(JTA) — Three Columbia University students, including an Orthodox Jewish woman, were killed in a bus accident while on a volunteer mission in Honduras.Daniella Moffson, 21, a Barnard College junior from Manhattan, was killed in the accident Wednesday...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel will not welcome visits by Swedish officials, the deputy foreign minister of Israel said a day after Sweden’s foreign minister called for an investigation into Israel’s killing of Palestinian attackers.“Israel is closing...
Harrison Ford as Hans Solo (Flickr Commons)“Star Wars” character Han Solo could soon join the tribe.After seeing thousands of auditions, Disney and Lucasfilm have narrowed down their list of actors to star in an upcoming “Han Solo” spinoff film...
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, left, meeting Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem, Nov. 26, 2015. (Mark Neyman/GPO)WASHINGTON (JTA) — Less than a month after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signaled a readiness to mend ties with...
NEW YORK (JTA) — The vandalism of a Jewish family’s home in an affluent New York suburb that was spray-painted with swastikas is being investigated as a bias incident, police said.Police in Hastings-on-Hudson said Monday that they believe the perpetrators...
(JTA) — The Genesis Philanthropy Group has granted Hillel International $1 million to help the student organization reach out to Russian-speaking Jewish college students in North America, the former Soviet Union, Germany and Israel.The grant will allow...
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Last month, rumors flooded the Internet that former Israeli President Shimon Peres was dead. True to form, the man who tirelessly trumpets his country’s high-tech sector took to Facebook to clear the air.“I wish to thank the citizens...
Congregants reading Torah at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington.NEW YORK (JTA) — When I was a law student, I took a course by a renowned professor who warned that if a prosecutor ever told us that our client only had two choices, we should walk...
SYDNEY (JTA) — Two Jewish men from Perth used Facebook to generate support for the victims of fires which destroyed the western Australian town of Yarloop claiming two lives.Shmoo Burnie, 34, and Daniel Gerson, 35, took to social media to seek support...
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — Several hundred people participated in a march of support for Israel in Warsaw.Sunday’s march was organized by Christian organizations operating in Poland. It was also attended by Polish Jews. The marchers carried Israeli and...
Géza Röhrig as Saul in “Son of Saul.” (Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)(JTA) — The Hungarian Holocaust movie “Son of Saul” won the Golden Globe Award for best foreign language film.The Golden Globes were awarded Sunday evening by the Hollywood...
(JTA) — Chelsea Clinton and Ivanka Trump reportedly have decided not to let the 2016 presidential election ruin their friendship.However, they have agreed not to see each other until after the November vote, the New York Daily News’ Confidenti@l column...
