Columnist for Sunday Times fired for column in which he made anti-Semitic references.
President Rivlin calls Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz on prolific scholar's birthday, wishes him continued health and many more years of teaching,
"If youth know that 'Ma'ariv' is a daily but not that it is the name of a prayer Jews have been saying for millennia - we have a problem."
West Side Judaica closes after 83 years in business - because customers shop online.
Vandals top six headstones at Netherlands Cemetery in Melrose.
New yeshiva brings Torah, shade, and light refreshments to the Temple Mount, provides a spiritually uplifting experience for all who visit.
UK Jewish community reports a record number of anti-Semitic incidents in the first half of 2017.
Mikhael Mirilashvili, freed in 2009 after imprisonment on trumped-up charges, elected president of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress.
Margaret Lambert, outstanding high jumper barred by Nazis from Olympic games over her Jerwish identity, passes away in New York
Three Italian brothers try to find the cave they lived in during the Holocaust.
After Bronx synagogue closes down, neighborhood residents dump trash on the property - then complain to municipality.
Coalition for Jewish Values quotes Torah, also points to longterm surveys showing negative impact on chldren raised by same-sex partners.
The city of Bila Tserkva in talks to open first Western-style assisted living facility in Ukraine for Holocaust survivors and the elderly.
A CTeen summer weekend retreat for leadership training united teens and Chabad emissaries from all over the world.
Two Jewish organizations demand clarification from Israel Chief Rabbinate on alleged “blacklist” of 160 rabbis.
If we are as proud of our Torah and tradition as the secular are of their liberalism they might begin to respect us. Opinion.
Thousands of graves covered by fallen trees in one of Europe's largest Jewish cemeteries after devastating storm.
Netanyahu visits Budapest synagogue with Hungarian counterpart, calls to stand against anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism.
Britain's top Sephardi Rabbi apologizes for 'inappropriate' remarks on homosexuality.
The ADL called on US Secretary of State to fill the vacent position of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism.
Kosher hot dogs are coming to Wrigley Field, home of the 2016 World Series champion.
8-year-old autistic boy screaming on flight from Belgium to US causes tension; Rebbetzin Rachel Groner stays beside him for two hours.
French Jews land in Israel to begin new lives in the Jewish state in wake of anti-Semitism in France.
Festive event held at Steinsaltz Center marks another volume of prolific rabbi's work with publication of commentary on the Rambam.
Belev Echad group gives vets 9-day tour of NYC as expression of gratitude for putting their lives on the line to protect the Jewish State.
Chief Rabbinate says private list was never meant to be any sort of blacklist.
129-year-old kosher food manufacturer to lay off more than 150 workers, move to more 'modern facilities.'
Torah MiTzion emissaries prepare for year-long 'shlichut' abroad, teaching Judaism and building bridges between Israeli and Diaspora Jews.
Elie Schiff, who made aliyah after being inspired by terror victim Dafna Meir, shares her story.
Why do Jews mourn loss of Temple nowadays and pray for its restoration?
Bill Sachs Goldman, scion of a prominent family of Jewish philanthropists in San Francisco, died in a crash of his private plane.
Coalition for Jewish Values urges Reform and Conservative movements to 'stop dividing Jewish People'.
Here’s why some of America’s top cheese brands are now going kosher.
French synagogue is Europe's oldest functioning synagogue, surviving centuries persecution, genocide, and the recent wave of anti-Semitism.
Cuban Jewish community pen letter calling for strengthening of ties with US coreligionists amid concerns over US reversal on Cuba policy.
Rabbi Yuval Cherlow says Chief Rabbinate cannot adopt only the most extreme interpretations of Jewish law, serve only a small group.
For first time, survivors of 'death trains,' pogrom and open ghettos in Iasi, Romania, will be eligible to receive compensation pensions.
After 'mezuzah bank' succeeds, Moscow's Chabad presents 'tefillin banks.'
'The Chief Rabbi very much values all your endeavors, and has instructed all those involved in this matter to act accordingly.'
The 'Three Weeks' of gradually-increasing mourning for the Temples' destruction and Israel's exile begins today, with the fast of Tammuz 17.
Broadcast live from Ben Gurion Airport - watch as 200 new Olim arrive in Israel from France to joyous reception.
JTA obtains so-called 'blacklist' of 160 rabbis from around the world whose conversions are not recognized.
Likud MK says his remarks critical of position of rabbinate on Western Wall deal misrepresented as attack on Chief Rabbis.
Attempt to bring Holocaust survivors to Israel in 1947 built pressure for founding of Jewish state, was memorialized by 1960 'Exodus' film.
Chief Rabbi of Israel slams accusations that Rabbinate is responsible for break in ties with US Jewry.
Jonathan Woocher, leading Jewish educational theorist, dies at 70.
Leaders of Conference of Presidents blast UNESCO for showing their disdain for Jewish heritage.
Reports say the Egyptian government has approved a $22 million plan to restore 160-year-old Alexandria synagogue.
When did Bilaam turn wicked? And what were the differences between Pharaoh's three advisers?
Netanyahu to visit Paris for the 75th anniversary of the Vel d'Hiv roundup.
Reform and Conservative leaders do not share Orthodox rabbis' goals. And even if you believe they do, the end does not justifuy the means.
Dutch Jewish community, local government reach agreement to protect kosher slaughter.
Be'er Hagolah in New York gives children of immigrant Jews affordable Jewish education.
Rabbi Riskin's remarks calling Reform movement 'partners' draws call for liberal religious Zionist soul-searching on Halakha, Reform.
This is to be the largest Aliyah flight from France and anywhere in Europe set to land in Israel this summer.
Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar's son weds Berlin Chabad emissary's daughter - and Rabbi Lazar hops on stage, surprising the young couple.
Conference of Presidents blasts PA chairman who said he has no intention of stopping PA's payments to jailed terrorists.
Joint mental health counseling program offered to Yeshiva U students celebrates graduation of its first cohort.
20,000 fewer British households are members of synagogues than 25 years ago, despite there being more synagogues.
