(JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League honored the American Jewish reggae singer Matisyahu for standing up against an anti-Israel boycott.Matisyahu performed his anthem “Jerusalem” on Thursday at the ADL annual meeting in Denver.In August, he was slotted...

Thousands gather at the Western Wall to receive the priestly blessing on the Sukkot holiday, Sept. 30, 2015. (Courtesy of the Western Wall Heritage Foundation)(JTA) — A Palestinian effort to have a United Nations agency declare Judaism’s holiest site...

Could hummus help bridge the divide between Arabs and Jews during continued violence? (Shutterstock)(JTA) — Can a shared love of hummus bring Jews and Arabs together? An Israeli restaurant near the coastal city of Netanya is offering 50 percent discounts...

(JTA) — The Holocaust Center for Humanity, the first museum dedicated in the Pacific Northwest to the Holocaust, opened in Seattle, Washington.The $3.4 million museum, which includes artifacts from local Holocaust survivors, opened Sunday. It includes...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The assailant in an attack on the Beersheba Central Bus Station that killed an Israeli soldier and wounded 11 has been identified as a Bedouin-Israeli from southern Israel.Mouhand al-Okbi, 21, of the southern Israeli town of Hura,...

(JTA) — A Cleveland-area rabbi will serve 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of a minor.Rabbi Frederick (Ephraim) Karp, 51, was sentenced Thursday in Baltimore County Circuit Court in Maryland, the home county of the victims, all...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel began erecting a portable concrete security wall between Arab and Jewish neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem.The fence was erected Sunday between the Arab neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber and the Jewish neighborhood of East Talpiot...

ROME (JTA) – An estimated 2,000 people demonstrated in solidarity with Israel in front of the Israeli Embassy in Rome.Sunday’s rally, organized by the local Jewish community with the support of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities and other groups,...

(JTA) — Fans at a high school soccer game in Connecticut are accused of using “The Dreidel Song” as an anti-Semitic taunt directed at an opposing team.Fans of the South Windsor boys’ varsity soccer team chanted verses from the Hanukkah tune during...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Some 1,500 people gathered in Jerusalem to rally for an end to the current violence between Israel and the Palestinians and to call for a resumption of the peace process.The rally came after a day in which four Palestinians were killed...

(JTA) — Haredi Orthodox Jews will soon account for half of the British Jewish population, according to a study of the kingdom’s Jewish communities.Accelerating birth rates among the strictly observant religious Jewish communities mean they are expected...

(JTA) — The United States’ ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro, said Washington does not view Israel’s recent actions to curb Palestinian violence as excessive and supports Israel right to defend its citizens.Shapiro made the statement during an...