Trump under fire over Holocaust Day statement
Jewish American groups criticize Trump for failing to specifically mention Jews in his statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Jewish American groups criticize Trump for failing to specifically mention Jews in his statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.


Haredi parties and Chief Rabbinate call on government to cancel deal granting Reform movement prayer space at Western Wall.

March vote to determine whether Conservative congregations will be able to extend membership to non-Jews.

Medical doctor becomes first Arab "Righteous among the Nations"; risked life to save Jews during Holocaust.
New video testifies to Jewish suffering during the Holocaust, 72 years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.

The Israeli week that was.

What makes for leadership?

FBI briefs Jewish community leaders, says it is investigating recent rash of bomb threats to Jewish community centers as a hate crime.

Prime Minister says world continues to be silent on Iran's genocidal ambitions, but Trump's inauguration may be harbinger of change.

Rabbi David Stav, the Chairman of the Tzohar organization, says downfall of former Chief Rabbi not surprising, rabbinate harmed by politics.

Stephen Philip Cohen, who served as a confidential intermediary between Israeli and Arab leaders, dies at 71.

Pope Francis tells former wife of late Argentine special prosecutor that he prays for his memory and their two daughters.

JTA writer with impressions from five-day journalists' seminar to Auschwitz.

Tzohar launches Bereavement Program to accompany families in the Jewish burial and mourning process

Ari Abramowitz describes why Jerusalem is the heart of the Jewish people.

University of Warsaw's Center for Research on Prejudice finds that Poland has seen a rise in anti-Semitism over the last two years.

Efraim Zuroff says Israel is “abdicating its duty” to Holocaust survivors.

'Redbubble' sells products produced by site users with designs urging to liberate Palestine and boycott Israel.

Survivors share photographs from the Holocaust

London's rise of anti-Semitic attacks forces Mayor Sadiq Khan to increase patrols around the city.

Zigi Shipper, a young boy during the Holocaust, survived the Lodz ghetto and has a message for world.

Jewish playwright Jon Robin Baitz says he was assaulted in Washington by a man who shouted anti-Semitic invective.

Super Bowl LI will feature teams with Jewish owners for the first time since 2012.

A moving exhibition opens at the European Parliament for International Holocaust Remembrance day.

Thousands joined Saturday night as 'Dirshu' Conference draws to end

Hundreds join memorial ceremony for 10-year-old Australian girl killed in Friday ramming attack.

World B'nei Akiva responds to antisemitism report, calls on Jewish communities to serve as 'faithful ambassadors' of Judaism and Israel.

Maimonides Heritage Center President Rabbi Yamin Levi tells of his personal connection with Rambam's (Maimonides) heritage.

The Book of Shemot is the Dawn of a New Age for the Jewish People.

Orthodox rabbis from the U.S. and Canada thank Montana officials for their support of the Jewish community.

Two years after death of Alberto Nisman, organizers of tributes to him appear hopeful that the circumstances of his death will be clarified.

One man declares war on disrespectful behavior at Holocaust memorial, finds unique way to publicly shame selfie-snapping guests.

Treasure trove of documents from rabbinical figures from the Chasam Sofer to Lubavitcher Rebbe going up for auction.

FBI opens probe following second wave of false telephone bomb threats against JCCs across the United States.

More than 1,500 U.S. rabbis sign a letter calling on the incoming administration to maintain the federal refugee resettlement program.

Mexican Jews launch 24-hour hotline for callers seeking support in cases of attempted suicide, domestic violence and other emergencies.

Democratic activist resigns from mostly Jewish golf club in Maryland following a contentious debate over whether to admit Obama.

Associations of Jewish human services agencies merge to create a new umbrella organization.

Head of Holocaust education institute says today's youth is just as ready to learn about the Shoah as ever, blasts Obama's Israel policies.

Rabbinate Kashrut system must have national standard, Chief Rabbinate Director says, adding that current system is confusing and wasteful.

Open Orthodox rabbi and founder of religious 'social justice' movement says he can't recite prayer for success of president after Trump win.

I wrote this article 6 years ago, but Natan instructed me to hold on publication. With Natan's passing, I can no longer remain silent...

Foreign Ministry synagogue holds traditional ceremony welcoming Torah scroll from Bucharest.


A swastika and the word "bomb" were found drawn inside the Jewish Community Center of Staten Island.

Picture book biography about U.S. Supreme Court Justice among the top three winners of awards for Jewish children's books.

A 60-year-old Israeli tourist was killed when her raft capsized on the Cahabon river in Guatemala.

Zygmunt Bauman, a Polish-Jewish sociologist and philosopher who authored more than 50 books, has died.

Nat Hentoff, who wrote about civil liberties and jazz dies at 91.

JCC Association of North America applauds community centers around the country for their responses to bomb threats.

Roman Catholic Church cedes to Jewish ownership part of a church and monastery complex built atop the ruins of a medieval synagogue.

Several actors and filmmakers with Jewish ancestry victorious at the Golden Globes. Meryl Streep insults president-elect.

Maryland couple find an anti-Semitic note on their car with a drawing of a Nazi yellow Star of David and the word "Jude" written on it.

What Yediot Acharonot's first editor Ezriel Carlebach wrote about the Jewish victims of the Holocaust in 1942.

The fast mourning the siege of Jerusalem in Temple times is also the day kaddish is said for Holocaust victims whose yahrzeit is unknown.


Package with an anti-Semitic epithet left on the doorstep of a Jewish couple in Winnipeg.

After seven years as dean of Harvard Law School, Martha Minow, a leader in Jewish causes, will step down at the end of the academic year.

Italian Jews join IsraAID in bringing help to people in central Italy who remain homeless after earthquakes last summer and fall.

Three people arrested in connection with the vandalism of the headstone of a Jewish couple buried in the cemetery of a small Indiana town.
