TORONTO (JTA) — Ontario’s Legislature won praise from Jewish groups for its refusal to permit the annual Al-Quds Day protest, traditionally held on the grounds outside the Legislature building in Toronto.
The rally, marking the annual worldwide protest of Israel’s...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — More than 3,000 people marched in Jerusalem’s Gay Pride parade under the slogan “We want change.” The gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and their supporters marched Thursday through the streets of Jerusalem guarded by hundreds of...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rabbi David Lau, the newly elected chief rabbi of Israel, said a remark he made about blacks that was widely condemned as racist was a “joke.”
Lau told haredi Orthodox students at a yeshiva in the Israeli...
(JTA) — David Lau, the recently elected chief Ashkenazi rabbi of Israel, was broadly condemned for a racist comment about basketball players at the Maccabiah Games.
Exhorting his haredi Orthodox constituents to devote their time to learning Torah rather...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told Egyptian journalists that no Israelis, civilians or soldiers, will remain in a future Palestinian state.
Reuters reported that Abbas made the statements on Monday night in Cairo, where he was...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Israelis and Palestinians will negotiate final status issues and come to an agreement in nine months, Secretary of State John Kerry said after the first round of renewed peace talks.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Talks between the Palestinians and Israelis will resume on Monday evening, the first such formal deliberations in nearly three years.
Meetings between top negotiators will take place Monday night and Tuesday in Washington, the U.S. State Department...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — In a city with a seemingly infinite number of kosher restaurants, Jerusalem restaurateurs have a tough time obtaining certification from the country’s Chief Rabbinate.
Proprietors of the city’s eateries have long complained of exorbitant...
