News & Opinion

US Amb. David Friedman drops out of Ezra Schwartz memorial ceremony at West Bank outpost

The ceremony is in memory of Ezra Schwartz, an American yeshiva student killed in a Palestinian terror attack.

Matisyahu, Neshama Carlebach to perform at benefit for Orthodox LGBTQ youth

JQY provides crisis and support resources for at-risk LGBTQ Jewish youth from Orthodox Jewish homes.

Mike Pence to address Knesset during December Israel visit

Pence is scheduled to visit Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Egypt during a mid-December swing through the Middle East, on a trip whose stated goal is to check on the status of Christians in the region.

Politics

Two more women accuse Sen. Al Franken of inappropriate behavior

Global

Mladic conviction rekindles Holocaust historians’ debate on definition of genocide

United States

Hummus distributed in four states recalled over contamination

Israel

Netanyahu condemns Deputy FM Tzipi Hotovely’s remarks disparaging American Jews

Israel

Arab American groups offer PLO office space if it’s shut down

Israel

Hotovely: US Jews lead ‘convenient’ lives, don’t serve in the military

Culture

When Orthodox fashion designer’s husband suddenly died, online supporters raised $1 million for her family

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