

Jewish Federations praises IRA charitable rollovers

January 16, 2013

Israel’s Housing Ministry opens bids on building in two settlements

January 16, 2013

Jewish religious movements present plans to end gun violence

January 16, 2013

Two Israeli films nominated for best documentary Oscar

January 10, 2013

Car explodes in Tel Aviv mob hit

January 10, 2013
Hundreds of Ethiopian olim (immigrants) living in The Jewish Agency for Israel absorption centers in Safed experienced snow today for the first time. The children pictured headed outside to play in the snow and feel the natural marvel with their own hands at the start of the snow storm, which has blanketed the city. Three Jewish Agency absorption centers are located in Safed which house 2,000 immigrants from Ethiopia, who The Jewish Agency brought to Israel in recent months. The olim arrived as a part of Operation Dove’s Wings, which will bring the Ethiopian Aliyah to a close. 

Snow falls in Jerusalem, northern Israel

January 9, 2013

Polish foreign ministry slams West Bank waterhole demolition

December 12, 2012

Eight tips for an accessible Hanukkah

December 5, 2012
Israeli flag

Israel and Hamas reach a cease-fire

November 21, 2012
Abraham Foxman

Anti-Semitic incidents in U.S. declined by 13 percent in 2011, ADL audit finds

November 21, 2012
Palestinians gathering around the remains of the car that Ahmed Jabri (shown in circle), the chief of Hamas' military wing, was driving in the Gaza Strip before he was killed by an Israeli missile (Wissam Nassar/FLASH90/AlQuds TV/JTA)

Israeli strike kills Hamas leader in Gaza

November 14, 2012

ADL, Reform and NCJW praise Defense of Marriage decision

October 21, 2012

Chicago congregants walk out of services at Bachmann’s mention

October 3, 2012

Amar: Better to pray alone than with Reform

September 19, 2012

N.Y. Board of Health votes to require consent for bris rite

September 13, 2012

Designer Galliano reportedly sues Dior over firing for anti-Semitism

August 29, 2012

Muslim hotel owner condemns anti-Semitism

August 27, 2012

Bend the Arc sends activists to push for tax cuts for the wealthy repeal

August 23, 2012

Israeli military begins drafting haredi Orthodox

August 9, 2012
The New York Post uses its Aug. 8, 2012 cover to shine a light on gold-medal-winning gymnast Aly Raisman after she told reporters that she would have honored a moment of silence in memory of the Israeli athletes killed at the Munich Olympics in 1972.

Raisman says she was for Munich 11 moment of silence

August 8, 2012
More than 90,000 people packed MetLife Stadium in New Jersey for the Siyum HaShas, celebrating the completion of the Daf Yomi page-a-day Talmud study cycle, Aug. 1, 2012.

90,000-plus crowd cheers Siyum HaShas

August 2, 2012

House, Senate agree on enhanced Iran sanctions

July 31, 2012

Obama to sign enhanced Israel security act

July 26, 2012
Prisoners of War

“Prisoners of War,” inspiration for TV drama “Homeland,” now on Hulu

July 26, 2012
StandWithUs pro-Israel ads on New York's Metro-North line going public the week of July 30, 2012 are intended to counter anti-Israel ads at the railroad stations.

StandWithUs to place pro-Israel ads in suburban N.Y. rail stations

July 25, 2012

German lawmakers pass pro-circumcision resolution

July 19, 2012

OU, PEJE create new tuition affordability center

July 19, 2012

Jewish stars shine in Emmy nominations

July 19, 2012

Hannah Rosenthal to head Milwaukee Jewish Federation

July 19, 2012
Survivors of the terror attack on the Israeli tour bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, returning to Israel with the help of the Israeli Air Force, July 19, 2012.

Planes with wounded return to Israel; Peres: ‘Israel will act against terror’

July 19, 2012
Smoke rising from the Sarafovo Airport in Burgas, Bulgaria, after a terror attack on an Israeli tour bus, July 18, 2012.

Terror attack on tour bus kills Israeli tourists in Bulgaria

July 18, 2012

Orthodox rabbinical group urging German Jews to defy court ruling on circumcision

July 11, 2012

Ari Fleischer kicks off RJC voter drive in Israel

July 11, 2012

Missouri candidate asserts no Jews died in WTC on 9-11

July 11, 2012

Nathan Englander takes short story prize

July 10, 2012
Presbyterians narrowly reject divestment

Presbyterians narrowly reject divestment

July 6, 2012
Sheldon Adelson, right, seen here with then-President George W. Bush and Israeli President Shimon Peres at a Jerusalem conference in May 2008, is at the center of controversy over contributions earmarked for Republican candidates.

Jewish Dems call on Romney, GOP to give back Adelson cash

July 5, 2012
Yasser Arafat. Credit: World Economic Forum/JNS

Report: Arafat may have died of radioactive poisoning

July 4, 2012

Jesse Eisenberg writes Holocaust-themed play

July 3, 2012
Romanian native Hava Hershkovitz was crowned the winner of the

Holocaust survivors beauty pageant crowns Romanian beauty

June 29, 2012
U.S. Supreme Court

Supreme Court upholds most of Obama’s health care law

June 28, 2012
Andrew Rehfeld

Andrew Rehfeld to head Jewish Federation of St. Louis

June 28, 2012
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg meeting with Gilad Shalit in a ceremony commemorating the sixth anniversary of the ex-Israeli soldier's capture, June 25,  2012.

Gilad Shalit visits New York’s Mayor Bloomberg

June 26, 2012

Russell Simmons calls for truce with ADL’s Foxman

June 25, 2012

Norwegian gov’t coalition partner seeking to outlaw circumcision

June 25, 2012

Madoff associate Merkin agrees to hand over $400 million

June 25, 2012

Swastika banners startle New Yorkers, others in area

June 25, 2012

Tutu reaches out to Jewish journalist upset with Israel over migrants

June 25, 2012

Woman attacked for immodest dress

June 21, 2012
President Obama presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Israeli President Shimon Peres in the East Room of the White House in Washington, June 13, 2012.

Peres calls for renewed peace talks in medal ceremony

June 20, 2012

Walker refuses to authorize Hebrew version of ‘The Color Purple’

June 18, 2012
Film star David Arquette, center, having a bar mitzvah ceremony at the Western Wall, June 11, 2012.

David Arquette has bar mitzvah at Western Wall

June 11, 2012
Jan Karski (left) and Bob Dylan

Obama awards Medal of Freedom to Dylan, Karski

May 30, 2012
Vice President Joe Biden, left, speaking with Richard Stone, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman, of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, May 21, 2012.

White House reassures Jewish leaders ahead of Iran talks

May 22, 2012

Israel summons South African envoy over product labeling

May 21, 2012

Hadassah lets COO Larry Blum go

May 3, 2012
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