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Death of Palestinian teen spurs rising violence

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Violence increased in eastern Jerusalem following the death of a Palestinian teenager who was shot a week earlier by Israeli troops during a demonstration.

On Monday, the day after Muhammad Abd Al-Majid Sunuqrut, 16, died in Hadassah...

Palestinians, Egyptians deny reports of Sinai offer for state

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Palestinian and Egyptian officials both denied reports that Egypt offered to the Palestinian Authority part of the Sinai Peninsula for annexation by Gaza to form a Palestinian state.According to the media reports that...

Egypt reportedly offers Abbas a Palestinian state in the Sinai

(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi reportedly offered Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas a Palestinian state in Sinai.

Egypt had been working on the proposal for several weeks and presented it to...

Chloe Valdary: Christian, black and a rising star of pro-Israel campus activism

By MIRIAM MOSTER and ANTHONY WEISS

(JTA) — Growing up in New Orleans, Chloe Valdary kept kosher, studied the Jewish Bible and celebrated Jewish holidays with festive meals. In recent years she has become an outspoken pro-Israel campus activist, contributing regularly...

Can Hillel and ‘Open Hillel’ smooth out their differences on Israel guidelines?

By ALINA DAIN

(JNS.org) — When Harvard Hillel refused to host a planned 2012 event titled “Jewish Voices Against the Israeli Occupation,”organized by the Harvard College Progressive Jewish Alliance and the Harvard Palestine Solidarity Committee, frustrated students wrote an open...

Anti-Dummy League

Following on the heels of the controversial forced sale of the National Basketball Association’s San Diego Clippers this summer comes yet another Jewish owner scandal.  Due to the leaked racist rants of now former Clippers owner Donald Sterling, the NBA’s...

At private funeral for Joan Rivers, celebrities, fans gather

(JTA) — Howard Stern offered a eulogy and Hugh Jackman provided a musical interlude at the celebrity-studded funeral for comedian Joan Rivers.

Hundreds of mourners attended the private service on Sunday at Temple Emanu-El in New York City. The temple’s...

Suspected Brussels Jewish museum shooter was captor in Syria, journalist says

(JTA) — The French gunman accused of killing four people at the Jewish Museum of Belgium has been identified as one of the Islamists who held a French journalist captive in Syria.

The journalist, Nicolas Henin, told reporters at a...

Gwyneth Paltrow reportedly converting to Judaism

(JTA) — Actress Gwyneth Paltrow reportedly is converting to Judaism.

The New York Post reported that Paltrow, the daughter of a Jewish father, was converting, citing “sources.”

Paltrow has been following the Kabbalah movement for several years and is friends...

Atlanta Hawks co-owner Bruce Levenson to sell team over racially offensive email

(JTA) — Bruce Levenson, a co-owner of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, is selling his stake in the team after self-reporting a racially insensitive email he sent two years ago.

Levenson and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced the sale on Sunday...