Israel, UAE and America announce $3 billion regional development fund
A senior delegation of United Arab Emirate officials visited Israel on Tuesday and signed various agreements that included the establishment of the Abraham Fund, which seeks to raise $3 billion in private investments for...
US to delist Sudan as state sponsor of terror, paving way for normalization with...
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the United States will remove Sudan from the U.S. list of State Sponsors of Terrorism, paving the way for the African nation to normalize ties with Israel.
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Group rallies against Cuomo, de Blasio over new COVID restrictions directed at Jews
Supporters of a grassroots group seeking to end anti-Semitism held a rally outside of the New York Public Library last Thursday to express their dismay with recent comments and actions by New York Gov....
‘Jewish Journal of Los Angeles’ ends print edition, plans to move online
The Los Angeles-based Jewish Journal has halted its print edition as of Oct. 16 and is planning to move its news operations online.
In an Oct. 7 editor’s note, publisher and editor-in-chief David Suissa expressed hope that the...
US envoy Carr: 1.7 million anti-Semitic posts on Facebook, Twitter so far in 2020
Elan Carr has served as U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism since February 2019.
Previously, he was a deputy district attorney in the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. He was also a judge advocate in the American...
Poll: 75 percent of US Jews would vote for Biden, while 22 percent for...
Ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election, some 75 percent of U.S. Jews would vote for Democratic nominee Joe Biden, while 22 percent would vote to re-elect U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a...
Twitter, Google decline to be in State Department event countering anti-Semitism
Twitter and Google declined to participate in next week’s U.S. State Department event, featuring U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on countering anti-Semitism on the Internet and social media—the first event of its kind...
Controversial professor’s views on Israel prompt concern before convention appearance
A Jewish group is speaking out about the upcoming appearance of a Rutgers University professor who has been criticized for her anti-Semitic and anti-Israel writings, and who is set to serve as a keynote...
Chassidic rabbi, award-winning professor becomes Colorado’s first Jewish military chaplain
Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik, who runs the Chabad Jewish Center of Northern Colorado and Chabad Jewish Student Center @ CSU with his wife, Devorah Leah, and teaches at Colorado State University, is a recipient of the Best Teacher and Outstanding Faculty...
House bill introduced to counter worldwide money-laundering by Hezbollah
A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to counter money laundering by the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hezbollah.
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) introduced “The Hezbollah Money Laundering Prevention Act of 2020” on Sept. 30,...