News & Opinion

Reform congregation wins right to build synagogue in central Israeli city

Kehillat Yonatan is named after the son of its spiritual leader, Rabbi Michael Boyden, a paratrooper who was killed in 1993 in southern Lebanon.

Los Angeles synagogue sues city and county over destuctive Skirball fire

The Leo Baeck Temple in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel Air suffered significant smoke damage and was not be able to reopen its facilities right away following containment of the fire.

Neil Simon, Broadway’s giant of bickering, wise-cracking couples, dies at 91

Simon is known for such Broadway hits as “The Odd Couple,” “Barefoot in the Park,” and “Lost in Yonkers.”

Israel

Scuffle at outpost reported between left-wing activists and Jewish settler youth

Israel

Jewish suspects arrested in beating of 3 Arab Israelis at a Haifa beach

Global

Jewish delegates to British Labour Party conference to get bodyguards

United States

Titanic victim’s Hebrew-letter watch sold at auction to collector of timepieces relating to disaster

Israel

John McCain, senator who made human rights and Israel central to his foreign policy, dies at 81

United States

Jewish fraternity at UCLA sued over sexual assault

Politics

Amid controversy, NY State Senate candidate aims to clarify her Jewish identity

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