WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in his first meeting with his Iranian counterpart since reaching a nuclear deal, said achieving regional peace was on the agenda. “We have a lot of issues to talk about,” Kerry said Saturday...

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio leaving a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Sept. 25, 2015. (Steve Helber/AP Images) John Boehner, the Republican from Ohio who is the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, is quitting politics....

NEW YORK (JTA) — Sukkot is such a beautiful holiday: eating outdoors, decorating the sukkah and enjoying the flavors of fall with family and friends. The fasting is over, and the craziness of the New Year rush has passed. You can leisurely enjoy long...

(JTA) — Following the torpedoing of a retired general’s nomination to head the Israel Police, the cabinet announced it would appoint the No. 2 man of the Israel Security Agency to the position. Interior Security Minister Gilad Erdan announced on...

(JTA) — An Israeli organization promoting Arab-Jewish coexistence demanded the mayor of Lod retract a statement in which he suggested his Arab constituents are a security threat. The Sikkuy association, which was founded in 1991 and has offices in Haifa...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A no-fly zone was reinstated over the wedding of Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli. On Tuesday, Israel’s Civil Aviation Authority announced that it would override the transportation minister, Israel Katz, reinstating the no-fly zone...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Barack Obama said Yom Kippur was a time of hope and also of being honest with oneself. “The Day of Atonement is a time for humility, reflection and repentance, a chance to be honest with ourselves and one another about...

(JTA) — Brazilian President Dilma Roussef reportedly has told Israel she is unhappy with Israel’s selection for ambassador to her country, former settler leader Dani Dayan. Ynet reported this week that Roussef, under pressure from Palestinian groups...

NEW YORK (JTA) — The chairman and chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs surprised the financial world by announcing he has a “highly curable” type of cancer. Lloyd Blankfein, who is Jewish, told employees and shareholders Tuesday he will mostly...

A “shot boy” and guests at the annual “High Homodays” party, Sept. 19, 2015. (Andrew Werner) NEW YORK (JTA) — It was nearly midnight Saturday, and Jayson Littman was milling about an upscale Manhattan nightclub greeting friends with a wide smile...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, visiting the Great Wall of China, May 9, 2013. (Avi Ohayon/GPO/FLASH90) WASHINGTON (JTA) — Should American Jews provide tourist dollars to a regime that massacres dissidents, facilitates...

NEW YORK (JTA) — Student enrollment in Jewish studies classes is declining, and newly minted Jewish studies professors are having a significantly harder time finding tenure-track positions, a new survey found. More than half of those who earned their...