WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Obama in a State of the Union speech focused mostly on domestic issues pledged to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb and to “stand steadfast” with Israel. “The leaders of Iran must recognize that now is...
NEW YORK (JTA) — After years of watching synagogue members die or move away, the Sephardic Jewish Center of Canarsie made the difficult decision to downsize.
The 50-year-old Brooklyn synagogue had been a thriving center for the...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rabbi David Hartman, a Jewish philosopher who founded the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, has died. Hartman died Sunday in Israel following a long illness. He was 81.
In 1971, Hartman and his wife, Bobbi, and their...
(JTA) — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended the right of the publicly funded Brooklyn College to sponsor an anti-Israel BDS conference. Bloomberg said Wednesday at City Hall that though he “violently” disagrees with the boycott, divestment and sanctions...
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Orthodox Union board reportedly has opted for a consensus candidate, Martin Nachimson, to avert a showdown over its presidency. Nachimson, a senior vice president at the organization best known for running the largest kosher certifying...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Obama’s visit to Israel will focus on Syria and Iran, and he will not initiate new peace moves, the White House said. “This is a trip the president looks forward to making that is timed in...
NEW YORK (JTA) — Ed Koch was remembered as a friend of Israel and the Jewish people by a cast of political luminaries at the former New York City mayor’s funeral. At a service that filled the cavernous sanctuary of...
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Is President Obama’s plan to visit Israel a sign that he’s ready to take another shot at Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking? The White House announced Tuesday that Obama would visit Israel in the spring, his first...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — John Kerry, freshly installed as secretary of state, spoke with the Palestinian and Israeli leaders. Also over the weekend, two top State Department officials dealing with Iran’s alleged nuclear threat said they would be stopping in Israel...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — A Facebook petition to remove an anti-Israel page that uses an expletive in its name has 75,000 likes, the removal campaign’s creator says. Michael Mendelson of Miami told JTA by telephone that the removal petition against...
