Rabbi Marc Schneier speaking at a benefit for the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding in New York City in March, 2007. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images) NEW YORK (JTA) – If Rabbi Marc Schneier’s account of his expulsion from the Rabbinical Council of America...

(JTA) – A Hungarian county’s government fired a former department chief after he was seen making anti-Semitic sentiments in a recording that surfaced online. Imre Sisak, a former lawmaker for Hungary’s Socialist Party, MSZP, was fired Tuesday...

TORONTO (JTA) — Ontario’s government has denied permission to hold a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel rally on the grounds of the provincial legislature in Toronto. The legislature’s sergeant-at-arms denied the permit request for the July 17 or July...

The cast of “Odd Mom Out” at a Bravo screening in New York City on June 3, 2015. (Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images) Bravo’s newest sitcom, “Odd Mom Out,” which premiered Monday evening, stars Jill Kargman as Jill Weber, a sassy Jewish woman who...

(JTA) — A 3-year-old colt owned by an Orthodox Jew from Egypt claimed the first Triple Crown in 37 years. American Pharoah raced to victory on Saturday in the Belmont Stakes, the first horse to win the Belmont, the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness since...

Bernard-Henri Lévy at Tel Aviv University in 2011. (Wikimedia) (JTA) — Bernard-Henri Levy did not take his first pie-ing gracefully. Ambushed in Brussels in 1985 by Noel Godin, an eccentric comedian who has made a career out of throwing pies in celebrities’...

Rabbi Berel Lazar, right, with congregants at an unfinished synagogue in Sevatopol, Crimea, July 14, 2014. (Cnaan Liphshiz) MOSCOW (JTA) – Rabbi Berel Lazar’s mother was eager for grandchildren. So she gave her 25-year-old son an ultimatum: He could...

NEW YORK (JTA) — Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt asserted his innocence in his first public comment since the publication of a New York Times article about his habit of inviting young males to join him for naked heart-to-heart talks in the sauna. In a letter...

American Pharoah, ridden by Victor Espinoza, crossing the finish line to win the 140th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, May 16, 2015. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images) On Saturday, a brawny 3-year-old colt named American...

(JTA) — Saudis dislike Iran more than they dislike Israel. A poll released Thursday by the Interdisciplinary Center at Herzliya’s Institute for Policy and Strategy found that 53 percent of Saudis named Iran as their country’s main enemy, 22 percent...

A big mazel tov to, well, us. JTA has won three first-place Simon Rockower Awards, which are given out by the American Jewish Press Association and recognize excellence in Jewish journalism. Here’s a bit about the JTA honorees and their winning entries:...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel has formally complained to the Swiss government over its funding for an exhibit by an Israeli NGO that alleges misconduct by Israeli soldiers in their dealings with Palestinians. The Swiss Foreign Ministry gave some $16,000...