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When Jewish women, men and families everywhere have questions or concerns about breast cancer, ovarian cancer and cancer genetics, they can turn to the national non-profit organization lucrative Teaneck-based Sharsheret for…

Published on: 02/15/2022 - 11:53 Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Bahrain's Jewish community on Tuesday…

Steel columns of the Mirror Field audio-visual installation at the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center in Kyiv, September 14, 2021. (Oksana Parafeniuk/for The Washington Post) !-->…

Bezalel Smotrich, a far-right member of Israel's Knesset, has sparked renewed anger after he attempted to compare Britain's communal leaders with those of German Jewish leaders in pre-Nazi Germany. Seizing on the release of the latest…

The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies has undertaken two seemingly impossible tasks. The first is that it exists to help our beleaguered natural world. Second, it does this by bringing together Jews and non-Jews…

It is with the greatest pleasure and satisfaction that I finally make my maiden voyage to Israel, which I have long hoped for. As I prepare to meet fellow parliamentarians, think tank researchers, academics and community leaders, this trip…

Albert Bourla, chairman and CEO of global pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc., received the prestigious Genesis Award on Wednesday for his efforts in leading the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.The $1 million prize is awarded annually to an…

AFP — After Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jewish community was rocked by allegations of sexual abuse against several of its prominent figures in recent months, a call began to resonate in the deeply devout and introverted society. "Lo…

We have spent the last year or two focusing on Palestinian voices. This is a priority for us given the bigotry Palestinians face in American political culture and the dire consequences for foreign policy. But as our mission…

Community members celebrated Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, in the main plaza in downtown New…

It was a historic moment for the Jewish community of Prince Edward Island as they lit their first public menorah on the lawn of the Provincial Legislature to celebrate their 120 years of membership in the province and to mark the first day…

Photos provided Lisa Shats of Wheeling said her family were big on Hanukkah - a holiday that celebrates the re-dedication of the Jewish…

The Manchester Evening News and Metro both apologized separately on Tuesday for posting coverage that drew complaints from the Jewish community. The headline on page 12 of the MEN, in its global news section, read:…

SPRINGFIELD - Chanukah, commonly known as the Festival of Lights, is a great time for holiday food, entertainment, and celebration of Judaism.The eight-day celebration reminiscent of the consecration of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in…

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - The annual lighting for the North Adams Menorah will take place at 5:00 p.m. on…

With violence in the Arab community showing no signs of abating, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday the situation was being resolved after being previously ignored. "We are dealing properly with the problems that we have…

The Greek Jewish community is considering asking the Greek government to draft legislation to legalize shechita, the slaughter of kosher animals, after the country's highest court ruled last week that the practice was…

At a time of rising anti-Semitism around the world, coupled with an increase in Holocaust denial and trivialization, it seemed like a positive development that Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven recently summoned - in the…

When Rabbi Bonnie Koppell of Temple Chai received an invitation to visit Arizona's oldest temple of The…

Members of the cohort pictured with mentors Rebecca Starr, Rabbi Asher Lopatin and JCRC / AJC Associate Director Lauren Garfield-Herrin. (JCRC / AJC) A new group of nearly two dozen lay leaders will soon begin…

June 3, 2021 - Lester Crown, President Emeritus of Henry Crown and Company, will today accept the Lifetime of Leadership Award from the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute at the Yale and Mayors College CEO Virtual Summit. The…

When Mohammad Shweki, 29, sleeps, he often dreams of bulldozers coming to destroy his house.Shweki is a Palestinian baker who lives in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem. A predominantly Muslim suburb about half a mile south of…