JStreet Cheers Hagel Confirmation
The radically leftist JStreet lobby welcomed the confirmation of former Sen. Chuck Hagel as incoming U.S. Secretary of Defense.
The radically leftist JStreet lobby welcomed the confirmation of former Sen. Chuck Hagel as incoming U.S. Secretary of Defense.


Argentine lawmakers approve deal with Iran to set up a "truth commission" to investigate deadly 1994 bombing of Jewish center.

The Oxford University Students’ Union rejects a motion calling for sanctions against Israel over its "treatment of Palestinians".

Commenting on model's fashion choice, Joan Rivers said, “last time a German looked this hot was when they were pushing Jews into the ovens."
Anti-Defamation League urges United States Congress to mobilize a united voice against the return of political anti-Semitism.

Hareidi-religious leader Rabbi Shteinman calls for a five-day Torah study marathon “to cancel the decree.”

Shas Minister admits that local rabbis, burial groups wrongly impose strict gender separation, insult women.

Police data shows 10.5 million trips to the Western Wall in 2012. Israel finally expands Kotel facilities.

Jerusalem Mayor Barkat: Jonathan Pollard epitomizes "desire of the Jewish people to be a free people in land of Zion and Jerusalem.”

French police arrested two men in city of Toulouse in connection with Islamist gunman Mohamed Merah's March killing spree.

Sheldon Adelson sues Wall Street Journal reporter for libel, seeking damages for article in which he was described as “foul mouth.”

New York state assemblyman comes under fire for "black basketball player” Purim costume.

“While we have come to expect inappropriate ‘Jews control Hollywood’ jokes...the Oscars was offensive and not remotely funny,” said ADL.

Students at Britain’s Oxford University will vote this week on a controversial motion to boycott Israel.

A German court on Thursday dismissed all charges against a rabbi for his role in the circumcision of a Jewish infant.

Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau released a letter he plans to present to US President Obama seeking freedom for Jonathan Pollard

Tottenham supporters were attacked in a Lyon bar on the eve of a Europa League game.

Neo-Nazi supporter who had been arrested by the FBI in December was allegedly plotting attacks against Jewish leaders in the Detroit-area.

Several Jewish organizations teamed up in order to bring the joy of Purim to as many Israeli soldiers as possible.

Terror attack survivor Asael Shabo, who lost his mother and three siblings, has a message of hope for Purim.

British lawmaker George Galloway stormed out of a debate at Oxford University after learning that his opponent was Israeli.

Danish-Palestinian film director provoked controversy after publicly questioning Israel's legitimacy and right to exist.

In the wake of the publicity surrounding Prisoner X, Australian Jews are being accused of “dual loyalty"

Arutz Sheva meets Winner of TV cooking contest, participant in new Kosher Gourmet magazine. "Kosher and gourmet can coexist", he says.

Hungarian Jewish organization calls for ban on naming of public areas after country's wartime leader and ally of Adolf Hitler.

Zionist Federation of Australia denounced “totally uninformed and mischievous” reports that purpose of Israel programs is Mossad recruitment

Child welfare activists: Israeli child sent alone to Thailand monastery must be returned home.

Members of Congress have gone to Cuba in an attempt to free imprisoned American Jewish social worker Alan Gross, age 63.

Anti-Semitism is skyrocketing in France. Last year saw a 58 percent rise in the number of anti-Semitic incidents there, a survey reports.

Russian President refuses to return a disputed Jewish archive to the U.S., saying doing so would "open a Pandora's box".

Relative of a Jewish couple from Yemen who made aliyah after their son's murder hopes the son's body will be brought to Israel.

Jewish students from Russia meet IDF soldiers, talk about identity and the Russian Israeli experience.

Yeshiva students plan round-the-clock readings of the Book of Esther for Tel Aviv revelers.

A major Jewish legal debate is shaping up over the permissibility of “snitching” to the tax authorities.

Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party has denounced the country's decision to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, calling it “unacceptable.”

Simon Wiesenthal Center calls on Lithuanian authorities to ban neo-Nazi marches that mark Lithuanian Independence Day.

A Jewish Agency conclave called on U.S. President Barack H. Obama to act immediately to free Jonathan Pollard from prison

PM Netanyahu recommends Natan Sharansky be appointed to a second term as head of the Jewish Agency.

The parents of Moshe Nahari, a Yemenite Jew who was murdered in 2008, arrived in Israel.

A synagogue near the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz is on the verge of collapse, officials warned last week.

The restoration process of one of Britain's oldest synagogues will begin in March.

Jonathan Pollard called his wife, Esther, just as she was meeting Yesh Atid leader.

Listen to Malcolm Hoenlein on Israel National Radio this Thursday at 9pm Israel time (2pm Eastern time), Don't miss it!

At the memorial for the Fogel family, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu said that the ark in Mishkan Ehud looks like the entrance to the Holy Temple.

With the holiday of Purim quickly approaching, the ZOA is, once again, distributing thousands of mishlochei manot to soldiers of the IDF.

President of Italy honored for "uncompromising, unequivocal stand against evil of anti-Semitism" in Washington, D.C.

Activists were out in force Sunday to push Israel’s President Shimon Peres to advocate for Jonathan Pollard, soon incarcerated 10,000 days.

The Austrian Academy of Sciences acknowledges that many of its scientists were members of the Nazi party.

Moshe Feiglin’s Knesset handshakes lead to orthodox Jewish debate.

France will return seven paintings to the heirs of two Jewish families whose artworks were stolen during World War II.

Three defendants pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to defraud a Holocaust reparations organization out of $57.3 million.

A deputy police and crime commissioner in Hertfordshire, England resigned Tuesday after retweeting a quote by Adolf Hitler.

French group that helped Jews during Holocaust declined to attend commemoration, deeming its sponsor overly supportive of Israel.

New York Post story accusing fashion designer John Galliano of dressing in Hasidic garb, is “a complete distortion,” says ADL.

Rabbi Yaakov Ariel: yeshiva students at Beitar Illit and Modiin Illit should not let others guard them.

An Israeli soccer player was forced to miss his team’s visit to Dubai as a result of ongoing political tensions between Israel and the UAE.

Israeli officials have expressed serious concerns over the safety of the Jewish community in Tunisia, in the wake of unrest in the country

American Jewish activists praised. 'Whatever you do in life, you can still do remarkable things for the Jewish people.'

Varian Fry, an American journalist responsible for aiding thousands of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust, was honored posthumously.

ADL expressed outrage that participants in UNESCO-affiliated festival dressed as Nazis and paraded through the streets of Belgium.
