WASHINGTON (JTA) — As president, Republican candidate John Kasich said he would establish a department to promote Judeo-Christian values.In an interview Tuesday with NBC, Kasich described the department as a latter-day version of the pro-Western propaganda...

(JTA) – A Jewish teacher in the French city of Marseille was stabbed by a man wearing an Islamic State T-shirt who shouted anti-Semitic profanities at him with two other men.The victim, a history teacher at a Jewish school, suffered injuries that...

PARIS (JTA) — Babette and Sasha Bergman lead what many would consider a charmed life.Both Jewish high-tech professionals in their 30s — they met while working at Google’s European headquarters in Ireland — the Bergmans settled in this...

Thanksgiving at the author’s home. Just because the meal is largely a secular one for Jews, don’t assume our adherence to tradition is given the day off. (Edmon J. Rodman)LOS ANGELES (JTA) — As my family — and families across the country — begin...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A synagogue in a West Bank settlement due for demolition will be rebuilt on a nearby site at government expense.Under an agreement reached late Monday between the government and Givat Zeev, the Ayelet HaShachar synagogue will be demolished...

ROME (JTA) — Pope Francis will visit Rome’s main synagogue, the local Jewish community announced.The pope’s visit is scheduled to take place on January 17, according to Tuesday morning’s announcement.It is the third time that a sitting Pope has...

NEW YORK (JTA) — A Brooklyn man was sentenced to four years in federal prison for attempting to violently coerce a recalcitrant husband into giving a religious divorce.Moshe Goldstein, 32, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Trenton, N.J., NJ.com...

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas speaking at a press conference after the arson attack by Jewish extremists that killed a Palestinian toddler in the West Bank city of Ramallah, July 31, 2015. (Flash90)JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Fatah party of Palestinian...

Ethiopian Jews kissing the ground upon arrival at Ben Gurion Airport as part of Operation Wings of Dove, which ended the Ethiopian immigration to Israel, Aug. 28, 2013. (Miriam Alster/Flash90/JTA)JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s government has approved...

PARIS (JTA) — Some 200 people gathered under heavy guard at a Paris synagogue to remember the victims of the terrorist attacks in the French capital on Friday night.Led by the chief rabbi of France, Haim Korsia, leaders of French Jewry and Israel’s...

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Thousands of Israelis rallied in solidarity with France following a series of terror attacks in Paris that killed more than 100 people.French Ambassador to Israel Patrick Maisonnave presided over the rally, which took place Saturday...

Victims lying on the pavement outside a Paris restaurant, Nov. 13, 2015. (Thibault Camus/AP Images)(JTA) — Dozens of people were killed in a series of almost simultaneous terror attacks that rocked Paris Friday night.French President Francois Hollande,...