(JTA) — A brother and sister are fighting in Britain’s High Court over whether their late mother should have a Jewish or Christian burial.Susanna Levrant wants a traditional Church of England funeral for Iris Freud, while David Freud is seeking a...

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders speaking at the University of Chicago, Sept. 28, 2015. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)CHICAGO (JTA) – At a campaign event in Virginia last week, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders invoked...

(JTA) — Maria de Belem, a presidential candidate in Portugal, pledged her support for a legislative initiative to reinstate posthumously an army captain who was persecuted for promoting Judaism.The initiative to reinstate Arthur Carlos de Barros Basto,...

(JTA) — A prominent Hebrew University professor was shouted down by two dozen protesters at the beginning of a lecture at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.The protesters delayed the speech by Moshe Halbertal, a member of the New York University...

Rick Jacobs speaking at the 2013 URJ Reform Biennial, Dec. 12, 2013. (Courtesy of URJ)(JTA) — The Reform movement, the largest in American Judaism, is set to pass what is being called the most extensive resolution on transgender rights of any major...

(JTA) — A House resolution calls on the United States to urge European governments to act to keep their Jewish communities safe.The resolution, introduced by Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., passed unanimously on Tuesday. Smith is the chairman of the Helsinki...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The municipality of Jerusalem has filed a civil lawsuit against three men convicted of an arson attack on a joint Arab-Jewish school in Jerusalem.The lawsuit filed on Tuesday seeks more than half a million shekel, or about $130,000...

Willis Carto (Screengrab: YouTube)(JTA) — Willis Carto, a publisher notorious for his anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial, has died.Carto’s death on Monday at his home in Virginia was announced by The American Free Press, a newspaper he co-founded,...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Joseph’s Tomb, which was firebombed and vandalized two weeks ago, was repaired in a nighttime operation near the West Bank city of Nablus.The site was cleaned and painted, the grave marker was restored and the marble covering of...

Member of Knesset Uri Ariel sitting during a plenum session and vote on expanding the number of ministers in the new forming government at the plenary in the Knesset, May 13, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)(JTA) — Israeli Agricultural Minister Uri Ariel...

(JTA) — Vice President Joe Biden and Academy Award-winning actor Michael Douglas are scheduled to speak at the Reform movement’s biennial in Orlando, Florida.Biden will address the gathering of Reform Jewish leaders on Saturday, the Union for Reform...

Norm Sherry, seated, surrounded by his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, January 2014. (Courtesy of Cyndi Sherry Fedele)The “Seeking Kin” column aims to help reunite long-lost relatives and friends.(JTA) – Norm Sherry didn’t go...