WARSAW, Poland (JTA) – Nine tombstones were destroyed at the Jewish cemetery in Bielsko-Biala in southern Poland.Among the damaged tombstones was that of Karol Korn, an architect who designed and built nearly the entire city center and also built the...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A haredi Orthodox leader said at a memorial event for a young couple killed in a Palestinian attack in front of their children that their murder was a result of the gay pride parade in Jerusalem.Rabbi Meir Mazuz, who is the head of...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — To get to the Jewish compound in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, residents arrange in advance for an armored van to pick them up at a spot adjacent to the walls of the Old City.With a metal grate over its windshield and...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel offered its condolences to Russia over the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Sinai which killed all 224 people aboard.“I offer condolences to the government of Russia, to President Putin, to the Russian people and, of...

(JTA) — Five Israelis, including an 8-month old baby and a pregnant woman, were lightly wounded in attacks that security forces believe were perpetrated by Palestinian terrorists.At least 22 Palestinians were moderately injured by Israeli forces during...

Today’s college graduates face a challenging job market and a massive amount of student debt. (Wikimedia Commons)PITTSBURGH (JTA) — The conventional profile of American Jews is that they tend to be highly educated and work in professions like medicine,...

Knesset member Nachman Shay speaking in the Knesset, Oct. 14, 2013. (Flash90)(JTA) — A Knesset member called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to save the country’s only English-language television news program from going off the air.Zionist...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — More than 900 discounted vacation packages to Israel have been sold through the marketing website Groupon.Some 920 eight-day tour packages had been sold for $999 each on the website as of Thursday afternoon. The trips, marketed...

BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — The organized Evangelical Christian community in Argentina will join the Jewish community in a rally in support of Israel.It is the first time that an Evangelical clergy member will address a rally organized by the Jewish community...

BERLIN (JTA) — Muslim leaders in Germany must help fight anti-Semitism within their ranks, representatives of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union said this week in a meeting with the country’s top Jewish leaders.Members of the...

(JTA) — Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon acknowledged that disputes between Israel and the U.S. over the Iran nuclear deal are over.“The Iran deal is a given,” Yaalon said at a news conference in Washington on Wednesday with his U.S. counterpart,...

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — A Dutch soccer club said it was working to identify fans who held up a sign during a recent match with the initials of the phrase “Jews have cancer.”The Vitesse club from Arnhem told the Gelderlander daily that it would have intervened...