Local police have yet to find clues as to who smashed the cemetery's five remaining tombstones - the final vestiges of a once 1,200-strong community that was taken by the Nazis to the Warsaw Ghetto in 1941.

The latest gift by casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam brings the couple’s overall donations to the program to $180 million.

The conference of Jewish Presidents has urged Yair Lapid to rethink plans to charge tourists VAT. If the U.S. Jewish connection to Israel is merely linked to how cheap it is for tourists, however, then we are in serious trouble.

Currently immigrants, returning citizens have 10 year grace period during which they do not have to report assets, income abroad; advocates say plan would harm immigration from developed countries.

The broken-up Diaspora affairs portfolio, traditionally manned by governmental neophytes, has had its responsibilities split up between hard-right hawks. Peacenik Jews of the world, don't hold your breath for any change.

With the death of dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who headed the military junta that took power in Argentina in 1976, comes the closure of a bloody account with the local Jewish community.

Top conference officials were sufficiently concerned by allegations that they launched probe in 2001 that did not detect wider fraud; Semen Domnitser, a Claims Conference employee, was found guilty March 8 of the $57 million scheme.

The 42-year-old veteran city councilman's mother is Jewish and he was raised as a Jew. On his father’s side, he is of mixed Italian and Mexican heritage.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a letter of condolence to President Obama on Tuesday morning in the wake of the tornado.

The U.S. religious freedoms report highlights continued 'flourishing' of the Passover blood libel as well as Holocaust denial.