News & Opinion

Facebook listed ‘Jew-hater’ as category for advertisers

The social network removed the categories after being alerted to their existence.

Mayim Bialik, Michael Douglas join Jewish leaders’ call for religious freedom in Israel

The statement called for the establishment of civil marriage and the recognition of all Jewish conversions in Israel.

4 synagogues open in former Soviet Union ahead of Rosh Hashanah

The most unusual of the new shuls is a blue wooden structure in Birobidzhan, a region in eastern Russia set up as a Jewish homeland to compete with Zionism.

Global

Device explodes on London train, injuring at least 22

United States

Anthony Weiner’s estranged wife Huma Abedin pleads for leniency in his sex crimes sentencing

United States

Jewish mother and daughter mistaken for Muslims beaten in New York

Politics

Trump again blames both sides for deadly Charlottesville violence

Israel

Trump waives Iran sanctions, but warns of changes to deal next month

Global

Prosecutor Alberto Nisman was murdered, Argentine investigators set to claim in new report

Politics

Muslim group honors Jews for empowering Muslims

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