Romania’s Parliament passes law providing more money for Holocaust survivors
Romania’s Parliament passed legislation that would provide increased direct financial support for Holocaust survivors.
The funds, a monthly payment of up to $97.98 per month for each year of deportation or detention, will be available beginning...
Donald Trump becomes first sitting US president to pray at Western Wall
With a black skullcap on his head, Donald Trump today prayed at the Western Wall in the Old City of East Jerusalem, becoming the first sitting US president to visit one of the most...
This Jewish-raised hindu musician sings about islam
The Australian-born singer-songwriter Ben Lee has been on a lifelong spiritual quest. He was raised at a Modern Orthodox Jewish school, studied Taoism, and was married in a Hindu ceremony. Now he’s released an album...
Voters and religious leaders to pres. Trump: no more delay, keep your promise to...
New petition growing by the moment; Prominent faith leaders to travel to Washington, DC tomorrow to echo their congregants demand in-person
Washington, D.C., May 22 – In response to reports that President Trump may not...
All lives matter in Israel-Palestine conflict
Blaming Israel for everything is a convenient and lazy way out of accepting responsibility.
It is admirable for Marthie Momberg (“The plight of Palestine”, City Press, May 14, 2017) to conduct studies about how the...
Film Review: ‘Fog in August’ Appearing at The Washington Jewish Film Festival
The horrors of the Holocaust have been portrayed many times in film, most notably Schindler’s List and The Pianist. One such horror, however, has never been a focus of film study: the euthanasia program...
The age of lies: how politicians hide behind statistics
he small slabs of crude election soundbites, with extra ornamentation in the form of half-true and meaningless headline statistics, clunk across the airwaves, and we grimace. The dead prose reaches us umpteen times a...
Poll: Trump’s popularity sinks among Israeli Jews
A poll in Israel about US President Donald Trump suggested his popularity among Jews there has declined since he first took office.
In the poll of 500 Jewish-Israeli adults conducted this week for The Jerusalem Post,...
Mr. Trump, stand with Israel: The Western Wall is Jewish
On the eve of President Trump’s first overseas trip, an unfortunate dispute has emerged over the question, “whose wall is it?” But who is the rightful owner of the Western Wall in the Old...
Trump tells Middle East to ‘drive out’ Islamist extremists
President Donald Trump urged Arab and Islamic leaders on Sunday to unite and do their share to defeat Islamist extremists, making an impassioned plea to "drive out" terrorists while toning down his own harsh...