12+ min ago   (1761+ words) During the upcoming High Holidays, Rabbi Shmuel Silber, of Suburban Orthodox Congregation in Baltimore, plans to ask for divine help in his new job as executive vice president of the Orthodox Union, a role that his friend, Rabbi Moshe Hauer,…...

4+ hour, 8+ min ago   (179+ words) JNS provides comprehensive Israel and Jewish news coverage, features, and analysis to print and digital publications across the globe. Zeidan, 33, overstayed his visa and faces up to 15 years in jail, the U.S Zeidan, 33, a native and national of “Palestine,…...

4+ hour, 8+ min ago   (776+ words) I grew up hearing about the Holocaust not as abstract history but as family history. My own family were survivors, and the family I have today is small because of the relatives Hitler made sure I would never meet. I…...

4+ hour, 8+ min ago   (271+ words) The Trump administration sanctioned on Wednesday three entities it says are “violent far-left terrorist groups,” with all connected to anti-Israel activity. The U.S. Department of the Treasury designated Palestine Action, a United Kingdom-based organization that was proscribed as a…...

5+ hour, 47+ min ago   (339+ words) Syria’s first registered Jewish nongovernmental organization on Tuesday welcomed the Trump administration’s decision to remove the country from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. The Jewish Heritage of Syria Foundation called the move “an important step toward…...

6+ hour, 36+ min ago   (222+ words) Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, announced on Tuesday that $10 million in Protection Against Hate Crimes grants will be awarded to 116 organizations, including nonprofits, houses of worship and community centers. The program has provided funding annually since its inception in…...

6+ hour, 36+ min ago   (1735+ words) Bicycles hang from trusses on a color-changing ceiling and a 10-foot-tall Mr. Potato Head presides above, as light pours through a circular window, which evokes an Alexander Calder mobile, into a vast hall at The Strong National Museum of Play…...

9+ hour, 2+ min ago   (315+ words) Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson launched a national search on Tuesday for the city’s next police chief, after she asked Shon Barnes to resign as chief of police after a July 26 shooting at the Bite of Seattle festival in Seattle Center....

9+ hour, 2+ min ago   (261+ words) Two senior House Democrats wrote on Tuesday to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding information on the financing of the U.S.-led Board of Peace, which U.S. President Donald Trump chairs. Trump established the board as an international organization in January to…...

9+ hour, 52+ min ago   (443+ words) Macalester College, a private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minn., is offering a sociology course in the upcoming fall semester called “Palestine.” with central topics of discussion including on Israel’s “continued territorial expansion” and the “ongoing genocide of Palestinians....