In Surprise Move, Iran’s Ahmadinejad to Run for President
Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday stunned the country by unexpectedly filing to run in the May presidential election, contradicting a recommendation from the supreme leader to stay out of the race.
Ahmadinejad’s decision...
France Not Responsible For 1942 Round-Up Of Jews, Says Le Pen
Emmanuel Macron, an independent centrist, was among many presidential candidates criticising Ms Le Pen’s comments on Monday.
Macron is a front-runner – along with Le Pen – in the two-round presidential election that will be...
Israeli-American Relations Brought to Light in New Film
Despite being in the middle of the Passover Holiday, a special preview screening of Joseph Cedar’s latest film, Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer at JCC Manhattan brought...
Reflections: Jews, Muslims come together in U.S.
For over five decades, American Jews and American Christians have enjoyed a new era of interreligious relations. This is especially true for the Jewish-Roman Catholic relationship, created by one of the most extraordinary documents...
Man who threatened Jews on metal music site faces sentencing
A Connecticut man who posted threats against Jews and synagogues on a metal music internet forum plans to argue at his sentencing that he has served enough time in prison.
Kendall Sullivan is scheduled to...
Why do people think Jews are so successful?
Growing up as a Jew in North Manchester in the 1990s, I was made aware of the stereotype that all Jews were rich (which was surprising to me as my family certainly weren’t).
A routine...
The Secret Jewish History Of Peeps
Just as ironic as the fact that “White Christmas” was written by a Jewish composer named Irving Berlin, Peeps, those famously neon-colored marshmallow Easter treats, are also produced by Jews. Based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania,...
Moscow Limmud sees record enrolment of 2,500
Attendance this year at the main event organised by Limmud FSU – an international organisation putting together Jewish events in the former Soviet Union — exceeded last year’s tally by 25 percent, organisers said...
Prince Charles recalls grandmother’s rescue of Jews
Charles, Prince of Wales, spoke with Holocaust survivors in Austria about his grandmother’s role in saving the lives of a Jewish family during the Shoah.
Charles and his wife, Camilla, spent the final day of...
Spicer’s Holocaust Insult Just Trump’s Latest Jab At Jews
Earlier this week, Jews throughout the world gathered around dining room tables with family and friends to celebrate Passover. At the Seder meal, participants are made to feel they were slaves in Egypt by...