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...
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...
Jewish group dedicates torah to people of Rwanda
The World Values Network, a Jewish organization headed by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, will be dedicating a Torah scroll to the people of Rwanda during its annual gala on Sunday evening in New York.
The scroll,...
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...
Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner break orthodox jewish tradition to fly with Donald
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, both practicing Orthodox Jews and two of the most abruptly powerful outsiders in Washington, will break religious tradition to fly with President Donald Trump Friday aboard Air Force One...
Horst Mahler, German neo-Nazi, arrested in Hungary
The arrest of an 81-year-old former left-wing terrorist who turned to neo-Nazism and received a 10-year prison sentence for Holocaust denial has rallied neo-Nazis as far as Luxembourg.
German media reported that the neo-Nazi extremist...
Belgian ban on Jewish ritual slaughter passes without opposition
The Walloon Parliament in southern Belgium voted unanimously to ban the slaughter of unstunned animals, a requirement for both kosher and halal ritual slaughter.
Only the two Labor Party lawmakers in the 75-member plenum in...
Will Jared and Ivanka be survivors of rumored sweeping Trump purge?
President Trump is “running around screaming at television sets, he’s increasingly isolated, basically wanting to fire everybody.” Or at least this is the description that MSNBC host Joe Scarborough provided his viewers Monday morning,...