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Five Israelis killed in terror attack on Jerusalem synagogue [UPDATED]

FIVE ISRAELIS were killed in a terror attack during morning prayers at a Jerusalem synagogue. Two Palestinian assailants entered a synagogue and rabbinical seminary in...

Bibi: No changes on Temple Mount

JERUSALEM — The status quo on the Temple Mount will not change, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated. “In last night’s security consultation, the...

Canadian Jewish institutions ramp up security

MONTREAL — Canadian Jewish institutions are stepping up security after the murder of two Canadian soldiers by homegrown pro-jihadist terrorists. While it is not clear...

‘Ordinary’ man saved 669 Jews

PRAGUE — A 105-year-old man known as the “British Oskar Schindler” — having saved hundreds of Jewish children from the Nazis — received the Czech Republic’s...

Guiliani protests ‘Death of Klinghoffer’

NEW YORK (JTA) — Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani will be among several New York politicians who are expected to protest at the premiere of “The Death of Klinghoffer” at...

Stitching history from the Holocaust

WASHINGTON — Was the Jewish “lady tailor” who ran a Prague dressmaking shop a potential Nazi spy? The Roosevelt administration apparently thought so. The Jewish...

El Al may be violating US law

NEW YORK — A New York rabbi-attorney claimed that some El Al Airlines’ policies may violate US law in the wake of delays on flights because haredi Orthodox men refused...

Firebomb thrown at Kiev’s oldest synagogue

KIEV — Kiev’s oldest synagogue was the target of a firebomb that burst into flames outside the building last week. The firebombing at the Great Choral Synagogue on...

New Zealand: John Key wins

SYDNEY  — John Key, the son of a Jewish refugee from Europe, won his third term as New Zealand prime minister. Key, whose mother Ruth Lazar escaped Europe on the...

Merkel: Fight anti-Semitism!

BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany called for civic action to fight anti-Semitism following a wave of incidents this summer in her country. Merkel, speaking...