A large swastika was painted on a home in southern New Jersey. The swastika was discovered Wednesday morning in suburban Mount Laurel, about 17 miles from Philadelphia. Police believe the

The United States Treasury on Thursday announced fresh sanctions targeting the arms and financial networks of the government of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. It added eight individuals and seven entities,

A wide variety of kosher foods have disappeared from grocery shelves in Vermont after the state’s strict GMO labeling law went into effect July 1. At least one supermarket, in

The Israeli plastics firm Keter reportedly has sold 80 percent of its stock at a price of $1.7 billion. BC Partners, a private equity firm with offices in London, Paris,

MK Ahmed Tibi (Joint List) on Thursday blasted Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman after he compared an Army Radio program about Arab ultranationalist poet Mahmoud Darwish to praising “the literary quality

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump took the stage at the Republican National Convention on Thursday, warning against the election of Hillary Clinton as president. “I humbly and gratefully accept your

B’nai Brith Canada on Wednesday condemned an Arabic newspaper in Canada which denied the Holocaust in an article that included anti-Semitic arguments. The article, entitled “The Question Which Everyone Ignores:

While the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade marches on, a unique gathering, called the “Thought Parade,” convened to discuss the appropriate religious perspective on the LGBT culture. The evening meeting, held

Allison hosts Meir Kalmanson, actor, director, screenwriter, and Creative Director of AMK Productions. Kalmanson was born into the Chabad Lubavitch movement, but a look at his professional work shows he’s

Health officials are testing mosquitoes in Miami-Dade County, after a Floridian woman tested positive for the Zika virus. Florida’s Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and

US Muslim leaders are waging a campaign against Republican nominee Donald Trump to ensure that he never makes it to the White House. According to Reuters, United States imams hope

The Associated Press has reportedly obtained photos of a letter written by Gavin Long, who ambushed and killed three police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Signed by “Cosmo,” Long’s alias,

The number of signatures on a petition supporting Rabbi Yigal Levinstein and freedom of halachic expression has been steadily increasing. Rabbi Levinstein became the target of media ire after he

Only two years have passed since a father closed his eyes for the last time, and returned his soul to his Creator. Since then, his young widow, with four young

A day after declaring a three-month state of emergency in Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters on Thursday that there were significant failures in intelligence ahead of last Friday’s

CLEVELAND (JTA) — We’ve caught glimpses of him this week. He gave a three-line speech Monday night. The next day, he addressed the crowd via video feed. But Thursday night

French President Francois Hollande told Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Paris on Thursday that his country is committed to leading international efforts to help secure peace between Israel

(JTA) On Wednesday, the Republican National Convention should have felt, well, conventional. Gone were B-list celebrities like Scott Baio and Willie Robertson. The crowd finally stopped chanting for the presumptive

In a series of letters to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council, Lebanon accused Israel of violating their end-of-war agreement for the Second Lebanon War. A decade

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Thursday his country was serious about pushing forward peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. “Egypt’s recent serious effort aims to break the

Border Police officers went toe-to-toe with Bentzi Gopstein today, as the nationalist Lehava leader led a protest against the Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade. Gopstein has been outspoken against the parade,

After being booed off the Republican National Convention stage, Texas Senator Ted Cruz refused to bow to Republican nominee Donald Trump’s victory, claiming he’s not a “servile puppy.” Cruz had

An issue of historical concern to American Jews drew waves of applause when Donald Trump Jr. preached about it Tuesday night from the stage of the Republican National Convention. It

Al-Qaida-influenced terrorists sent out a call to attack the Israeli Olympic team at the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Olympics, The Foreign Desk reported Thursday. “Your chance to take part in

The Chairman of the Defense Department, Udi Adam, called on Rabbi Yigal Levinstein to “clarify his remarks” in a meeting Thursdsay with the Heads of the Pre-military Academy of Eli,

Rabbi Eliezer Berland, suspected of sexual abuse against the women of his following Shuvu Banim, will be held under arrest for one more day, and then spend 10 days under

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accused his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a fierce critic, of exploiting a failed coup to “implement his own extremist agenda,” in an interview publishedThursday. Speaking

Efforts to combat the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which calls for boycotting Israeli products and other sanctions in protest of Israel’s alleged “occupation” of Palestinian territory, have been

Former Princeton professor and Sanders campaign adviser Cornel West spoke to reporters during a protest against the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Tuesday, praising the “struggle against Israeli occupation”

“Lock her up! Lock her up! Lock her up!” chanted the crowd on the second day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. They were referring to presumptive Democratic Party