NEW YORK (JTA) — A lawsuit alleging that Hebrew National foods are not strictly kosher has been dismissed. A U.S. District Court judge in Minnesota ruled Jan. 30 that because kosher is a religious standard, it is a subject for...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — In his Senate confirmation hearings, defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel expanded on his apology for using the term “Jewish lobby” and said it also was wrong to suggest pro-Israel groups “intimidate” Congress into doing “dumb things.” Hagel,...
NEW YORK (JTA) — The pro-Israel group AMCHA Initiative claimed that Jewish students at the University of California, Davis were abused and threatened at a pro-Palestinian protest on campus. In a letter sent Monday to UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi,...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Leaders of the American Jewish Committee in a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman discussed political and strategic developments in the Middle East.
The AJC Board of Governors delegation headed by AJC President Robert Elman...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Obama in a statement marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day said the spirit of Holocaust resistance must inspire policy today. “While this is a time for mourning and reflection, it is also the time for action,” Obama said...
(Jewish Ideas Daily) — The public face of world Jewry will change this summer. Come September, both England and Israel will install new chief rabbis. Jonathan Sacks, the brilliant and widely published chief rabbi of the...
(JNS.org) – Reacting to news of Israel’s election results, American officials praised Israeli democracy and promised to work with the new government, the Jerusalem Post reported. In a tweet, U.S. Ambassador Dan Shapiro congratulated Israelis on a successful election day. “Mazal tov...
NEW YORK (JTA) — Chasidic counselor Nechemya Weberman was sentenced to 103 years in prison for sexual abuse of a teenage female patient over several years. Weberman, 54, a member of the Satmar Chasidic community in Brooklyn, did not speak...
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Orthodox Union has set a March date to pick its next president in a highly unusual contested vote. The umbrella group of Modern Orthodox synagogues and organizations, perhaps best known as the world’s largest kosher...
(JTA) — President Obama in his second inaugural address spoke of U.S. involvement throughout the world and Americans working together at home. Obama was sworn in publicly for his second term on Jan. 21 by Supreme Court Chief Justice John...
