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President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania meet with Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, third from left, in Riyadh, May 21. (Bandar Algaloud/Saudi Royal Council/Handout/Anadolu Agency/Getty)

Saudi arms deal: Why Congress, Israel are OK with it

WASHINGTON — The year was 1981 and the director of AIPAC was calling for a “showdown” with the Reagan administration, saying “This country is being held hostage...

Dan Sofer, his wife and son in Vilnius, Lithuania, December 2016.

Lithuania: One Jew vs. another Jew

VILNIUS — Dan Sofer and his wife considered it a great honor when they became the first couple since the Holocaust to be wed in Lithuania by a chief rabbi […]

President Donald Trump and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu share a private moment at the Israel Museum, May 23. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

Trump in Israel

JERUSALEM — During his meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday and in speeches throughout the day, President Donald Trump notably omitted...

Emergency responders arrive at the Manchester Arena following the terrorist attack, May 22. (Dave Thompson/Getty)

Manchester Jewry: Tight security measures in place

LONDON — Britain’s bloodiest terrorist attack in over a decade occurred Monday, May 22, just two miles from Rabbi Yisroel Cohen’s synagogue. Yet one day after the...

George Soros pictured at the UN headquarters in New York in 2016. (Peter Foley/Getty)

Hungarian Jews split on Soros

BUDAPEST — On a recent Sunday, eight far-right activists filmed themselves on what they called a “raid” on the Aurora Jewish community center in Budapest. Sporting...

Emmanuel Macron addresses supporters after winning the French Presidential Election on May 7, 2017 (David Ramos/Getty)

Jews, Macron, on collision course

PARIS — French Jews may have voted en masse for Emmanuel Macron in the final round of France’s presidential elections, but that doesn’t make him their dream...

L-r: Moshe Kantor, Frans Timmermans, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt

Belgian body bans ritual slaughter

BRUSSELS — A committee of the Walloon Parliament in southern Belgium has voted to ban the slaughter of animals which have not been stunned, which violates both kosher...

Prince Philip greets the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment in April, 2013 (Jamie McCaffrey/Wikipedia)

Jewish leaders pay tribute to Prince Philip

LONDON — Jewish leaders in Great Britain paid tribute to Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, who announced that he will retire from public engagements...

Marine Le Pen (Jannick Jeremy/Wikimedia)

Le Pen scares French Jews

Jewish leaders inside and outside France expressed alarm after far-right populist Marine Le Pen’s strong showing in the first round of the French presidential election...

Lord Balfour's writing desk, situationed in the Museum of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv. (Wikimedia)

Britain tells PA it will not apologize for the Balfour Declaration

LONDON — The British government has rejected a Palestinian request to apologize for the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which in part led to the creation of Israel. The...