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Trump says he wouldn’t have removed tweet
JTAJul 14, 2016
NEW YORK — Donald Trump kept alive a controversy over a campaign tweet featuring imagery seen by some as anti-Semitic by saying his staff “shouldn’t have taken...
Trump tries damage control on anti-Semitic tweet
JTAJul 07, 2016
NEW YORK — Donald Trump blamed the “dishonest media” for the dust-up over a tweet showing a Star of David shape and dollar bills superimposed over an image of...
Myanmar’s lone synagogue once the focus of 2,500 Jews
JTAJun 16, 2016
YANGON — Myanmar’s only synagogue was recognized by a Yangon historical organization. The Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue in Yangon, formerly Rangoon, installed a blue...
Conversion comes to Madagascar
JTAJun 09, 2016
By Deobrah Josefson Antananarivo, Madagascar — A nascent Jewish community was officially born in Madagascar last month when 121 men, women and children underwent...