The creation of Eve from Adam’s rib seen in the Bible of Souvigny, Latin manuscript 1 folio 4 verso, 12th Century. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)(JTA) — Bible scholars are not generally known for producing viral or sexy content.But American Jewish University...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Haredi Orthodox lawmakers skipped the Knesset swearing-in of Amir Ohana, the first openly gay lawmaker from the Likud party.Ohana took the oath on Monday afternoon to replace Silvan Shalom, who resigned earlier this month amid accusations...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel won’t pay the expenses for the Netanyahu family dog.The Ministry of Finance rejected a query  by the Prime Minister’s Office to have the state pay up for Kaia, the Israeli investigative television news program “Uvda,”...

(JTA) — A Jewish-Israeli teenager is in police custody for allegedly planning an attack on left-wing demonstrators at a Tel Aviv march.The 18-year-old man was arrested at the Dec. 19 rally after throwing a glass bottle at protesters, according to the...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli government ministers approved a bill that would  require non-governmental organizations to publicly state that they receive funding from foreign countries.The bill, known as the “Transparency Bill,” on Sunday unanimously...

(JTA) — Two Israeli windsurfers and their coach withdrew from the ISAF world youth sailing championships in Malaysia after they did not receive visas to travel there.Israel and Malaysia do not have diplomatic relations.  The championship began on Sunday...

(JTA) — Vandals spray-painted a swastika on a statue outside an Olympia, Washington, synagogue.The statue outside the 75-year-old Temple Beth Hatfiloh was defaced Monday night or early Tuesday, The Olympian reported.In a blog post on the Reconstructionist...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — A number of leaders of Jewish groups signed a public letter condemning “highly offensive” remarks targeting Muslims by two Republican presidential candidates.The letter, published Dec. 21 in the Washington Post and posted on social...

The stories that engaged readers the most this year spanned a range of issues. (Shutterstock)As the year comes to a close, we have compiled the JTA stories that most engaged you, our readers, in the past 12 months — as measured by the time you spent...

WASHINGTON (JTA) – Members of the U.S. Congressional bipartisan Task Force for Combatting Anti-Semitism applauded the decision of the Hungarian government to cancel plans to erect a statue that would have honored a Hungarian Nazi collaborator.Hungary...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s first discount supermarket co-op store opened in the beleaguered southern Israeli city of Sderot.The Tzarchaniyat Ha’Ir, or CityMart, opened on Monday. The chain is a multi-million-dollar initiative of The Jewish Agency,...

Rabbi Steven Wernick, CEO of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, addressing the group’s conference in Schaumburg, Ill., Nov. 15, 2015. (Uriel Heilman)CHICAGO (JTA) — The Conservative movement was once the very embodiment of what it meant...