JERUSALEM (JTA) — Shas party chairman Aryeh Deri was approved to serve as Israel’s interior minister more than two decades after resigning from the same position over corruption charges.On Sunday, the Cabinet unanimously backed Deri’s appointment...

(JTA) — The American Historical Association rejected a resolution condemning what it calls Israel’s restriction of Palestinians right to education in the West Bank and Gaza.The resolution, submitted by the independent group Historians Against the...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli leaders praised the county’s security services for their work in tracking down the gunman who allegedly killed three Israelis more than a week ago in Tel Aviv.“On behalf of all citizens of Israel, I would like to thank...

RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A group of 40 retired Brazilian diplomats signed a statement against Israel’s controversial appointment of former settler leader Dani Dayan as ambassador in Brasila.The career diplomats believe that protocol was bypassed since...

LOS ANGELES (JTA) – Solomon Wolf Golomb is the son and grandson of Vilna rabbis but is earning honors for his work on the leading edges of science and engineering.The University of Southern California professor is being awarded the Franklin Medal, whose...

(JTA) — Three men driving in a white pickup truck threw nitrous oxide canisters and yelled anti-Semitic slurs at three Orthodox Jews in London.The incident occurred in a north London shopping center Wednesday evening, according to The Standard. No...

(JTA) — Iran may be only “days away” from complying with the nuclear deal signed last summer, according to Secretary of State John Kerry.Iran removed most of its stockpile of enriched uranium last week, Kerry said Thursday, The Associated Press...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Hamas terror cell in the “advanced stages” of plans to kidnap and murder Israelis was arrested, the Shin Bet security service said.The cell of six people from Jerusalem and Hebron was uncovered and arrested last month, the Shin...

(JTA) — Spain compensated an Israeli university in the amount of $107,000 in damages for its exclusion from a scientific competition forpolitical reasons.The central government transferred the money earlier this month as per a recent decision on the...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jewish groups praised new executive actions by President Barack Obama to reduce gun violence.On Tuesday, in an emotional White House address accompanied by victims of gun violence, Obama announced a series of measures that include...

(JTA) — Israel is expected to withdraw the name of a former settler leader to be its ambassador to Brazil, ending a four-month diplomatic row.Dani Dayan will likely assume the Israeli consulate general position in Los Angeles or New York, according...

(JTA) — No one questions when Jews are killed because they are Jewish, the editor of Charlie Hebdo wrote in a special edition of the French satirical magazine marking the first anniversary of a terror attack on its staff.“We are so used to Jews being...