JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Jewish teens were found guilty of the murder of a Palestinian teen who was burned to death in the Jerusalem forest.The verdict in the kidnapping and killing of Mohammad Abu Khdeir, 16, was handed down Monday morning in Jerusalem...

(Shuttertock)NEW YORK (JTA) – Nonprofit organizations are preparing for a new but remarkably successful philanthropy holiday, #GivingTuesday, which this year falls on Dec. 1.Organizations are busy crafting special campaigns, creating new online giving...

BERLIN (JTA) — A team of self-styled “goods inspectors” in a German town tried to label all the Israeli products they could find as being “from illegal Israeli settlements.”On Saturday, the proponents of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment...

BUENOS AIRES (JTA) – Argentinean lawmaker Rabbi Sergio Bergman was tapped to serve as Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development.Bergman, who will start his new position on December 10 when the new government is sworn in, is believed to be...

Oren Haza, a Likud lawmaker, holding a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, Israel, announcing that he submitted a lawsuit for NIS 1 million against Channel 2 reporter Amit Segal for libel, Oct. 12, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)No one expected...

(JTA) — Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, paid a shiva visit to the family of slain American yeshiva student Ezra Schwartz.Kraft visited the family on Tuesday, a day after his National Football League team held a moment of silence for...

(JTA) — An Israeli transgender activist’s wish to be cremated will be honored despite efforts by her haredi Orthodox family to bury the activist according to traditional Jewish law.Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal filed by the...

(JTA) — Armed men have taken hostages, possibly including children, in northern France near the border with Belgium.Police said gunmen fired shots near a school before taking hostages in the town of Roubaix, The Associated Press reported Tuesday afternoon.Unconfirmed...

(JTA) — The head of the European Jewish Association criticized the chief rabbi of Brussels for saying that there is no future for Jews in Europe.Rabbi Avraham Gigi told an Israeli radio station on Monday about the sense of fear on the streets in Belgium...

(JTA) — The head of Germany’s main Jewish organization has suggested capping the number of refugees allowed into the country, so Germany can do a better job of integrating those already there.At issue are attitudes toward Jews, women and gays in...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A rocket fired from Gaza landed in an open area in southern Israel.No warning sirens were sounded since it was not heading for a populated area, according to reports.Security forces were searching for the rocket’s remains after it...

From left, Seth Rogen, Anthony Mackie and Joseph Gordon-Levitt star in Jonathan Levine’s “The Night Before.” (Courtesy of Columbia Pictures)(JTA) — Director and writer Jonathan Levine (“The Wackness,” “50/50”) may have grown up in Jew-centric...