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Explosion lightly damages Jewish school in AmsterdamAn explosion damaged a Jewish school in Amsterdam early Saturday, with the mayor calling it a "deliberate attack against the Jewish communi...
Brooklyn judge cuts orthodox Jewish sex abuser’s sentence from 103 to 18 years, sparking outrage from victim and advocatesA Brooklyn judge drastically cut Nechemya Weberman's prison sentence for child sex abuse from 103 years to 18. Weberman, a former Orthodox ...
Yom Kippur 2025: What you need to know about significance, rituals, and traditionsYom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, is Judaism’s holiest day, observed from dusk on October 1 to nightfall on October 2, 2025. ...
Yom Kippur do's and don'ts: No intimacy, bathing, applying makeup on Day of Atonement? All about the Jewish festivalJewish holiday today: Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish faith, will be observed on October first. It marks the end of the Days of A...
A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Iran war tests the harmony of Los Angeles' huge Iranian communityRecent conflict between Israel and Iran stirs unease in Los Angeles' Tehrangeles. This area houses a large Iranian diaspora. War brings rel...
Netanyahu survives opposition bid to dissolve parliamentIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition survived an opposition-backed effort to dissolve parliament on Thursday, as lawmakers...
Israeli military says it will begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men. That could rattle the governmentThe Israeli military will start sending draft notices to Jewish ultra-Orthodox men following a Supreme Court order. This could lead to larg...
Russia's Dagestan attack: MMA fighter, officials' relatives identified among gunmenAuthorities in Russia's Dagestan region have identified key figures among the assailants in Sunday's deadly attacks on places of worship, w...
Gunmen fire on targets in Russia's North Caucasus, 6 police killed, officials sayGunmen opened fire at a synagogue and an Orthodox church in Derbent, home to an ancient Jewish community and a UNESCO World Heritage site i...
Can Israel's ultra-Orthodox military volunteers help defuse the battle over conscription?Yossi Levi, a member of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, has expressed concern over the exemption from compulsory military service for ...
Eid prayers are held at former mosque in Greece for 1st time in 100 yearsBuilt in 1902 by Italian architect Vitaliano Poselli, the landmark building tucked down a narrow street in the center of the city stopped b...
A deeply divided Israel limps toward its 75th birthdayThe ultra-Orthodox community, and to a lesser extent the religious nationalist community run separate school systems that offer subpar educ...
Jewish Festival of Lights 'Hanukkah' celebrated worldwide, see imagesThe Jewish Festival of Lights, called Hanukkah, is observed in various parts of the world with great zeal and enthusiasm. Take a look.
Across Europe, Ukrainian exiles pray for peace back homeAcross Europe, Ukrainians gathered for church services on Sunday to pray for peace in their war-torn country. Newly arrived refugees mingle...
What will change under Israel's new government?If all goes according to plan, Israel will swear in a new government on Sunday, ending Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's record 12-year r...
Concern among Muslims over halal status of COVID-19 vaccineIn October, Indonesian diplomats and Muslim clerics stepped off a plane in China. While the diplomats were there to finalise deals to ensur...
Netanyahu vows to annex West Bank settlements if re-electedAn Israeli annexation of large parts of the West Bank is bound to snuff out any last flicker of hope for an Israeli-Palestinian deal on the...