Local residents have voiced concerns that an increase in ultra-Orthodox residents could mean a change in the character of their town or a defunding of local services that many Haredi families do not use
'You can't tell American Jews: We want you to come to Israel, but your form of Jewish-religious expression is unacceptable to us,' the Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times columnist tells Israeli weekly Makor Rishon
Tal Keinan wasn’t scared, even though he knew each time he took off that he might not return alive. Now, however, he fears for the future of Israel and the Jewish people – no less. But he thinks he might have the solution
Comedians Michael Che and Colin Jost tackle Donald Trump's troublesome history with condemning Nazis and the racist tweet that got Roseanne Barr booted from television
British PM Theresa May spoke at the United Jewish Israel Appeal's 70th anniversary dinner addressing issues of anti-Semitism and affirming U.K. support for Israel
A Ukrainian township is home to one of the world’s biggest, and all-male, Jewish pilgrimages. It’s dirty, seductive, raucous, mystical and transgressive. Some rabbis even brand it heretical. But they can't beat it
Court says that it could not protect the man's 'fundamental human rights if he is deported to Palestine' ■ Israel's Foreign Ministry calls decision 'shameful,' says it 'gives legitimacy to anti-Semitism' and 'defames' Israel
Jewish campus organization Hillel investigating claims against the Birthright co-founder and has removed his name from their board, Jewish Week reports ■ Steinhardt: These women 'can’t be accusing me of anything other than words’
Ruling comes after Interior Ministry refused to register woman as Jewish because she converted via a rabbinical court that operates outside the framework of the state-sanctioned system, controlled by the Chief Rabbinate
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo maintains he had no knowledge of the mailer, which was sent to 7,000 Jewish households