(Infinity Kornfeld Studios)(JTA) — American actor Michael Douglas and Jewish Agency head Natan Sharansky will visit three university campuses in the U.S. to talk about Israel and modern anti-Semitism.Douglas and Sharansky will visit Brown University...

PARIS (JTA) — Anti-Semitic incidents in France decreased by five percent in 2015 over the previous year, while anti-Muslim attacks tripled in volume, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said.In an interview published Tuesday by the French...

(JTA) — The National LGBTQ Task Force has reversed its decision to remove from its conference schedule a reception hosted by a U.S. organization with a Jerusalem advocacy group.A Wider Bridge had charged that Friday’s event with leaders of Jerusalem...

(JTA) — A Brazilian publisher canceled the release of a new printing of “Mein Kampf” after  strong pressure from the Jewish community and scholars.Editing company Edipro reportedly decided on Thursday to call off a first printing run of 1,000...

(JTA) — El Salvador will not close its embassy in Israel and move it to Ramallah in retaliation for Israel’s decision to close its embassy in San Salvador due to budget cuts, the country’s newly appointed ambassador to the Jewish state said.El Salvador...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — Thousands gathered in Buenos Aires to remember AMIA Jewish center bombing special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, one year after his still-mysterious death.Journalist Joaquin Morales Sola, prosecutor Ricardo Saenz and Jewish...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian teen was arrested for the murder of Dafna Meir, an Israeli mother of six who was stabbed to death in her West Bank home.The suspect, 16, was arrested overnight on Monday in a Palestinian village near the scene of the...

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Nine suspects were arrested in what Israeli police believe is a criminal ring that monopolized the market for school trips to Poland in an effort to fix prices.Among those arrested following police raids Monday morning on homes and...

PARIS (JTA) — Seventy percent of French citizens said it would be giving in to terrorists if Jews were forced to remove their yarmulkes for security reasons, according to a survey.The survey commissioned by the Paris Match weekly news magazine and...

Robert Levinson (Screenshot from YouTube)WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jewish-American Robert Levinson was not included in a prisoner exchange with Iran that came as the U.N. nuclear watchdog confirmed Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal and the West rolled...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jewish-American Robert Levinson was not included in a prisoner exchange with Iran.Iran on Saturday released five Americans it was holding in its prisons or in detention, four of them as part of a prison swap which included the release...

David Bowie performing at his final concert as Ziggy Stardust at the Hammersmith Odeon, London, July 3, 1973. (Express/Getty Images)David Bowie didn’t start his first trip to the United States with a drug-filled party or a wild show, but with a quiet...