News & Politics

BY MARCY OSTER (JTA) — The Women’s Resource Center at San Diego State University has apologized for including on its weekly newsletter an image of a female Palestinian terrorist holding...

Bipartisan legislation was introduced in Congress on Friday to provide funding to religious institutions, including synagogues, to protect attendees from potential attacks. Introduced by U.S. Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and...

BY GABE FRIEDMAN (JTA) — Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki vowed that his government would never pay damages in connection with World War II. “If today anyone says that Poland has...

More than 80 Jerusalem College of Technology students from Israel and 23 countries gathered at the college’s Machon Lev campus and worked around the clock last Wednesday evening through...

BY MARCY OSTER (JTA) — Volodymyr Zelensky, a Jewish actor and comedian who was sworn in Monday as president of Ukraine, said his nation must defend their land like Israelis. Zelensky...

In a rather unusual move, Facebook has “removed hundreds of fake accounts, pages and groups” connected to the Tel Aviv-based firm Archimedes Group, which claims it can “change reality,”...

BY MARCY OSTER (JTA) — An unknown arsonist attempted twice to set on fire a synagogue building in the Lakewood neighborhood of Chicago, while vandals smashed the windows of cars...

A group of more than 200 evangelical faith leaders, organized by the Latin Coalition for Israel, gathered at the Aish Hatorah World Center in the Old City of Jerusalem...

Germany became the first European country to declare the BDS movement against Israel as antisemitic. The non-binding motion, which was passed by the Bundestag on Friday, declared the campaign that...

BY MARCY OSTER JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Netherlands won the Eurovision song contest 2019 and earned the right to host the international event next year. Duncan Laurence sat behind his keyboard...