JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Nearly 200 Hollywood elite, including Sylvester Stallone and Seth Rogen, signed a statement condemning Hamas as its conflict with I
Read More(JNS.org) A Temple University student was punched in the face and called anti-Semitic slurs by members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) on
Read More(JNS.org) Farmers in Israeli communities near Gaza will receive some 120 portable shelters to protect the manual laborers who work the land, officials
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(Cleveland Jewish News/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Columbus, Ohio, Jewish community is mourning the loss of one of its lone soldiers as the Israel Defen
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(JNS.org) Israel's Channel 2 on Wednesday aired a recording of Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri, who is based in Turkey, claiming responsibility for the k
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By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent The United States has little to worry about when it comes to the possibility of an Ebola virus outbreak
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(JTA) -- The United States is tightening controls on military sales to Israel in the wake of the conflict in Gaza.On July 20, days after Israel began
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA World News Service (JTA) -- My friend Alain Azria gave me a puzzled look when I told him, with some indignation and disbelief
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TEL AVIV (JTA) -- Israel extended immigration benefits to non-Jewish spouses in same-sex marriages.On Tuesday, Interior Minister Gideon Saar instructe
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By Rafael Medoff, JNS.org This year marks the 100th anniversary of the expulsion of thousands of Jews from Turkish-ruled Palestine to Egypt, in a d
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(JTA) — Palestinian rocket crews fired dozens of rockets at Israel as a 72-hour cease-fire came to a close, and Israel renewed its attacks on Hamas ta
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By Abdullah H. Erakat, The Media Line WEST BANK — Prior to the outbreak of the 29-day war between Israel and Hamas and despite the failure of US Se
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By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound The news out of Turkey, when it comes to politics and Jewish life, is bleak. The positi
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By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service (JTA) – Now that the latest Gaza conflict appears to be over -- or nearly so -- it’s time to take stock of t
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) – If the results of a recent focus group and polls are any indication, the gap is growing bet
Read MoreJTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA) — A West Bank man said to be the leader of the terrorist cell that kidnapped and killed three Israeli teenag
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By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service (JTA) -- There’s no shortage of images from the Gaza conflict. We’ve seen rubble, d
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JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Senate unanimously approved new funds to Israel for its Iron Dome anti-missile system after Republica
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JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — A number of Senate Republicans blocked Israel’s request of an additional $225 million for the Iron Dome a
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JTA World News Service (JTA) — An Israeli soldier appears to have been captured by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The Israel Defense Forces identified
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