News & Opinion

Ireland’s Jewish population rose by nearly 29 percent in five years

The Jewish population rose by 573 people to 2,557 since 2011, according to the 2016 census.

California cantor turns prime-time rabbi with appearances on ‘Curb’ and ‘Law and Order’

Kenny Ellis is officiating a Jewish funeral on not one but two prime-time TV shows this week.

Harvey Weinstein expelled from Oscars academy amid mounting allegations by women

An emergency meeting of the academy’s board “voted well in excess of the required two-thirds majority,” the body that awards the Oscars said in a statement.

Lifestyle

Kansas State University sukkah was damaged by storms, not vandals, police say

Israel

Hamas reportedly agreed not to carry out terror, rocket attacks against Israel

Culture

Jewish coach leads Colombia national soccer team into World Cup

Global

Uruguayan Holocaust memorial vandalized with anti-Semitic slurs

Israel

Trump vows to kill Iran deal if Congress does not amend it

Global

French former culture minister Audrey Azoulay is UNESCO’s first Jewish director

Global

Activist threatened for opposing Ukraine city’s honoring of Nazi SS officer

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