(JTA) — The French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala was detained as he tried to enter Hong Kong.Dieudonne was detained Thursday, Variety reported, and his two stand up shows scheduled for Hong Kong were cancelled. His two sons, one a minor, were...

WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — Poland’s president conferred medals and state honors on actors of the Jewish Theatre in Warsaw.President Andrzej Duda conferred the honors on 17 actors at a ceremony that took place at the Jewish Theatre on Jan. 27, International...

(JTA) — The Indiana House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill banning state dealings with entities that boycott Israel.The bill sent to the state’s Senate on Jan. 26 defines “the promotion of activities to boycott, divest from, or sanction...

AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Using social media, a thrift store near the Dutch capital succeeded in returning the 1942 wedding book of a Jewish couple who perished in Auschwitz to the couple’s family.The Kringloper Almere shop on Monday appealed to Facebook...

(JTA) — Spain’s government expressed “deep concern at the loss of many dozens of lives” of Palestinians as a result of Israel’s “use of force” in reaction to attacks against its citizens.The statement Tuesday by the Spanish foreign ministry...

(JTA) — The World Medical Association will not expel Israeli physicians over pro-Palestinian activists’ allegations that they practice torture, the president of the world body said.Michael Marmot, the London-born physician at the head of the association,...

A former tunnel leading from the Gaza Strip into Israel after a 72-hour truce agreed upon by Israel and Hamas went into effect. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)(JTA) — Israelis living next to the Gaza border are reporting that they can literally feel the...

A view from outside the Holy Land Experience theme park in Orlando, Fla. (Uriel Heilman)ORLANDO, Fla. (JTA) – Mickey Mouse or Jesus Christ?That was the choice I faced on a recent trip to Orlando to write a pair of stories for JTA – one about kosher...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The United Nations has granted official observer status to Zaka, an Israeli search-and-rescue organization that has operated around the world.The advisory status conveyed unanimously on Tuesday by the UN Committee on Non-Governmental...

(JTA) — Iran’s supreme leader released a video on his official website questioning the authenticity of the Holocaust.The video titled “Are the Dark Ages Over,” was uploaded to the website of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday,...

Palestinian men viewing what used to be a tunnel leading from the Gaza Strip into Israel after a 72-hour truce between Israel and Hamas went into effect, Aug. 5, 2015. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90)(JTA) — Eight members of the Palestinian terrorist group...

The Carnegie Building on the Oberlin College campus, Oberlin, Ohio (Wikimedia Commons)(JTA) — The president of Oberlin College will speak with two members of an alumni group that has raised concerns about the anti-Semitic climate on campus.Marvin Krislov...