January 2016

Why the Western Wall compromise matters – and doesn’t

What’s historic here are not the particulars of the deal but the fact that it was made.

By Ben Sales January 31, 2016 5:29 pm

Canadian Jewish group: Trudeau’s omission of Jews in Holocaust day statement unintended

The statement, which caused a firestorm on news websites and social media for failing to mention Jews in reference to the Nazi genocide, was reportedly an incorrect draft issued in error.

January 31, 2016 3:45 pm

3 Jewish teens charged in vandalism of Jerusalem monastery

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Three Jewish-Israeli teens were indicted in the vandalism of a Jerusalem monastery with anti-Christian graffiti. The indictment was filed Sunday in Jerusalem District Court in the Jan. 17 attack on the Dormition Abbey, located on Mount Zion just outside the Old City of Jerusalem. The graffiti, written in Hebrew, included “Christians to Hell,” […]

January 31, 2016 3:31 pm