The Iran assassination, explained
The simmering fear among Middle East watchers that President Donald Trump might attack Iran in the waning days of his presidency was inflamed on...
Controversy and record participation reflect renewed US Jewish interest in Zionist Congress
By Larry Luxner
A virus forced the World Zionist Congress to go virtual for the first time since its founding in 1897.
But that didn’t stop...
Jonathan Sacks, former UK chief rabbi and Jewish ‘intellectual giant,’ dies at 72
By Ben Harris, Cnaan Liphshiz and Gabe Friedman
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of the United Kingdom whose extensive writings and frequent media...
The future of Jewish demographics in Europe does not look bright
Jews’ share of the population of Europe is as low now as it was 1,000 years ago and is declining even further, according to...
Sudan will normalize ties with Israel, Trump announces
Sudan will become the third Arab country in the past two months to normalize ties with Israel, continuing the trend of Arab states’ willingness...
Jerusalem’s Beit Avi Chai creates unique High Holiday programming for the age of the...
By Larry Luxner
This year’s upcoming holidays will be like none Jews today have ever experienced. Synagogues will not be packed with worshipers. Holiday meals...
New center sheds light on previously unknown details of Holocaust’s Babyn Yar massacre
BY LARRY LUXNER
Raisa Maistrenko will never forget Sept. 29, 1941 — the day Nazi troops rounded up the Jewish residents of Kyiv, Ukraine, and marched...
Experts view Israel’s normalization deals as start of reordering of Mideast alliances
By Jackson Richman | JNS
The signing of the normalization agreements on Tuesday by Israel with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have generated a...
Bahrain will normalize ties with Israel, Trump announces
Bahrain will normalize ties with Israel at a White House ceremony next week, President Donald Trump said Friday on Twitter, less than a month...
Can Diaspora Jews Visit Israel During the COVID-19 Crisis? The Rules Keep Changing.
BY SAM SOKOL
(JTA) — Like many French Jews, Agnes Mimoun used to take her ability to freely travel to Israel for granted. Getting here was...
