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The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on whether to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal — one of the nation’s highest civilian honors —...

Israeli farmers from Judea and Samaria, the Golan ‎Heights and the Jordan Valley have decided to combat ‎boycott efforts more strongly, by more aggressively ‎appealing to consumers. ‎ Farmers living...

(JTA) — The Women’s March said its leaders “reject antisemitism in all its forms,” and that it stands with leaders Linda Sarsour and Tamika Mallory, who have been accused...

(JTA) — Two Jewish camps that suffered major damage in the wildfires that have raged in Southern California sent a message addressed to the “camp family”: We will rebuild and...

(JTA) — Stan Lee, who as one of the masterminds behind Marvel Comics created such mega-popular comic book franchises as Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and the X-Men, died early...

An Islamist terrorist who attacked three French soldiers standing guard outside a Jewish community center in the southern city of Nice in 2015 is one step closer to being tried in...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Ayanna Pressley is the first black woman that Massachusetts elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In the media coverage of this wild and woolly election, her...

  Days after the midterm elections, more than 12 races are still undecided. Both parties are ramping up their rhetoric and in some cases turning to the courts as they...

https://youtu.be/FPnR612WWZo (JTA) — Actors Tom Hanks and Michael Keaton jointed several hundred people for a rally in honor of those killed in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, The rally, under the banner...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHdH40ZCc80&feature=youtu.be (JTA) — A rabbi, a pastor, an imam, a Buddhist minister and a Hindu swami walk into a gym. Who wins in a game of H-O-R-S-E? Sarah Silverman set out...