Menorah Lighting Comes to New Jersey Prisons
Jewish inmates in New Jersey state prisons will be permitted to celebrate Chanukah with lit menorahs.
Jewish inmates in New Jersey state prisons will be permitted to celebrate Chanukah with lit menorahs.


The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco was evacuated Wednesday afternoon after it had received a bomb threat, police announced.

French filmmaker, known for 1985 documentary "Shoah", will be honored with lifetime achievement award at Berlin International Film Festival.

UN conducted "an intense campaign of exclusion and disenfranchisement” to ban prominent Jewish group from events.
A Jewish woman was murdered in Isfahan by Muslim extremists intent on taking away her home to expand a mosque next door.

One of the most magnificent synagogues in the Old City, the Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue, is to be restored by the Jerusalem Municipality.

"Kosher butchering is essential for sustenance of Jewish life" assert European Jewish leaders, urging reversal of Polish shechita ban.

A group of Nobel peace-prize winners, prominent artists and activists issued a call for a “comprehensive military embargo against Israel.”

French police have opened a criminal investigation into a recent surge of anti-Semitic messages posted on Twitter.

A French lawyer in the city of Lyon has requested that a judge be taken off a case because he is Jewish, links name "Moises" to "Levy".

A foundation responsible for former Nazi concentration camp cancelled planned sale of barbed wire pieces due to outrage .

Jewish millionaire and philanthropist Guma Aguiar may be alive, his wife’s attorney says. He disappeared on his boat in a storm in June.

Netanyahu’s latest building plan for Jerusalem is none other than for the Third Temple, claims Al Aqsa Foundation.

Hungarian government condemns the remarks made by a far-right MP to compile a list of residents "of Jewish origin."

Poland’s top court bans ritual slaughter, but move is largely symbolic due to new EU rules.

A mass funeral was held this week for Jewish holy books destroyed and damaged by Hurricane Sandy last month.

A Dutch video satirizes PM Netanyahu and deliberately casts Israel as blood-thirsty villain who willfully murders innocent civilians.

A far-right Hungarian lawmaker released a statement saying that a list should be compiled of all Jewish members of parliament and government

Anti-Israel protests include comparisons of Israelis to Nazis, accusations that Jewish state tries to perpetrate “another Holocaust."

A former Islamist's perception of anti-Zionism, Jews, 9/11 and history. He is still getting death threats.

Ethiopia may be the only country in the world where all of the Jews move en masse to Israel. The last of the “wanderers” on the way.

To the panoply of religious parties in Israel, add a new one to be headed by Rabbi Amnon Yitzchak.

Volunteers joined together to clean up swastikas and other hate symbols from the walls of buildings in Bulgaria.

Montreal radio talk show host Jacques Fabi suspended for one month for not being tough enough with an anti-Semitic caller.

Norwegian police director: I want to apologize on behalf of all those who were responsible for deportation of Jews during WWII.

A raging three-alarm fire ravaged a popular Jewish deli in Manhattan on Sunday, resulting in several minor injuries.

Anti-Israel protesters, who sought to “occupy” the roof of Scottish parliament, have been charged by police.

B'nai Brith is demanding an apology from a Canadian talk show host who sympathized on the air with anti-Semitic statements.

Chancellor Angela Merkel seeks to ease the concerns of Germany's Jews over a disputed ruling against circumcision.

Jewish group denounces Venezuelan government for enabling the recent anti-Semitic attack that plagued country’s largest synagogue.

The office of a political-science professor and outspoken defender of Israel in Montreal was vandalized Tuesday with anti-Semitic slogans.

Soccer match marred by anti-Semitic chantings, with fans shouting “Juden Tottenham,” and unrolling huge banner reading “Free Palestine”.

Rebbetzin Devorah Krinsky, wife to Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, longtime aide to the Lubavitcher Rebbe, passed away Friday night.

About 150 people attended a rally in support of Israel's counter-terrorism operation outside the Israeli Consulate in Toronto this week.

About 50 anti-Israel protesters gathered outside Venezuela's largest synagogue on Thursday to demonstrate against recent Israeli airstrikes.

Spain announced Thursday that it would grant automatic citizenship to Jews of Sephardic descent as a further gesture of reconciliation.

Thousands of volunteers have been advocating for Israel and countering lies of Hamas since the beginning of Operation Pillar of Defense.

Amnesty International initiated disciplinary action against a staff member who posted offensive tweet targeting Jewish members of parliament

The UJA-Federation of New York teamed up with Catholic Charities this year to distribute food to the needy in time for Thanksgiving.

Dr. Simone Gordon, a trauma expert based in New York City, adds her own act of kindness for Israel's spiritual Pillar of Defense.

With $5 Million Already Pledged, JFNA delegation came to the south to assess the needs on the ground.

Thousands are rallying to support Israel's right to defend its citizens in the face of ongoing rocket fire from Gaza.

Twenty rabbis toured areas of Southern Israel as part of an emergency solidarity mission of the Rabbinical Council of America.

Soldier Yosef Fartuk, killed in a mortar shell attack, wrote before his death,” Woe to the first terrorist who falls in my hands.”

Rabbis from the Rabbinical Council of America arrived in Israel for a three-day solidarity mission with residents of the south.

Psychiatrist Rabbi Abraham Twerski discusses the importance of good self esteem and expresses hope for Israel's conflict.

Unknown perpetrators vandalized around 20 graves at a historic Jewish cemetery in the central Polish city of Lodz, police said Tuesday

The Tzohar rabbinic organization has opened a hotline for residents of southern Israel seeking Judaism, psychological boost.

A Bahrain lawmaker reportedly set fire to an Israeli flag during a parliament session in a show of support for Gaza terrorists.

French Jewish organization is staging a protest to differentiate between defensive measures taken by Israel and terrorist tactics of Hamas.

A delegation of the European Jewish Union and the European Jewish Parliament embark on IDF humanitarian aid effort.

PM Netanyahu held a video conference with volunteers who are working to assist in the national public diplomacy efforts of State of Israel.

Conservative broadcaster asks what the U.S. would do if rockets from Mexico hit El Paso.

A major prayer rally will be held Tuesday in Moscow, with thousands of Jews gathering to pray for the success of the IDF

Rabbi Zalman Melamed strengthens the IDF soldiers who are defending Israel against Hamas’ ongoing rocket attacks.

Israel's campaign against Hamas terrorists in Gaza has led to repercussions in the Jewish world.

Jews are called to gather Sunday at the Western Wall at 4 pm to pray for Israel's soldiers in their fight against Gaza terrorists.

Israelis in rocket-free zones open their doors for families seeking refuge from targeted areas.

Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu reveals the Jewish law pertaining to the Sabbath in a time of war.

How can a bike ride from the Hermon Mountain, through the Dead Sea, and ending in the small town of Neve Daniel beat the cancer monster?
