Kansas City JCC shooter found guilty
JTASep 03, 2015
KANSAS CITY The white supremacist who killed three people outside two Jewish facilities in a Kansas City suburb was found guilty of capital murder. The jury in...
Oldest synagogue in Georgia to host prime minister
JTAAug 27, 2015
TBILISI, Georgia The prime minister of the Caucasus nation of Georgia is scheduled to attend the anniversary of the countrys oldest functioning synagogue, leaders...
Sir Winton, British ‘Schindler,’ to appear on stamp
JTAAug 27, 2015
LONDON Britains Royal Mail said it will issue a commemorative stamp featuring Sir Nicholas Winton, known as the British Schindler. The decision was in response...
American Airlines ceases flying to Israel
JTAAug 27, 2015
JERUSALEM American Airlines announced that it will stop flying to Israel. The airline said it will halt its Philadelphia-Tel Aviv flight in January because it is...
Panel to study haredi run school district in East Ramapo
JTAAug 20, 2015
NEW YORK The New York State Education Dept. appointed a panel to study the operations of the haredi Orthodox-controlled school board in the East Ramapo school...
Secret deal allows Iran to inspect itself
JTAAug 20, 2015
Iran has a secret agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency enabling it to choose its own experts to inspect its Parchin nuclear site. In a finding that...
Anti-Semitism in Albuquerque
JTAAug 13, 2015
ALBUQUERQUE An Albuquerque, NM, man who made anti-Semitic threats against the Jewish owner of a local deli pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor hate crime. John Ng, 58,...
In Egypt, warming attitudes toward Jews
JTAAug 13, 2015
By Jacob Wirtschafter, JTA CAIRO — It has been a particularly challenging summer for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. Within one week in late June and early...
America’s three most Jewish cities: New York, Boston, Miami
JTAAug 06, 2015
NEW YORK New York, Boston and Miami are the three most Jewish cities per capita in the country, according to a new analysis of data gathered last year by […]
Kerry ‘reassuring’ Gulf Arabs on Iran deal
JTAAug 06, 2015
DOHA, Qatar A coalition of Persian Gulf Arab nations was reassured on the Iran nuclear deal after hearing Secretary of State John Kerrys explanation, the Qatari...
