Manila deploys commandos, helicopters to retake city from islamists
The Philippines mobilized attack helicopters and special forces to drive Islamic State-linked rebels out of a besieged southern city on Thursday, with six soldiers killed in street combat amid heavy resistance.
Ground troops hid behind...
Bulgarian deputy PM defends ‘jokes’ about Holocaust
Bulgarian Deputy Prime Minister Valeri Simeonov is under fire after reportedly making light of anti-Semitism and cracking jokes about the Holocaust.
Pavel Tenev, appointed as a deputy minister from the United Patriots party in the...
Facebook ‘irresponsible,’ should treat anti-Jewish online terror like child porn
On Thursday, a federal judge in New York dismissed two lawsuits that sought to hold Facebook liable for allegedly providing a platform for terrorists.
The case was brought by two groups of plaintiffs, one a group of 20,000...
Best picture: prize-winning Israeli student film “Roads” sets Guinness World Record
When Israeli filmmaker Lior Geller was a Tel Aviv University film student shooting a gritty 20-minute crime-drama called Roads in 2007, he never thought his short film would one day hold a Guinness World Record title.
Now, exactly ten years later, Roads has...
Jared Kushner subject of FBI interest in Russia case
FBI agents investigating ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia reportedly are focused on meetings that Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, had with Russian figures.
The Washington Post and NBC each reported late Thursday that...
WJC CEO praises Serbia’s law on restitution of Nazi-looted Jewish property
World Jewish Congress CEO and Executive Vice President Robert Singer was in Serbia this week for talks with political leaders and representatives of the local Jewish community.
On Tuesday, Singer met in Belgrade with Serbia's...
Harav Nachum Kerenvasser, Z”l
The Gerrer community is mourning the passing of Harav Nachum Kerenvasser, z”l, one of the Roshei Yeshivah of Yeshivas Chiddushei Harim in Tel Aviv and a distinguished Gerrer chassid, who passed away after an...
Circuit court turns down Pollard’s appeal
Only a week after they heard oral arguments in the case, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan issued a written ruling on Wednesday rejecting Jonathan...
In a city gripped by shock, Manchester Jews unite in sorrow and determination after...
Manchester’s Jewish community joined with the rest of their city in sorrow and disbelief on Tuesday, following the devastating terrorist atrocity outside a pop concert on Monday night in which 22 people lost their...
Manchester: Ex-council chief says Jews have vital role in city’s recovery after attack
The Jewish former chief executive of Manchester City Council has called for different communities “to continue to pull together” after Monday’s terrorist attack.
Sir Howard Bernstein, who led the council for two decades, retired from...