(JTA) — Billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson is the largest single funder of JNS, a U.S.-based Jewish news service that is the sole distributor of content from his right-wing newspaper Israel Hayom.The Adelson Family Foundation has committed at...

ATHENS, Greece (JTA) — The Greek Parliament passed a motion endorsing a Palestinian state and calling on the Greek Government to officially recognize Palestine.The motion passed on Tuesday called on the Greek Government to “promote all the necessary...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The company that owned the Las Vegas Review Journal asked the newspaper to monitor three judges, including one overseeing a lawsuit against Sheldon Adelson, prior to selling the newspaper to the casino magnate.Clark County, Nevada District...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Tel Aviv attorney will be the first openly gay person to serve as a Knesset lawmaker for the right-wing Likud party.Amir Ohana, 39, is expected to be sworn in next week to fill the seat of Interior Minister Silvan Shalom, who resigned...

The New York Times Crossword Editor Will Shortz speaking onstage during The New York Times DealBook Conference at One World Trade Center in New York, Dec. 11, 2014. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for New York Times)A guy named Shmuel Thaler solved...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Council of Higher Education will vote on a call for proposals to establish a college for Arab-Israelis in an Arab town, the nation’s education minister said.“For the first time in the history of the State of Israel,...

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, center, lighting the menorah with Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon, right, and World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder at the Pierre Hotel in New York, Dec, 13, 2015.Reform leaders on Sunday sent an open letter...

JERUSALEM (JTA) – Right-wing activists and police clashed at the entrance to Jerusalem during a demonstration against the continued detention of Jewish youth for alleged involvement in the firebombing of a Palestinian home.The demonstration on Sunday...

(JTA) — The Jewish mother of a kindergarten student is under fire after her child’s school canceled a class trip to visit Santa following her complaints.The students from Sartorette Elementary School in San Jose, California, had been scheduled to...

BERLIN (JTA) — A Berlin rabbi has broken with the head of the German Jewish community over whether a new edition of “Mein Kampf” belongs in German classrooms.“The risk is greater than the benefit,” Rabbi Yehudah Teichtal said Saturday night,...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Interior Minister Silvan Shalom announced he is resigning from the Knesset amid allegations of sexual misconduct.Shalom made the announcement on Sunday evening. At least six women have come forward in the last week to accuse...

BOSTON (JTA) —  The first Jewish chief justice of the highest court in Massachusetts assured Muslims that the state’s judicial system will protect their rights.Against a backdrop of vocal anti-Muslim sentiment across the United States, the Massachusetts...