(JTA) – On the morning of Dec. 1, 1988, a group of about 70 Jewish women entered the sacred space of the Western Wall. The women represented all the major streams of Judaism. Some wore prayer shawls...
(JTA) — A Brooklyn assemblyman has called on Brooklyn College to discipline the 10 or so students who participated in a protest that interrupted a faculty meeting with anti-Israel statements.
“The university needs to act on this and enforce disciplinary...
Shaar Binyamin (TPS) – A deadly stabbing attack was carried out by two Palestinian terrorists at an Israeli supermarket in the Binyamin Region on Thursday, February 18, killing a 21-year-old resident of the Jewish community of Michmash.
(Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Washington, DC next month to address the annual gathering of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
The 2016 AIPAC Policy Conference is scheduled for March...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — With the sudden passing this past weekend of Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court is now split 4-4 between liberals and conservatives, throwing into doubt how the court will rule on a raft of...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Justice Antonin Scalia was a larger-than-life presence on the Supreme Court, where he championed a conservative judicial approach for three decades. He was found dead on Saturday at a resort in West Texas at...
(JTA) — The Jewish Community Center of Kansas City will erect a memorial to honor the victims of the deadly 2014 shooting at the JCC and a nearby Jewish site.
The memorial site at the Jewish community campus in Overland...
AMSTERDAM (JTA) – The Dutch government said it plans to limit ritual slaughter through new measures, including a ban on the export of kosher and halal meat.
On Wednesday, Agriculture Minister Martijn van Dam announced the plan in a letter...
