Story

At J Street conference, Mahmoud Abbas says he’s ready to ‘remove obstacles’ to relations with US

The Palestinian leader signaled a willingness to stop payments to terrorists who have killed civilians, long a stumbling block to relations with the United States.

Feds charge extremist Orthodox sect Lev Tahor with exploiting, kidnapping children

The five men are charged with kidnapping a 14-year-old girl, who had left the sect, in order to return her to her 20-year-old husband in Mexico.

Is your name on this list? Your Jewish roots might be in Cairo, Baghdad or nearby

Researcher Jacob Rosen-Koenigsbuch published the world’s most complete lists of Jewish surnames from the cities of Baghdad, Damascus, Cairo and Alexandria.