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French Jews Mark Anniversary of 2012 Attack That Killed Rabbi, Three Children at Toulouse Jewish School
French Jews commemorated on Friday victims of the horrific 2012 shooting attack at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France, which took place during a...
German State Legislator Highlights Tiny Number of Prosecutions for Antisemitic Hate Crimes in Saxony
A local politician in the east German state of Saxony has expressed alarm that the number of prosecutions for antisemitic crimes in the region remains visibly low, despite a year-on-year rise in the crimes themselves. Kerstin...
Jewish Groups Voice Concern After California Approval of Ethnic Studies Curriculum, While Some Welcome Changes
After years of debate, the California State Board of Education unanimously adopted the fourth draft of the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) on Thursday, prompting concern from Jewish groups, who also welcomed improvements from earlier...
Cave of Horror: Fresh Fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls Echo Dramatic Human Stories
On Tuesday news broke of the discovery of fresh fragments of a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll in Israel. The fragments were said to come from the evocatively named Cave of Horror, near the western shore of...
Diaspora Jews Closely Watching Security Issues as Israeli Elections Near, Says Algemeiner Editor-in-Chief
With Israel looking ahead to elections on Tuesday, many Jewish voters in the diaspora are...
Ethnic Studies, the Third World Liberation Front and My Grandmother
JNS.org - In 1979, my grandmother, Tsilya Reitburd-Mendzheritsky, was taken to a Soviet prison in...
Israeli Town Abuzz With Delivery Drones in Coordinated Airspace Test
The skies above the Israeli town of Hadera were abuzz with delivery drones on Wednesday...
Eight Killed, Including Six Women of Asian Descent, at Shootings at Atlanta Day Spas
Eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, were shot dead in a string...
New Piece of Dead Sea Scrolls Jigsaw Discovered After 60 years
Israeli archaeologists racing against treasure hunters to search caves near the Dead Sea have discovered...
French Jews Mark Anniversary of 2012 Attack That Killed Rabbi, Three Children at Toulouse Jewish School
French Jews commemorated on Friday victims of the horrific 2012 shooting attack at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France, which took place during a days-long...
German State Legislator Highlights Tiny Number of Prosecutions for Antisemitic Hate Crimes in Saxony
A local politician in the east German state of Saxony has expressed alarm that the number of prosecutions for antisemitic crimes in the region remains...
Jewish Groups Voice Concern After California Approval of Ethnic Studies Curriculum, While Some Welcome Changes
After years of debate, the California State Board of Education unanimously adopted the fourth draft of the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) on Thursday, prompting...
Cave of Horror: Fresh Fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls Echo Dramatic Human Stories
On Tuesday news broke of the discovery of fresh fragments of a nearly 2,000-year-old scroll in Israel. The fragments were said to come from the...
Diaspora Jews Closely Watching Security Issues as Israeli Elections Near, Says Algemeiner Editor-in-Chief
With Israel looking ahead to elections on Tuesday, many Jewish voters in the diaspora are focused on security issues, with relatively more support for Prime...
Ethnic Studies, the Third World Liberation Front and My Grandmother
JNS.org - In 1979, my grandmother, Tsilya Reitburd-Mendzheritsky, was taken to a Soviet prison in Dmitrov, a small town about an hour from her home...
Israeli Town Abuzz With Delivery Drones in Coordinated Airspace Test
The skies above the Israeli town of Hadera were abuzz with delivery drones on Wednesday as national authorities tested a central control room for safely...
Eight Killed, Including Six Women of Asian Descent, at Shootings at Atlanta Day Spas
Eight people, six of them women of Asian descent, were shot dead in a string of attacks at day spas in and around Atlanta, and...
New Piece of Dead Sea Scrolls Jigsaw Discovered After 60 years
Israeli archaeologists racing against treasure hunters to search caves near the Dead Sea have discovered a trove of artifacts, including fragments of a biblical text,...
Skidmore College Students Denied Trial Period for ‘Progressive Zionists for Peace’ Club
Two Skidmore College students accused the private university of political bias, after being denied a trial period on Saturday for their "Progressive Zionists for Peace"...
Kosovo Follows US, Guatemala in Opening Embassy in Jerusalem
Kosovo opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem on Sunday, joining the United States and Guatemala as the only countries with embassies in a city...
Ukraine’s Zelensky Speaks With Netanyahu on Pandemic Coordination, ‘Grateful’ for Israeli Vaccine Aid
Ukrainian Prime Minister publicly thanked his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu Friday, after the two leaders spoke by phone to coordinate on pandemic travel measures and...
South Africa’s Zulu King Remembered as ‘True Friend’ to Israel
The South African Jewish community and Israeli officials honored on Friday King Goodwill Zwelithini, the longtime leader of South Africa's Zulu nation who died at...
Sinwar Re-Elected as Hamas Chief in Gaza
Yehya Al-Sinwar has been re-elected to head Hamas in the Gaza Strip for a second term, officials said on Wednesday, reflecting his control over both...
