Boise woman attacked over conversion effort
JTAFeb 19, 2015
BOISE A woman in Boise, Idaho, allegedly harassed and physically attacked her Jewish neighbor in order to convince her to convert to Christianity. Marguerite Haragan,...
British party backs ban on shechita, halal
JTAFeb 12, 2015
LONDON Britains right-wing UKIP party has come out in support of legislation that would ban the production of ritually slaughtered meat. The United Kingdom...
Foley, Sotloff honored in memory of Pearl
JTAFeb 12, 2015
PALM BEACH James Foley and Steven Sotloff, American journalists who were killed by ISIS, were honored with an award in memory of the murdered Jewish journalist Daniel...
One-man campaign to save Karachi’s Jewish cemetery
JTAFeb 05, 2015
KARACHI It might seem that the only Jews left in Pakistan are underground in Karachis lone Jewish cemetery. But thats not quite so. Faisal (Fishel) Benkhald,...
Seattle’s Jewish population soars 70%
JTAFeb 05, 2015
SEATTLE A study found that Seattles Jewish population has increased by 70% since 2001. The newly released Greater Seattle Jewish Community Study, which was...
Two IDF soldiers killed in Hezbollah attack
JTAJan 29, 2015
TEL AVIV Two Israeli soldiers were killed and seven were wounded this week when Hezbollah anti-tank missiles struck an Israeli patrol on the Israel-Lebanon border. It...
Man with Asperger’s is award-winning activist
JTAJan 29, 2015
NEW YORK When Ari Neeman was diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome at age 12, his life changed. Administrators at the Conservative Jewish day school that Neeman had...
French Jewry 101
JTAJan 15, 2015
NEW YORK Last weeks deadly hostage siege at a kosher supermarket in Paris has French Jews (and some non-Jews) proclaiming Je suis juif, or I am Jewish, in...
Aliyah reaches 10-year high; France leads
JTAJan 08, 2015
JERUSALEM Immigration to Israel reached a 10-year high in 2014. Approximately 26,500 new immigrants arrived in Israel last year, according to figures released Dec. 31...
Palestinian statehood resolution fails
JTADec 31, 2014
NEW YORK A Palestinian-backed UN resolution setting a deadline for a peace deal with Israel failed to garner sufficient votes for passage in the UN Security Council....
