WASHINGTON — Jewish groups were divided over the Supreme Court’s latest church-state ruling allowing public funding of religious institutions’ secular activity.On Monday, the court ruled 7-2 that the state of Missouri should not have denied Trinity...
NEW YORK (JTA) — A St. Louis man has been charged for making at least eight bomb threats against Jewish community centers and the Anti-Defamation League.Juan Thompson, 31, made some of the threats in the name of a former romantic partner whom he had...
At least 10 Jewish community centers across the United States were targeted with bomb threats on Monday, for the fourth time in five weeks.The threats have been called in to JCCs across the country, according to Paul Goldenberg, the director of Secure...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President-elect Donald Trump said he would nominate as defense secretary Gen. James Mattis, a pick that has already divided right-wing pro-Israel groups, with some lamenting the choice and others praising it.“We are going to appoint...
An association of hundreds of predominantly African-American churches in Missouri condemned the recent platform of the Black Lives Matter movement labeling Israel an “apartheid state” and accusing it of genocide.In a statement published Sunday in...
Jewish institutions must react to the flaws in the security industry exposed by the mass shooting in Orlando, the top Jewish community security official said.Paul Goldenberg, who directs the Secure Community Network, said Omar Mateen’s employment by...
Jewish schools and other institutions in Antwerp and Brussels went into lockdown following attacks in Belgium that killed at least 34 people at the main airport and in the metro in Brussels.At least 14 people were killed in the attack Tuesday morning...
Jewish schools and other institutions in Antwerp and Brussels went into lockdown following attacks in Belgium that killed at least 34 people at the main airport and in the metro in Brussels.At least 14 people were killed in the attack Tuesday morning...
Right-wing rocker Ted Nugent came under fire from Jewish groups for an anti-Semitic Facebook post blaming prominent Jews for pushing gun control.On Monday, Nugent shared a graphic featuring images of 12 Jews — including former New York City Mayor Michael...
Several hostages were killed as simultaneous police raids on Friday ended the two hostage crises in Paris, one of which was at a kosher supermarket.The raids also left all of the captors dead, including the two brothers suspected with perpetrating Wednesday’s...
A 90-year-old Jewish Holocaust survivor has been arrested in St. Louis during protests over the shooting death of Michael Brown.Hedy Epstein, of St. Louis, was one of nine protesters arrested Monday for blocking the entrance to the downtown St. Louis...
JERUSALEM — Palestinian factions in Cairo reportedly agreed to a 72-hour cease-fire in the Gaza conflict. During that period, Egyptian mediators will work to negotiate a truce between Israel and Hamas, as well as other groups firing rockets into Israel.Israel...
