The Jim Joseph Foundation made a $3 million challenge grant to the Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School — the 5-year-old foundation’s first direct grant to a rabbinical school.
The arrest of a Jewish transient in suburban Cleveland on charges of setting off a bomb next to a California Chabad synagogue raises the question of how Jewish institutions should balance openness with security.
Rep. John Boehner, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said he plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint meeting of Congress.