JERUSALEM (JTA) — Turkey’s prime minister compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the terrorists in the Paris attacks that left 17 people dead.“Netanyahu has committed crimes against humanity the same like those terrorists who carried...
(JTA) — “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” a film inspired by the writing of Austrian-Jewish novelist Stephan Zweig, led the Oscar nominations with nine, including for best picture and best director.The Academy Awards nominations were announced Thursday...
(JTA) — Actor and peace activist Michael Douglas is the recipient of the 2015 Genesis Prize.The decision was announced Wednesday night by the Genesis Prize Foundation. The $1 million prize will be awarded in Jerusalem...
(JTA) — Prime Minister Manuel Valls of France asked his country’s defense minister to keep soldiers deployed outside Jewish institutions for as long as possible.Valls informed members of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish American...
I remember the conversation very well. It was a discussion among a group of assorted friends, from a variety of backgrounds. One or two were true scholars. The others were not scholars...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Ministry of Religious Services said it will cover the costs of the burial and funeral for the Paris kosher supermarket victims.
The announcement late Tuesday night followed reports that the families had been asked to pay...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hamas said the Charlie Hebdo cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad on the satirical magazine’s latest cover was part of a plot by the “Zionist lobby.”
“We condemn the latest publication of ‘Charlie Hebdo,’ which has caricatures offending...
