Joe Biden Visited A ‘Shiva’ House In 2006, Writes Rabbi
Washington - A Delaware rabbi wrote a fundraising endorsement for Joe Biden’s presidential campaign citing Biden’s appearance at the shiva for a constituent of modest means.
Rab...
Funeral For Jewish Victim of California Boat Fire To Be Held Monday
California - The body of the Jewish woman who was on the boat that caught fire off the coast of California has been released.
The burial of Yulia Krashennaya will be held today ...
Adas Israel Synagogue Of Minnesota Goes Up In Flames
Minnesota - An early Monday morning fire destroyed a synagogue in northern Minnesota.
The cause of the fire at the Adas Israel congregation, a traditional synagogue in Duluth, w...
Computer Glitch Briefly Shows All Sephardic Applications For Spanish Citizenship As Approved
Spain - A computer glitch in the government portal of Spain caused thousands of applications for citizenship by Sephardic Jews to be reported approved even though they are still pe...
Poles Who Saved Jews During Holocaust Honored In Warsaw
Warsaw - A U.S.-based Jewish foundation held an event in Warsaw on Sunday to honor Polish gentiles who rescued Jews during the Holocaust, a number that grows smaller each year, wit...
O’Rourke: Breitbart Jewish journalist Makes Blacks Feel ‘Unsafe’
Joel Pollack, an orthodox Jewish reporter for Breitbart, was ejected last week from an event for black students in South Carolina featuring Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'R...
Demonstrators Hang Plaque Honoring Lithuanian Nazi Collaborator
Vilnius - Demonstrators in Lithuania’s capital city installed without a permit a plaque honoring a Nazi collaborator after the municipality had an earlier plaque dedicated to him r...
Israeli Teen, Father Stabbed During Visit To Qalqilya-Area Dentist
Jerusalem - An Israeli teenager was seriously injured on Saturday morning when he was attacked by a knife-wielding assailant during a visit with his father to a dentist near the Pa...
Israeli Students Assaulted By ‘Arabic Speakers’ In Warsaw
Warsaw - Israeli students spending a semester in Warsaw were attacked as they left a nightclub in the city.
Two of the students required hospitalization after the early Saturday...
Who Is Avi Berkowitz, The Kushner Adviser Stepping In To Work On Israeli-Palestinian Peace?
Washington - The sentence came at the end of a list of White House talking points regarding the surprising departure of Jason Greenblatt, President Donald Trump’s former top Middle...
Former Cab Driver Charged For Beating Jewish Man In Montreal
Montreal - A former cab driver was recently charged in Montreal for assaulting a Jewish man in a parking garage, according to the Montreal Gazette.
Video footage of the altercat...
‘Free Palestine’ Spray-Painted On Barcelona’s Largest Synagogue
Barcelona - “Free Palestine” was spray-painted on the front door of the largest synagogue in Barcelona.
The vandalism took place Wednesday at the Synagogue of the Jewish Communi...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Gives Its $15,000 Pulitzer Prize Money To Tree Of Life Synagogue
Pittsburgh - Employees of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette donated to the Tree of Life synagogue the $15,000 they won for their Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of the deadly anti-Semi...
US Labor Department Aide Reinstated After Resigning Over Facebook Post
Washington - An aide at the U.S. Department of Labor, Leif Olson, who resigned on Friday after a 2016 Facebook post that appeared to be anti-Semitic, was reported by Bloomberg has ...
More Than 250 Nigerian Youth Participate In First Jewish Leadership Seminar
The week-long program included classes in Hebrew and Torah, lectures, Shabbat activities, singing and dancing.
More than 250 Nigerian youth and 20 adults gathered in Onithsa fro...
Litzman: Lapid Has ‘Infected’ Gantz With ‘Disease’ Of Anti-semitism
UTJ head Yaakov Litzman denounces Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz following Gantz’s announcement that he would seek to form a “liberal” government if given the chance.
D...
Jewish Groups Call To Halt Execution Of Death Row Inmate Who Says His Judge Was Anti-Semitic
Dallas, TX - A number of Jewish groups and lawyers are urging the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to stay the scheduled execution of a Jewish inmate who said his judge was anti-Sem...
First New Torah In Slovakia Since Holocaust
Bratislava - A new Torah scroll is in place in Slovakia, the first to be completed in the Central European country since the Nazis murdered most of its Jewish population during Wor...
Here’s How New York City’s New Hate Crimes Chief Plans To Tackle Rising Anti-Semitism
New York - Like other local officials, Deborah Lauter can’t say exactly what’s causing the recent spike in hate crimes against Jews in New York City.
It could be, in her words, ...
Founder of Huffington Post, Promotes ‘Shabbat’ as way to Fight Internet Addiction
Internet icon Arianna Huffington created Thrive Global in 2016 as a forum to analyze and address our digital enslavement. “We are at an inflection point in history where technology...