Rabbi Ben-Dahan in meeting with OU decries lack of unified standards in Jewish dietary laws, calls for enforcing chief rabbinate standards.
Groups that call for BDS apparently draw the line when it comes to building their websites, discovers British Zionist Federation.
"The United Nations is committed to the work of Holocaust remembrance and education," says Ban Ki-moon during visit to Auschwitz.
The Chief Rabbinate issues warnings on specific brands of olive oil that consumers should avoid, for kashrut and other reasons.
NBN conference in NY provides aliyah info to students and professionals, special seminar to expedite licensing for medical professionals.
Bill submitted by MK Feiglin with Yesh Atid's Lipman and Lavie may be merged with government bill on the same matter.
Event, funded by Women in Green, discusses full extent of Jewish, Israeli involvement in Uprising, tells unknown perspective.
Book by Manfred Gerstenfeld documents rampant European anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiments; Center shared with next Papal candidate.
Dep. Min. Rabbi Eli Ben-Dahan says only Orthodoxy can keep Jews in Israel from being split in two.
Hearing on religion & state discusses Chief Rabbinate's refusal to recognize all US Orthodox rabbis . Stern: Rabbinate self-destructing.
Rabbi Margolin, General Director of EJA, calls Norway's proposed circumcision ban nothing more than 'Jewish exclusion.'
Masa project marks decade of activity in Thursday event after record year, survey finds 77% of participants feel connected to Israel.
An historic agreement is signed between European and American rabbinical councils, declares Israeli Chief Rabbinate heads world Jewry.
WZO starts new council to advance Hebrew language and Israeli culture in North America.
A spokesman for the mayor of Buenos Aires is facing criminal charges after saying Hitler "was a spectacular guy."
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is planning to be the first ever UN chief to visit the Auschwitz death camp in Poland.
Homefront Command holds massive earthquake drill following warnings of major quake, brings in int'l ZAKA among other delegations.
Rabbi David Stav argues that giving orthodox Jewish tradition a monopoly is better than the alternative.
Former British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks says Diaspora Jewry must focus on the 'Why?' if it is to have a future.
Leading candidate of the Quebec Separatist Party calls to remove the word 'Jewish' from the Jewish Hospital of Montreal, ban circumcision.
Amid pressure, the German government will speed up research into the rightful ownership of artworks looted by the Nazis.
PA negotiator: Failure to reach a peace deal with Israel would be better than an agreement which allows it to continue “settlements.”
Oscar winner Clooney to show Nazi art thriller at Berlin film festival amid real-world controversy over recently-found art stolen by Nazis.
75 years after 'the night of broken glass' the lesson not to turn a blind eye on impending disaster is particularly pertinent.
Jewish Agency Director General stresses 'Israel education' and programs connecting young Jews to Israel at JA Assembly event.
Some paintings in an art trove looted by the Nazis may be returned to the Munich man in whose apartment they were discovered.
Jewish and Muslim groups in Quebec denounce bill that would ban religious symbols in governmental offices, agencies and institutions.
Rabbi Efrayim Zalmanovich, of Mazkeret Batya, prohibits common practice after alarming statistics released about diabetes in Israel.
President Kennedy would never have enabled the Iranians to obtain weapons grade uranium, says Zionist activist.
Germans mark anniversary of mass pogrom which ushered in Holocaust via social media, unconventional memorials.
German President Joachim Gauck visited a former workshop whose owner fought to save his Jewish staff from deportation.
Anti-Semitism has worsened in Europe in the past few years, finds survey by the European Fundamental Rights Agency.
In a landmark move for Hassidic, Jewish women's representation, Montreal elects Mindy Pollak, 24, to city council
Moroccan king to expel Shuvu Banim leader, wanted in Israel for questioning in sex abuse case.
New book sheds new light on what actually happened in the run-up to the mass-pogrom which marked the start of the Holocaust.
Identifying the rightful owners of a vast trove of art looted by the Nazis will be an enormous task, say experts.
Hillel at York University decides not to take action against an anti-Israel mural, explains it has little effect on student opinion.
A simple question by a Jewish man regarding a new controversial law in Quebec turned into a verbal and physical attack in Montreal.
Chief Rabbi Lau joins Bnei Akiva initiative to dedicate the Sabbath on which the Torah portion of "Vayishlach" is read to wounded soldiers.
Strategic planning summit aims to strengthen Jewish identity by bolstering ties between the Jewish state and Diaspora.
Rabbi Borenstein of Bnei Brak will address event focusing on supporting Haredim in Israel faced with "harsh decrees."
The Annual Chabad on Campus International Shabbat brought many students to NY to raise Jewish education and leadership.
Dan Shapiro praised Women of the Wall and spoke at their anniversary event, supporting the group's challenge to traditional Jewish practice.
Swiss gallery denies involvement with German art collector found to be holding some 1500 artworks looted by Nazis during Holocaust
President of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski, says his government was very concerned over the ban on kosher slaughter in his country.
Three Reform missions from US called in to swell group numbers for organization's 25th anniversary; leader has called to scrap rabbinate.
Nearly 4,000 rabbis from around the world gather at Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters in NY for international conference.
Nearly 1,500 priceless paintings that were stolen by the Nazis have been discovered in a flat in Munich.
A hassidic man was shot Friday night after an assailant demanded money from him - which he did not have, because of Shabbat.
Online auction site eBay was profiting from a trade in Holocaust memorabilia, discovers the British Daily Mail.
Chancellor urged vigilance to dangers of anti-Semitism ahead of the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht.
Dutch PM Mark Rutte responds to a letter in which he was asked to disband a body that advised building ties with Hamas.
Ronald Lauder talks anti-Semitism, realism confronting problems. Reports cast doubt on JNF's realism.
Storefronts in Berlin will bear jagged patterns of broken glass to mark 75th anniversary of the pogrom.
Fourteen new members sworn into Chief Rabbinate Council amid calls for national unification, criticism of new "Tzohar" law.
German Resistance Memorial Center finds documents showing Heinrich Mueller was buried in a mass grave.
Israel has sent a strong message to Australia condemning last weekend's anti-Semitic attack, said Economics Minister Naftali Bennett.
President Shimon Peres hosts Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, who is on his first visit to Israel.
Rabbi of Rehovot warns controversial bill will wreak havoc on institution of marriage; speculates that Diaspora will reject Israeli licenses
