World Briefs: Judge who signed the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago warrant faces violent antisemitic threats and...
Israeli families of Munich Olympics massacre victims to boycott German 50th anniversary ceremony
All but one of the family members of the 11 Israeli athletes...
World Briefs: Lufthansa to create a position to fight antisemitism and more
Lufthansa to create a position to fight antisemitism
Lufthansa Airlines is creating a senior management role dedicated to preventing discrimination and antisemitism two months after...
World Briefs: Dozens of Jewish graves damaged in 600-year-old Turkish cemetery and more
Dozens of Jewish graves damaged in 600-year-old Turkish cemetery
Dozens of Jewish graves were damaged or destroyed in the 600-year old cemetery of Istanbul’s Hasköy...
World Briefs: Biden the first president to appear at Maccabiah Games and more
— Compiled by Andy Gotlieb
Biden the first president to appear at Maccabiah Games
Joe Biden became the first U.S. president to attend the Maccabiah Games,...
Israeli pop star declines shaking Joe Biden’s hand
For the first day of Joe Biden’s visit to Israel, the buzz about handshakes was that, despite a pandemic-related plan, he was giving them...
World Briefs: Israeli court rules that online marriages must be honored and more
— JTA reports compiled by Selah Maya Zighelboim
Israeli court rules that online marriages must be honored
A district court in the Israeli city of Lod...
Tourists are headed back to Israel: Here’s your travel guide for the Jewish state
Fran Kritz | Special to JT
Israel officially began welcoming tourists back in November after a year-and-a-half-long travel pause for leisure travelers. Now, with summer...
In shadow of a global crisis, Limmud FSU conference serves as welcome Jewish ‘Recharge’...
By Larry Luxner
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — On Feb. 22, only two days before the start of the war in Ukraine, Kyiv Jewish leader Gennadiy Beloritsky...
At Polish clinic for Ukraine refugees, Hadassah’s doctors dispense medicine and expertise
By Larry Luxner
After Russian shelling intensified last month and a rocket exploded close to the Zhytomyr home of Nina, 76, she fled for Ukraine’s...
Shinzo Abe, former Japanese prime minister who bolstered ties with Israel, is assassinated
Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan who boosted relations with Israel as part of his effort to increase his country’s global influence,...
